Following an approach by Jules Isaac, a French-born Jew who was associated with the Seelisberg Conference of the International Council of Christians and Jews, in which , he claimed that what he called "Christian antisemitism", had prepared the way for the Holocaust, a sympathetic Pope John XXIII endorsed the creation of a document which would address a new, less adversarial, approach to the relationship between the Catholic Church and Rabbinic Judaism. Within the Church, conservative Cardinals were suspicious and Middle Eastern Catholics strongly opposed the creation of such a document. With the Arab-Israeli conflict in full swing, the governments of Arab nations such as Egypt (in particular), Lebanon, Syria and Iraq vocally lobbied against its development (the document was subjected to several leaks during its development due to the involvement of the intelligence agencies of several nations). Jewish organisations such as the World Jewish Congress, the American Jewish Committee and B'nai B'rith also lobbied for their side with the assistance of sympathetic liberal clergymen.<section end=Modern criticism of the Catholic Church transclusion/> After going through numerous drafts, compromises were made and a statement was added on Islam to molify the security concerns of the Arab Christians. Finally, statements on Eastern religions; Buddhism and Hinduism; were also addded.