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and Rome. It will be head-
ed by Monsignor Claudio
Celli, representing the
Vatican secretary of state,
and Yosef Hadass, director-
general of the Israel
Foreign Ministry.
No date has been set for
the next meeting, nor have
members of the commission
discussed when full formal
ties would be established.
"But sources in Rome tell
us it will be sooner rather
than later," Rabbi Rudin
said.
The commission is ex-
pected to discuss such is-
sues as safeguarding
Catholic holy sites in Israel
and the Middle East peace
prospects.
"The Vatican has always
wanted a voice in the peace
process and has never been
shy about saying that," said
Eugene Fisher, director of
Catholic-Jewish relations
for the National Council of
Catholic Bishops.
Dr. Fisher, who formerly
worked for the Archdiocese
in Detroit, said the Holy
See supports the Camp
David Accords. It also is
"very supportive of the
needs of the Palestinian
people" and recognizes the
Palestinians "as a people
with the same legitimate
rights of any people."
Yet the Vatican does not
endorse a specific peace
program, such as calling for
the establishment of a
Palestinian state in Israel's
administered territories, he
said.
That the Vatican has, un-
til now, failed to formally
recognize Israel's right to
exist has been a source of
irritation to many in the
Jewish community.
"The non-recognition of
Israel by the Catholic
church has caused some
problems for Jews and the
citizens of Israel," Harvey
Weisberg said. "Enemies of
Israel, not connected with
the church, have used the
Vatican's position as a
means of trying to isolate
Israel from the rest of the
nations."
Arab propagandists, he
said, "have argued that
`Even the Catholic church
doesn't recognize Israel' as
a way of saying Israel is not
a 'world player,' and hence
as a way of trying to create
anti-Jewish as well as anti-
Israel attitudes and feel-
ings."

Monsignor
Leonard
Blair, ecumenical officer for
the Archdiocese of Detroit,
said the church has always
maintained diplomatic re-
lations with Israel and that
its current head, Pope John
Paul II, has spoken often of
Israel's right to security
and peace.
The Vatican has held off
on formal recognition for
many reasons, including its
concern regarding Israel's
presence in the territories
and because of possible
repercussions for Catholic
minorities in Muslim coun-
tries, he said.
The AJCommittee's Rab-
bi Rudin believes the
Vatican decided to act now
in part because it wants to
participate in the peace
process, in part because
"that's where everyone else
is going. India, China, the
former Soviet Union,

The commission
is expected to
discuss
safeguarding
Catholic holy
sites in Israel and
the Middle East
peace prospects.

African nations — all are
recognizing Israel."
Theodor Herzl was the
first of many Jews who ac-
tively sought Vatican sup-
port for the Jewish state.
In World War I, Zionist
Executive representative
Nahum Sokolow met with
Pope Benedict XV to dis-
cuss the issue. The pope
was interested, and de-
clared the establishment of
a Jewish homeland "a
great idea."
Contacts between Zion-
ists and Catholics contin-
ued until 1945, when
Jewish Agency leader
Moshe Sharrett labeled his
meeting that year with
Pope Pius XII unsuccess-
ful. Close relations were not
reestablished until 1958
when Israeli President
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi met with
Pope John XXIII, who had
a history of positive rela-
tions with the Jewish peo-
ple.
Israeli delegations sub-
sequently were represent-
ed at Vatican functions,
and in 1964 Paul VI be-

