Defining Neighbors. Religion, Race, and the Early Zionist-Arab Encounter - Jonathan Marc Gribetz

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Carmilly-Weinberger, Moshe, 68n108
Casanova, José, Public Religions in the
Modern World, 57
Catholics, 21, 33, 158, 159, 166. See also
Christians
Christendom vs. Islamic countries, 120,
133, 150, 157, 159, 165
Christian Arabic press, 6n11, 106, 120, 122
Christian Arabic-speakers, 35, 210
Christian Arabs, 6n11, 8, 9; and Balfour
Declaration vs. Mandate for Palestine,
241; in ha-Ḥerut, 106–7, 108; and Jew-
ish ritual murder, 201, 202; and M. R.
al-Khalidi, 50; and Moyal, 205; as not
authentic Arabs, 107–8; toler ance as
quality of, 158; and toleration vs. per-
secution of Jews, 159; in ha-Ẓevi, 108–



  1. See also Greek Catholics
    Christian-edited newspapers, 196
    Christianity: and antisemitism, 88n167,
    228; divisions within, 227–28; and es-
    sential sameness of all religions, 222,
    224; Hellenistic Jewish roots of, 209–10;
    and inauthentic form of Judaism, 210;
    and Islam, 50, 73–75, 151; Islam’s close
    relationship to, 227; Jewish conversion
    to, 53; and Jewish philosophy, 150;
    Jewish sermons in support of, 118; Jews
    as unequal under, 53; and Judaism, 50,
    75, 205–10, 215–16, 221; Judaism’s
    close relationship to, 206, 226, 227; and
    Judaism vs. Islam, 235–36; and M. R.
    al-Khalidi, 50; and N. Malul, 222, 224,
    226, 227; and Moyal, 199, 205–10, 215–
    16; and religion vs. nationality, 138–39;
    and Zionists, 8. See also Greek Orthodox
    faith; Jesus
    Christian missionaries, 18, 29–30, 99–100,
    116–18, 171n126
    Christian Muslims, 112
    Christians, 8, 21, 166, 235; and British
    Mandate period, 239; as category of
    interpretation, 3; compared to Muslims,
    136–37; as enemies of Muslims, 109–11;
    European protection of, 22; and fellahin,
    124; in ha-Ḥerut, 100; and Jewish ritual


murder, 201; Jews as evicting, 167, 169;
Jews as excluding from workforce, 167;
Jews as persecuted by, 8, 119–20, 121,
150, 154, 156, 157, 158, 159, 165, 230–
31; and M. R. al-Khalidi, 43; as less tol-
erant of Jews, 165, 236; and messiah,
163; and monotheism, 116n90, 222,
224, 225, 226, 227; and Moyal, 221;
and Muslims, 94; Muslims as persecuted
by, 230–31; Muslims in shared religious-
communal existence with, 236; as
non-Arabs, 107–8; and Ottoman military
draft, 22–23, 98, 107–8; population of,
32, 33; preaching to Jews by, 116–18;
pro- vs. anti-Jewish views of, 136–37;
and racial hatred for Jews, 106–7, 114;
and redemption in Islam, 151–53; and
religious hatred for Jews, 83–84, 106–7,
114–20, 121; and Septuagint, 212; so-
cioeconomic status of, 115; and Tan-
zimat, 20; and toleration, 8, 119–20,
121, 157, 158, 159, 165; in ha-Ẓevi (ha-
Or; Hashkafah), 99–100; Zionist cate-
gory of, 95; Zionist views of, 94
Christians, Palestinian: characteristics
shared with Jews, 98; in ha-Ḥerut, 98–
99; and Muslim-Christian Association,
235–37
Christian Syrians, 26
Church Fathers, 209
Churchill, Winston, 241–42n23
circumcision, 74
Clarke, Adam, 164
Cohen, Julia Phillips, 119n99
Cohen, Mark R., 53n54, 150–51n67
Cohen, Mendel, 199
commerce, 81–82, 83n154, 84, 87, 146,
230
Committee of Union and Progress (CUP),
25
Conference of Rabbis, Frankfurt-am-Main,
62
Copts, 21, 33
Corneilhan, Georges, Juifs et opportunistes,
222, 228
Crusaders, 124, 231
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