Editing Pope John XXIII (section)

===Relations with Israel===
After 1944, he played an active role in gaining Catholic Church support for the establishment of the [[State of Israel]]. His support for [[Zionism]],<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Zanini |first1=Paolo |title=Angelo Roncalli Nuncio to Paris and the Establishment of the State of Israel |journal=Israel Studies |date=Fall 2017 |volume=22 |issue=3 |page=117 |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/664756/pdf |access-date=4 December 2019}}</ref> and the establishment of Israel was the result of his cultural and religious openness toward other faiths and cultures, and especially concern with the fate of Jews after the war. He was one of the Vatican's most sympathetic diplomats toward Jewish immigration to Palestine, which he saw as a humanitarian issue, and not a matter of biblical theology.<ref>Paolo Zanini, "Angelo Roncalli Nuncio to Paris and the Establishment of the State of Israel." ''Israel Studies'' 22.3 (2017): 102–124. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2979/israelstudies.22.3.05 online]</ref>