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The Vatican Agenda
Posted by Lev/Christopher on November 7, 2008 at 5:15am in Prophecy & End Times
By: Joel Bainerman
Israelis have probably never thought very much about what the Roman
Catholic Church/The Vatican thinks about "end of days" theology. Jews
themselves don't give much thought to what will happen when "Gog and
Magog" takes place. Jews don't go in for anything the least bit "next
world" but instead are firmly planted in the here and know. That's good.
However it doesn't matter what Jews think, what matters is what The
Vatican believes, and why it believes this. Judaism, and modern Jewish
thought pretty much just dismisses the basic tenets of Catholicism
outright and doesn't even bother addressing the core questions of what
is behind "Catholic theological claims."
Instead of taking what they believe seriously, we tend to snicker
amongst ourselves when we see those pictures of obscure rituals and
ceremonies, and think the whole religion is near pagan-like with the
"eating of Holy Wafers" and "sprinkling of Baptism water" on people's
heads. That may be true, but that doesn't matter. What matters is what
they believe and what they plan to do about making their beliefs become
a reality.
The institution of "The Vatican" is not understood by Israelis and
Jews. The conventional wisdom you get from the spokespersons in Israeli
government ministries and the conventional Israeli media is "both sides
have great intentions to do good" and that's about it. When it comes to
Israel's bi-lateral affairs, nothing much gets investigated by the
Israeli media. Thus a secret deal could be done between the Vatican and
the State of Israel and nobody in Israel would ever find out about it.
In fact, that is exactly what happened.
This essay will provide the background to that deal, as well as what
the Vatican's intentions are regarding Israel and The Old City Of
Jerusalem. It will reveal which Israeli politicians made certain
commitments to The Vatican regarding the issue of sovereignty in the
Old City of Jerusalem. These negotiations and meetings were all carried
out in secret. During this time period, 1992-l995, the Oslo Accords was
what got all the public's attention. Oslo was like "throwing sand in
the eyes" of the public. The Vatican is where the real action was
happening. Oslo seemed to be just the cover story. A "red herring", if
you will.
What Does The Vatican Want?
It can't be that the Vatican is only interested in "access to their
Holy Sites" in Jerusalem. They already have that as well as legal
jurisdiction under Israeli law for their institutions and assets in
Jerusalem. Also, when these "Holy Sites" were under the jurisdiction of
the Jordanians from l948-l967, no Pope demanded the
"internationalization of Jerusalem".
It is something else, which the Vatican wants. The Roman Catholic
Church, need to have certain versions of events be played out for them
to stand in front of mankind and proclaim: our Messiah has returned."
Of course, to the Jews, this Messiah will be as false as the first one
was supposed to be. Don't matter. This is the goal of the Vatican and
this is what all Israelis need to worry about.
The Vatican/Roman Catholic's version of events is this:
They know this isn't the end of the story that the Jewish G-d had in
mind, but that doesn't mean they won't try and engineer their own
ending to the story. So what if it is fraudulent. Doesn't matter, that
is their game plan and that is what matters and that is what Israeli
Jews need to be better informed about. It is important for everyone to
know what The Vatican have up its sleeve because it directly relates to
our existence and our future destiny as an independent nation. This a
very powerful force this is scheming to get control of the Old City of
Jerusalem so you better know why and how the Vatican intends to do
this. Once you have all the facts and the chronological record you will
be better informed deal with this issue and of foreign control over
Israel's political existence and destiny.
First, you have to realize that for centuries The Vatican has attempted
to obtain control of Jerusalem, which started with the Crusades. For
them to convince the world that the Messiah they put on the world's
stage is going to be accepted as genuine, they need to perform this
play in the Old City. The story of this production is that this
"Messiah" will merge the three monotheistic religions, usher in peace
and harmony in the world, and solve the Middle East conflict. The
location for this "production" will be in none other than the Old City
of Jerusalem.
This so-called "Messiah" that will be proclaimed, will be a false one
and it will insist that by having a "world government" (i.e., the
United Nations) the world peace and harmony will be ushered in. This
will be a lie, and a fraud, but never mind. In our world, reality isn't
important. Public perceptions are. The end result is the stripping of
Israel's sovereignty as an independent nation giving way to a "regional
bloc of nations" in the Middle East. Israel will be pressured to accede
to these demands by all world bodies and the superpowers on the claim
that "this is the only way to solve the Middle East conflict). In order
to the Jews to go along they will convince them that with the "Messiah"
having appeared for the Jews, it is time to start rebuilding the Third
Temple- what they call "Solomon's Temple". This version of events is
widely available through a simple search on the Internet as there are
many Christian groups and organizations (the majority of which who are
very pro-Israel) who don't buy into these beliefs and thus are against
them. I didn't come up with the theory- I am just brining it to the
attention of the Israeli public.
Make no mistake about it. The Old City of Jerusalem, as well as most of
the eastern half of the city, is what The Vatican is after.
Why?
Because controlling the entire Old City of Jerusalem (and not just
Church properties) and being able to build whatever they want on Mount
Zion is critical for the program they have planned to put into play in
our capital city. The deal that it has signed with Israel via Yossi
Beilin and Shimon Peres (in secret and without the approval of the
Knesset) gives The Church not only extraterritorial status to their
properties (which is what the bi-lateral agreement the Israeli
government signed with the Vatican on December 30th, 1993, put in law)
but of control over the entire city as "custodians" under UN presence.
In this way the Jews will give up control over the Old City. To the
Vatican the Israeli people would have a problem with. To the UN, they
would say, "we had no choice".
A Chronology Of The Attempt By The Vatican To Displace Israel From The Old City Of Jerusalem
The "Chronology of Events" for the Vatican's conquest of the Old City
of Jerusalem is as follows- all of which can be verified via the
sources of the information:
October 1991
On October 12th, the head of the World Jewish Congress, Edgar Bronfman,
is appointed head of the International Jewish Committee of
Inter-religious Consultation to conduct officials contacts with The
Vatican and the State of Israel.
March 1992
On March 17th, Jerusalem Mayor Teddy Kollek says: "The Israeli
government should meet the Vatican's demand to apply special status for
Jerusalem."
April 1992
On April 1st, The Vatican announced that it "favors a Labor victory" in the June 1992 general elections in Israel.
On April 15th, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, one of the highest ranking
diplomats at The Vatican, visits Israel for the first time but only
meets with Jerusalem Mayor Teddy Kollek.
June 1992
The story of The Catholic Church's attempt to abscond with the Old City
of Jerusalem from the Jews begins in July 1992. According to the
information on the Foreign Ministry website, literally from the moment
the new Rabin-led Labor government took over from Yitzhak Shamir's
defeated Likud party, secret talks with the Vatican and the State of
Israel began. What precipitated these secret talks? Who arranged these
talks, and why? Why were they kept secret from the Israeli public? What
was the end result of these agreements? Where do they stand today? The
entire subject of Israel's bi-lateral relations with the Vatican is
intentionally kept locked away in secrecy. It is no wonder that nobody
in Israel knows much about "Israel-Vatican relations" as it is never,
ever reported on in the Israeli press.
The official story of the origins of Israel's "secret channel contacts"
between Beilin's negotiating team and the Vatican comes about as a
result of Shlomo Gur, a personal aide to Deputy Foreign Minister Yossi
Beilin, who knew someone who put him in touch with Father David Jaeger.
Father David Jaeger was president of the Catholic Court in Austin,
Texas, and was brought up as an Israeli orthodox Jew who then converted
to Catholicism and became a Father (not something that has happened to
many Israelis who grew up Orthodox). From there, which according to the
information on the Israel Foreign Ministry website was in July 1992
right after the new Rabin government took over power, nothing is known
about the discussions until the agreement is signed on Dec. 30th, 1993.
Nothing in the Israeli press. The info given on the actual agreement
signed was very minimal and general in tone. This is probably one of
the most important political contacts Israel has in the world's "power
structure" yet it isn't reported on in the press. Thus no Israelis know
about it. That is how it remains hidden.
November, l992
The document which was used as the underlying ideological basis for the
Vatican's secret deal with Yossi Beilin and Shimon Peres was personally
authored by Beilin. "The Illegitimacy of Israeli Sovereignty Over
Jerusalem" outlines the Israeli government's program for the future of
Jerusalem and calls for the division of the Old City into cantons whose
border posts will be under UN control.
The plan which led to the December, 1993 agreement between The Vatican
and the State of Israel was originally discussed in November 1992 at
the exact same time the first meetings in London took place to discuss
an agreement between Israel and the PLO which led to the Oslo
Agreements. The real goal was the Vatican attempt to take over the Old
City of Jerusalem. Oslo, or, "peace between Israel and the
Palestinians" was just a good cover story to hide what was really going
on in another sphere of Israel's foreign affairs.
September, 1993
On the 10th of September, just three days before the signing of the
Oslo Accords Washington, the Italian newspaper La Stampa reported that
then Foreign Minister Shimon Peres concluded a secret deal with the
Vatican to hand over sovereignty of Jerusalem's Old City to the
Vatican. the agreement and it was included in the secret clauses of the
Declaration Of Principles signed on September 13th, 1993 in Washington,
DC.
In the same week that Israeli Foreign Minister and chief Oslo architect
Shimon Peres signed the Declaration of Principles with Yasser Arafat in
Washington, the Israel-Vatican commission held a special meeting in
Israel. Under the Vatican agreement the Israelis would give over
control the Old City to the Vatican before the year 2000. The plan also
calls for Jerusalem to become the second Vatican of the world with all
three major religions represented but under the authority of the
Vatican. Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel but the Old City
will be administered by the Vatican.
Arafat agreed to the plan just before the famous "handshake" in 1993,
but when he realized that the Vatican was also going to let Israel
share in the temple mount, he rejected it. (To get Arafat and the
Palestinians "on board", on February 14th, 2000, the PA did sign an
agreement with the Vatican which recognized the Palestinians' claims to
East Jerusalem. The outbreak of the "Al Asqa Intifada" seven months
after this agreement was signed may have been part of the commitment
Arafat gave the Vatican as to what he would do for him in return for
the Vatican acknowledging Palestinians claims to East Jerusalem and the
right to statehood. The violence in the Middle East serves the Catholic
Church's interest especially if Jerusalem is the subject to discuss. By
Arafat getting guarantees from the Vatican that no matter what he does
the Europeans will not abandon him, then it makes sense for him to
declare war on Israel in Sept 2000. The "Barak gave him everything at
Camp David" is propaganda. Nothing was offered that the Knesset would
have approved. The intifada could only have happened if Arafat had
gotten assurances from major European powers that he would survive. The
agreement on Feb 2000 would have made more sense if it had occurred
three or four years previous. However its timing when it was makes the
Sept 2000 intifada seem logical from Arafat's perspective.
November 1993
In a report in the Jerusalem weekly newspaper Kol Ha'ir, it was
revealed that: "for the past six months, The Israeli government has
been taking advice on the future of Jerusalem from a planning
commission headed by a close aide of Teddy Kollek, Raanan Weitz,
formerly the settlement director of the Jewish Agency. At a secret
meeting on September 9, 1993, one day before Prime Minister Rabin
signed the recognition agreement with the PLO in Israel, the forum met
secretly and approved in principle a plan for Jerusalem concocted by
Weitz, which he calls, "Metropolitan Jerusalem."
December, 1993
With absolutely no media coverage in Israel, on December 30th an
"historic agreement with the Vatican" is publicly acknowledged. Called:
"The Fundamental Agreement Between The Holy See and The State of
Israel", it declares:
"Mindful of the singular character and universal significance of the
Holy Land. Aware of the unique nature of the relationship between the
Catholic Church and the Jewish people, and of the historic process of
reconciliation and growth in mutual understanding and friendship
between Catholics and Jews;
"Having decided on 29 July 1992 to establish a 'Bilateral Permanent
Working Commission', in order to study and define together issues of
common interest, and in view of normalizing their relations."
Already within one month of taking power there was a special committee
to further "Israeli-Vatican Relations". From where did this initiative
come so soon as the new government took office?
April 1994
Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem Shmuel Meir announces at a Jerusalem press
conference that he had received information that properties promised to
the Vatican in Jerusalem would be granted extraterritorial status. (In
early 1996 Meir was killed in a very suspicious car crash whereby the
driver who drove a UN truck into Meir's car was not even charged.)
May 1994
Marek Halter, a French intellectual/philosopher and a close friend of
Peres, tells the Israeli weekly magazine HaShishi that he personally
delivered a letter from Peres to the Pope in Sept, 1993 in which Peres
promised to internationalize Jerusalem, granting the UN political
control of the Old City of Jerusalem, and the Vatican hegemony of the
holy sites within. The UN would give the PLO a capital within its new
territory and East Jerusalem would become a kind of free trade zone of
world diplomacy.
June 1994
On June 15th, the Israeli government signs an agreement with The
Vatican allowing the Catholic Church to participate in negotiations to
determine the future of Jerusalem.
July, 1994
On July 9th, 1994, the Vatican's Foreign Minister, Jean-Louis Tauran,
announces in Amman, Jordan: "Before territorial problems are resolved,
we have to find international guarantees to safeguard the uniqueness of
the city and assurances that never again one party should claim
Jerusalem as its possession."
November l994
Israel signs a peace treaty with Jordan which, according to reports in
Haaretz, Maariv, and Yediot Achronot, included secret clauses
concerning water and Jerusalem. The agreement had been negotiated in
London eight months before between Rabin, King Hussein, and Lord Victor
Mishcon. As part of the agreement, Jordan would receive control over
the Islamic Holy sites within a Vatican-controlled Old City of
Jerusalem.
March 1995
A cable from the Israeli Embassy in Rome to The Foreign Ministry was in
Jerusalem is leaked to radio station Arutz Sheva, confirming the
handover of Jerusalem to the Vatican. Two days later the cable made
front page of Haaretz. In the widely distributed minutes of a meeting
with President Clinton in 1997, Peres ended the cable with the words,
"as I had previously promised the Holy See."
April 1995
Member of Knesset Avraham Shapira announced in the Knesset that he had
information that all Vatican property in Jerusalem was to become tax
exempt and that large tracts of real estate on Mount Zion were given to
the Pope in perpetuity.
February l996
A delegation from the Vatican met in Jerusalem with Palestinian
Authority Religious Affairs Minister, Hassan Tahbob. Father Serge
Sebastian, Secretary General of the Vatican, announced that the Holy
See recognizes Palestinian sovereignty over East Jerusalem. After
Shimon Peres had replaced Yitzhak Rabin as Israel's prime minister,
Internal Security Minister Moshe Shachal refused to allow a Palestinian
Authority meeting at the Vatican's Notre Dame Hospice in Jerusalem.
According to Shachal, the Palestinians were planning to "use the
Vatican to circumvent the Oslo Accords."
November, 1997
On November 10th, the State of Israel and the Vatican sign the "Legal
Personality Agreement" whereby the State of Israel agrees to "assure
full effect law to the legal personality of the Catholic Church
itself." (What that means in plain english is anyone's guess.)
February 2000
Hedging its bets by having bi-lateral agreements with both sides in the
Arab-Israeli conflict, on February 14th, Pope John Paul 11 meets Arafat
in Rome to sign an accord to normalize relations between Roman Catholic
churches in Jerusalem and PA. Palestinian Legislative Council Speaker
Ahmed Qurei told The Jerusalem Post that the agreement is "recognition
by the Catholic Church of the Palestinian claims to the eastern half of
Jerusalem." According to Arafat's spokesperson, Nabil Abu Rudaineh,
"Arafat had been lobbying for the idea of sharing undivided Jerusalem,
and for creating a Vatican-style sovereignty in the Old City." (Somehow
we are supposed to believe that Arafat initiated this, and not the
Vatican). The agreement calls for Jerusalem to be "an international
city based on international resolutions and an international
guarantee." The pack was signed despite the Vatican having signed an
agreement with Israel six years earlier on December 30th, 1993 which
gave legal jurisdiction under Israeli law over the Church's own
institutions and assets in the Holy Land.
March 2000
The Pope visits the Holy Land and repeats the Holy See's insistence
that" international oversight- 'a special statute, internationally
guaranteed'- would best safeguard the city's holy sites and all its
religions. The city of Jerusalem is the main obstacle to peace in the
region."
On March 27th, the Palestinian Authority says that The Vatican no
longer insists on international status for the Old City of Jerusalem,
and that The Vatican accepts the political division of the Old City
between Israel and the Palestinians. (One has to wonder if this
agreement had anything to do with Arafat's decision to wage war on
Israel six months later?)
October 2000
In a speech to the United Nations on October 30th, Archbishop Renato
Martino declared: "The "unique character" of Jerusalem as a city sacred
to three great religions makes it essential that religious leaders, not
politicians, control the holy sites." In his meeting on October 26th
with Lebanese Ambassador to the Vatican, Fouad Aoun, Pope John Paul 11
said that the city of Jerusalem should be given "specially guaranteed
international status."
January 2001
Israel TV journalists secretly film under the Shrine Of Omar, the 7th
century Islamic building which may have been deliberately constructed
over the Holy of Holies, them most sacred prayer room of the ancient
Jewish Temple. The video revealed a new and massive tunnel aimed
directly at the most sacred core of Solomon's and later, Herod's
Temples. During the Crusades the early 12th century chivalric order,
The Knights Templer, dug under the ruins for nine years and found a
network of tunnels where the Jewish priests hid their treasures form
the marauding Romans in 70 CE. It was also assumed that the original
records of the Jerusalem Church which prove that the Vatican was not
practicing Christianity as its founders had intended, was buried in
this spot. A pope with exclusive rights of divine interpretation was
not part of G-d's plan. If these scrolls were made public they would
jeopardize Rome's legitimacy. Thus it is imperative to The Vatican that
the Jews be removed from the Temple Mount so that they don't find these
important scrolls. The PA is serving as the Vatican's "building
contractors" in this arrangement in the hope that the Vatican will side
with the Palestinians in the conflict with Israel.
July 2002
Israeli, US and German delegations at the Organization for Security and
Cooperation in Europe in Berlin have to fight a surprise proposal to
internationalize Jerusalem's Old City by the Italian delegation to the
meeting. The head of the Italian delegation told Rabbi Abraham Cooper,
associate dean of the US-based Simon Weisenthal Center, that the main
concern of the Italian government was that "in the future when there
are peace discussions, the Palestinian entity will be given control of
the Christian Holy sites."
Why the secular government of Italy should be worried about this was
not explained in the new item. (The Jerusalem Post, July 8th, 2002)
So What Is The Vatican Planning And What Can Israeli Jews Do About It?
For centuries the Vatican has been pushing its "replacement" doctrine
which states that the Catholic has replaced Israel as "the New Israel".
The Roman Catholic Church wants Israel to lose sovereign control over
the Old City of Jerusalem so that "the promises to the literal
descendents of Abraham will be applied to the 'New Jerusalem.'" If
Israel controls Jerusalem it is evidence that Rome's claims are not
legitimate and that the literal interpretation of Scriptures is
correct. There is no place for the restoration of the nation of Israel
in its theology. How can the Vatican claim to be "the New Jerusalem"
and "rightful heir to the Kingdom of God" if the Jews control
Jerusalem? How is the Catholic Church going to convince the world that
their version of theology is correct?
The Vatican is going to have everyone believe this "mysterious
individual who will "unite the faiths" and appear in Jerusalem which
will be under the control of an authority headed by The Vatican. " That
deal to have the Vatican come into Israel and take over these
properties and to "control and dominate the Old City of Jerusalem"
already exists and has been fully documented and reported in the
world's media.
The end goal of The Vatican is to seize control of the Old City of
Jerusalem out of the clutches of the state of Israel. To that end they
have a secret agreement with Israel which obliges Israel to respect the
"extraterritorial" claim to their physical presence in the city. In
short, "we have accepted the Vatican's rights to have little Vatican
sovereign embassies throughout our eternal capital of Jerusalem. That
same Vatican has committed itself, in public and in a written
agreement, to ensure that the Palestinians have sovereignty in the Old
City of Jerusalem.
The public record shows a secret deal has already been conducted behind
the backs of the Israeli public whereby the Vatican was promised to
take over the Old City. There is ample proof in the public record to
prove that a secret deal was done with the Vatican by two Israeli
government representatives, Yossi Beilin and Shimon Peres. As it was
concocted covertly it can't serve the Israeli public- but someone else.
Thus these agreements need to be made void and nullified.
It doesn't matter if religious Jews or Israelis think that "Catholic
theology" is "strange looking" or extremely "ritualistic." What matters
is that all Israelis understand that The Vatican has a secret agenda
and it includes stealing the Old City of Jerusalem away from the Jews.
That is what you need to know and understand. Unfortunately, this
agenda is being carried out in secret and behind your back and that is
why you are ignorant of its true aims. The purpose of this essay is to
warn you of these exact intentions of The Vatican so that you will be
an "informed consumer" when it comes to Israel's relations with the
Roman Catholic Church. Even the overt clauses of the Vatican agreement,
the exchange of ambassadors and the opening of the Vatican archives to
Israeli researchers, have not been fulfilled by The Vatican. From an
Israeli perspective, the "Fundamental Agreement Between The Holy See
and The State of Israel" has been a complete failure and should be
immediately rescinded.
http://www.joelbainerman.com/articles/vatican.asp
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