VATICAN COVETS AND DEMANDS SITE OF ISRAEL'S KING DAVID'S TOMB

 

Report: Vatican Pushing for Control of Mount Zion - King David's Tomb

Christian leaders push Israel to hand over control of area housing King David’s tomb, ‘last supper’ hall.

 

By Maayana Miskin for Arutz Sheva, Israel National News

 

 

Christian leaders reportedly pressured Israel to turn over control of Mount Zion in Jerusalem during a clandestine meeting of senior city officials.

 

The meeting took place Tuesday in the office of Attorney Amnon Merhav, the director-general of the Jerusalem municipality. It was attended by officials from the Prime Minister’s Office, President’s Office, Tourism Ministry, Police, Kotel Rabbi’s Office, and more.

 

During the meeting, representatives of Christian groups in the capital pushed Jerusalem leaders to give the Catholic Church control over the Mount Zion area that includes the “Hall of the Last Supper.” There have been reports that Israel’s government is planning to turn the building in question over to the Vatican prior to the Pope’s expected visit in May.

 

Pope Francis is expected to visit Israel and to lead a service in the Hall of the Last Supper.  The same building that houses the hall, which is holy to Christianity, also includes the tomb of King David, a holy site frequently visited by Jews. Some Church officials expressed upset over what they termed a major increase recently in the number of Jewish visitors to the site. 

 

Several Members of Knesset and ministers have asked the Prime Minister to respond to rumors that he is planning to give control of the Mount Zion compound to the Vatican. To date, the Prime Minister’s Office and Foreign Ministry have refused to respond, although Deputy Foreign Minister Zev Elkin stated in mid-2013 that the government has no such plans.

 

In response to reports regarding the Tuesday meeting, the city of Jerusalem released a statement saying, “The state of Israel and the Jerusalem municipality are paying special attention to the Mount Zion compound, with the goal of improving and updating the infrastructure and the municipal service, and of calming tension… The municipality will continue to lead the process as the central sovereign power on Mount Zion.”

 

The Prime Minister’s Office declined to respond.
 

INN Tags: Jerusalem, mount zion, Jerusalem municipality, King David's Tomb, Catholic Church

Source - http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/177615#.UwRxL5uPKM8

 

RELATED

 

2013 - Column on David's Tomb and Vatican efforts to take over Jewish heritage sites
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/12814#.UvfLbJsWKM8

 

VATICAN INACTION AND COVERUP IN FACE OF WIDESPREAD DEPRAVED CORRUPTION 

 

UNITED NATIONS SCATHING REPORT ON VATICAN INACTION AND COVERUP REGARDING WIDESPREAD CHURCH SEXUAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN   

http://ottersandsciencenews.blogspot.ca/2014/02/un-scathing-report-against-vatican-for.html

 

 

THE VATICAN'S ONGOING SUPPORT FOR ARAB TERRORISTS WHILE ALLOWING PRIESTS TO RAPE CHILDREN

http://ottersandsciencenews.blogspot.ca/2014/02/the-vatican-continues-support-for-arab.html
 

Pope says paedophilia not an absolute evil

December 2010 - Victims of clerical abuse reacted furiously to Pope Benedict’s claim that paedophilia wasn’t considered an “absolute evil” as recently as the 1970s … (he) also claimed that child pornography was increasingly considered “normal” by society. “It was maintained — even within the realm of Catholic theology — that there is no such thing as evil in itself or good in itself. There is only a ‘better than’ and a ‘worse than’. Nothing is good or bad in itself.” – http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/popersquos-child-porn-normal-claim-sparks-outrage-among-victims-15035449.html

 

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THE VATICAN'S AGENDA FOR ISRAEL

WHILE MUSLIMS PUSH CHRISTIANS OUT

OF PALESTINIAN-DOMINATED AREAS

Muslims Continue Pushing Christians Out of Bethlehem

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/127592#.Uve-MZsWKM8

The pope refuses to say mass in Israel's capital, Jerusalem, or to meet with Israel's PM Netanyahu - The pope's own personal snub of the Jews.

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/175346#.UuVnVZsWKM8

 

 

THE VATICAN HELPED NAZI CRIMINALS ESCAPE JUSTICE

 

During the Nazi regime in Germany, the Vatican not only refused to help the Jews, but it did everything possible to help Nazi murderers escape justice by creating the Rat Lines, which allowed them to flee to other countries. 

Excellent video on the Vatican and the Nazis - Interview with researcher John Loftus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cWa-isfeYE

The Pope, Eichmann, and the Nazi Ratlines
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/juliankossoff/100030163/the-pope-eichmann-and-the-nazi-ratlines/

Vatican-issued passports allowed at least 900 top Nazi criminals to escape Europe
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2117093/Secret-files-reveal-9-000-Nazi-war-criminals-fled-South-America-WWII.html

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Further issues -

 

The Vatican is said to be holding religious treasures looted by the Romans when they occupied Israel and defeated the Jewish rebellion.  The Vatican refuses to give Jews access to those objects, much less return them to their proper owners.

http://smoothstoneblog.com/israel-seeks-return-of-temple-artifacts

Engraving on the Arch of Titus in Rome showing the triumphant Roman army carrying sacred objects looted from the Temple in Jerusalem, including a large menorah.  The stolen Jewish gold and other treasure was used by the Roman emperor to build the Colosseum, using Jewish slaves - seen here as captives in chains -  to do the labor.

 

Although there is no confirmation, it is said that the Vatican may be holding Jewish Temple religious artifacts looted by the Romans.

Vespasian faced a serious deficit when he became emperor, but the spoils of war from Judea—the riches of the Temple treasury, the golden vessels from the Temple, the seized personal treasures of Jewish citizens and the sale of the Jewish captives themselves—provided enormous wealth for the emperor and the plundering army commanded by his son Titus. Thus did the conquest of Judea fund the most recognizable structure of imperial Rome.

http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-sites-places/temple-at-jerusalem/jewish-captives-in-the-imperial-city/

 

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