The American Jewish Committee has been assured that “there is a very strong commitment to a strong Israel with secure boundaries” on the part of the official level of the Roman Catholic Bishops in the U.S. In a talk to a recent meeting of the AJCommittee’s Interreligious Affairs Commission, held at the Washington Hilton Hotel, Msgr. George Higgins, Secretary for Special Concerns of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, added that there was some disagreement among the Bishops about such details of Israeli foreign policy as West Bank settlements, but said such issues were subject to “constructive debate.”
Higgins said that “Many in the Catholic and Christian community still do not understand the deep connection between the Jewish people and the land of Israel.” He added that Catholics need help in understanding why Israel is so central in the Jewish community’s consciousness. He said that “there is no support whatsoever” for “the obscene rhetoric” in the United Nations attacks on Zionism as racism.
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