The American Community in Lebanon and the Palestine Problem: A Study in Changing Attitudes (ص 57)

غرض

عنوان

The American Community in Lebanon and the Palestine Problem: A Study in Changing Attitudes (ص 57)

المحتوى

Conclusion
The Protestant Church seems to affect a greater number
of its people than the Catholic Church does. 47.8 per cent of
the Protestants were affected by their church while growing
up as far as the Jews are concerned; while only 31.2 pet
cent of the Catholics were affected by their church regarding
that subject.
The effect of the church in America regarding the Jews
is diverse: a) 21.0 per cent were affected in favor of the
Jews, that is they were made sympathetic to the
Jews. However only 40.2 per cent of those who were sympa-
thetic to the Jews carried their sympathy to Israel. There is
a relationship between the Jews and Israel as far as sympathy
by others is concerned; but the relationship holds only in
40.0 per cent of the cases; b) 11 per cent of our respon-
dents were negatively affected by their church, that is they
were made less sympathetic to the Jews.
The American church seems to affect some of its people
positively and others negatively, Why this is so, is another
question.
All the previous analysis shows that there is a weak rela-
tionship between the church and Israel. The church hardly
attempts to gain sympathy for Israel among its own people.
2) The Americans and Palestinian claims:
a) anti-Israeli but not anti-Jewish;
35

هو جزء من

The American Community in Lebanon and the Palestine Problem: A Study in Changing Attitudes

تاريخ

ديسمبر ١٩٦٩

المنشئ

Sirhan, Bassem

سرحان، باسم

مجموعات العناصر

Generated Pages Set

PLO Research Center: Facts and Figures