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...Q: Why do you first and foremost address the United States?

Father Jaeger: The United States is Israel's closest and most
influential friend, and Americans, including American Catholics, are
overwhelmingly well-disposed toward the Israelis and interested in
Israel. Israelis know that and appreciate it.

Therefore, support by Americans for the normalization and development of
Church-state relations in Israel is especially likely to be
well-received in Israel. Americans should be able to persuade Israelis
that faithfulness to Israel's agreements with the Catholic Church will
truly be to the benefit of both the Church and Israel.

This is our approach. We hope that Americans, when properly informed of
the hopes and needs of the relationship between the Church and Israel,
will pro-actively make a positive contribution to this relationship.

We intend to address all Christians, since the development of the
relationship between the Church and Israel should, in effect, interest
and benefit all those who believe in Christ.

Indeed I am looking forward to opportunities to cooperate with Jewish
communities and organizations, and have already done so. American
Catholics and Jews have an exceptionally close, friendly and
collaborative relationship, which can turn out to be extremely
significant in the context of the Church and Israel.

Making a special reference to the United States, however, does not mean
that we fail to put a high value on the possible role of Europe and
Europeans.

Many Europeans may now also be in a position to speak to Israel, and it
may, therefore, be no less fruitful to extend our organization's modest
activity to Europe as well. ...