Wednesday, February 20, 2013

POPE MAY CHANGE CONCLAVE RULES BEFORE LEAVING

KING JESUS IS COMING FOR US ANY TIME NOW. THE RAPTURE. BE PREPARED TO GO.

¹full Papal title:
 (a) 1870 - 7 Jun 1929: "Bishop of Rome, Vicar of Jesus Christ, Successor of the Prince of the Apostles, Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church, Patriarch of the West, Primate of Italy, Archbishop and Metropolitan of the Province of Rome, Servant of the Servants of God";
 (b) 7 Jun 1929 - 1 Mar 2006: "Bishop of Rome, Vicar of Jesus Christ, Successor of the Prince of the Apostles, Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church, Patriarch of the West, Primate of Italy, Archbishop and Metropolitan of the Roman Province, Sovereign of the State of the Vatican City, Servant of the Servants of God";
 (c) from 1 Mar 2006: "Bishop of Rome, Vicar of Jesus Christ, Successor of the Prince of the Apostles, Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church, Primate of Italy, Archbishop and Metropolitan of the Roman Province, Sovereign of the State of the Vatican City, Servant of the Servants of God."  
http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Catholic.html 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByOBYOmn2Ys 
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2013/02/stock-results-feb-112013.html 
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2013/02/roman-dictator-jewish-false-prophet.html 
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2013/02/that-meteorite-hit-was-nothing-wait.html 
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2013/02/pope-has-11-days-yet-in-power.html 
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2013/02/pope-may-change-conclave-rules.html 
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2013/02/vatican-news-with-6-days-from-popes.html 
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2013/02/pope-16th-last-sunday-blessing.html 
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2013/02/vatican-news-with-3-days-left-in-reign.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2013/02/2-days-till-pope-resigns-what-will.html  
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2013/02/the-cardinal-pre-conclave-begins-guess.html 

On this order and as discussed in an earlier entry, the Catholic seer who in 2002 correctly predicted that the pope succeeding John Paul II would be named Benedict XVI, Ronald L. Conte Jr., believes the next pope will be Cardinal Francis Arinze and that he will take the name Pius XIII. This name (Pius) is associated historically with popes who emphasized authoritative doctrine during their pontificates. Cardinal Arinze fits this description, and Conte interprets this qualification as best fulfilling “Peter the Roman” as a pope who “will reaffirm the authority of the Roman Pontiff over the Church; this authority is based on his place as a Successor of Peter” and “will emphasize the supremacy of the Roman Catholic Faith and the Roman Catholic Church above all other religions and denominations, and its authority over all Christians and all peoples of the world.” To this, Conte adds, “During the reign of Pope Peter the Roman, the great apostasy begins” and this pope will mark “the first part of the tribulation, during our generation.”[i] Conte envisions this apocalypse beginning in 2012 when, as he sees it, Benedict is assassinated and is replaced by Petrus Romanus. This is followed by a series of cascading events resulting in World War III, which is triggered when Iranian-backed terrorists explode a nuclear bomb in New York City. The Great Tribulation begins, and by July 2013, Rome is destroyed when it is struck by a nuclear missile.

BY THE BIBLE-THE VATICAN WILL BE BOMBED OR NUKED AT THE MIDPOINT OF THE 7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD.SO YOU WILL KNOW EXACTLY WHEN THE VATICAN WILL BE BOMBED.THE VERY DAY THE 7 YEAR PEACE TREATY IS SIGNED.YOU WILL KNOW EXACTLY 3 1/2 YRS LATER THE VATICAN WILL BE BOMBED OR NUKED.ONCE AGAIN I STRESS,I'M NOT A CATHOLIC BASHER.I'M JUST GOING BY THE BIBLE.

REVELATION 13:11-13
11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth;(FALSE VATICAN POPE) and he had two horns like a lamb,(JESUS IS THE LAMB OF GOD) and he spake as a dragon.(HES SATANICALLY INSPIRED,HES A CHRISTIAN DEFECTOR FROM THE FAITH)
12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him,(WORLD DICTATOR) and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.(THE WORLD DICTATOR CREATES A FALSE RESURRECTION AND IS CROWNED LEADER OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER).
13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,


REVELATION 17:1-2,4-6,9,16-18
1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:(VATICAN ON 7 HILLS)
2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.(VATICAN IN POLITICS)

4 And the woman (FALSE POPE) was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour,(VATICAN COLOURS)(ANOTHER REASON WE KNOW THE FALSE POPE COMES FROM THE VATICAN) and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.

9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.(THE VATICAN IS BUILT ON 7 HILLS OR MOUNTAINS)
16 And the ten horns (WORLD GOVERNMENT) which thou sawest upon the beast,(WORLD DICTATOR) these shall hate the whore,(VATICAN-FALSE CHURCH) and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.(BOMBS OR NUKES)
17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.
18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.(VATICAN)

Pope may change conclave rules before leaving: Vatican

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict may change Church rules governing the conclave where cardinals from around the world will meet next month to secretly elect his successor, the Vatican said on Wednesday.Benedict was studying the possibility of making changes to two laws established by his predecessor Pope John Paul before he abdicates on February 28, a spokesman said.The changes may affect the timing of the start of the conclave.Spokesman Father Federico Lombardi said Benedict was considering making changes that would "harmonize" two documents approved by his predecessor.One governs the period while the papacy is vacant, known as the "Sede Vacante," and another is more specific about the running of the conclave after it begins.A 1996 apostolic constitution by Pope John Paul, called "Universi Dominici Gregis," stipulates that a conclave must start between 15 and 20 days after the papacy becomes vacant, meaning it cannot begin before March 15 under the current rules.Some cardinals believe a conclave should start sooner in order to reduce the time in which the Roman Catholic Church will be without a leader.
Cardinals around the world have already begun informal consultations by phone and email to construct a profile of the man they think would be best suited to lead the Church in a period of continuing crisis.
Some 117 cardinals under the age of 80 will be eligible to enter the conclave, which is held in the Sistine Chapel.(Reporting By Philip Pullella and Naomi O'Leary)

John Paul II unified all the rules regarding the Sede Vacante and the conclave within the Apostolic Consititution Universi Dominici Gregis. Signed on February 22, 1996, the judicial document will without a doubt help navigate the process developing in the coming weeks.
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/apost_constitutions/documents/hf_jp-ii_apc_22021996_universi-dominici-gregis_en.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpDmqPJj1Y4
http://papam.wordpress.com/tag/universi-dominici-gregis/

Religion

Sede vacante - The papal transition

Officials in the Vatican are busy preparing the election of a successor after Pope Benedict XVI announced he would resign at the end of the month. The 'sede vacante' period is subject to a strict code of regulations.
Sede vacante is literally the period of the 'empty seat', when the Holy See becomes vacant after the death or resignation of a pope. It is a well-regulated interim period. Following his resignation announcement, Pope Benedict XVI will remain in office for about two more weeks. The German pope is not expected to make any spectacular decisions during that period, said Stephan Haering, a Munich-based expert on canon law, "I do not believe he will appoint more cardinals, but he will observe his regular papal duties," Haering told a Munich church radio station. According to schedule, Pope Benedict is expected to hold public appearances on Ash Wednesday and on February 24.This time, Vatican authorities have more time than they usually do to prepare for the transition period, the secret conclave and the arrival of the presumably 117 cardinals eligible to vote, as well as thousands of reporters. The actual sede vacante period begins when the pope steps down at 8 p.m. on February 28.The Cardinal Camerlengo, currently 78-year-old Tarcisio Bertone, is responsible for managing the property of the Holy See during the interim period between the resignation and the election of a new pope.

Provisions by Code of Canon Law
The papacy is then on hold. It is "an interim order for the span of time between two popes" determined in papal election regulations, Bonn canon lawyer Norbert Lüdecke told DW. Nothing may be changed in the church's overall leadership, he added: not even the smallest change in course, no removals from, or appointments to, office. Papal power is not delegated to the Pontifical College nor to the College of Cardinals, which prepares and conducts the election of a new Pope. "Apart from that task, it can only handle regular or urgent matters that as a rule are not reserved for the Pope," Lüdecke said.According to Catholic canon law, a conclave begins in the Sistine Chapel at the earliest 15, and at the latest, 20 days after the death of a Pope. For hundreds of years – as was the case after the death of Pope John Paul II in 2005 - these two to three weeks have been a period reserved for mourning, farewell and the funeral. Benedict's surprise resignation announcement allows for a completely new and much longer period of speculation and taking stock as well as mental preparation.The Sistine Chapel, presumably the best-known chapel in the Apostolic Palace, is in for several changes before the conclave begins; bustling activity, too, in the rooms and corridors of the guest house that will house the electors. At some point, then, the Cardinals install themselves in the Chapel to elect a successor. Some of them are just shy of 80 - an age that would have barred them from casting their vote in the election.Previous sede vacantes seem to indicate that a decision on who is to become the 266th Pope can be expected about 17 days after the 'empty seat' period began, in this case, on March 17 or 18. The eight papal vacancies the Catholic Church saw in the 20th century lasted an average of 17 days and exactly 17 days before Benedict was elected in 2005.DW.DE
http://www.dw.de/sede-vacante-the-papal-transition/a-16593609

Conclave brings out cardinals' dirty laundry

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Popular pressure is mounting in the U.S. and Italy to keep California Cardinal Roger Mahony away from the conclave to elect the next pope because of his role shielding sexually abusive priests, a movement targeting one of the most prominent of a handful of compromised cardinals scheduled to vote next month.Amid the outcry, Mahony has made clear he is coming. And a Vatican historian said Wednesday that there is no precedent for a cardinal staying home because of personal scandal.Conclaves always bring out the worst in cardinals' dirty laundry, with past sins and transgressions aired anew in the slow news days preceding the vote. This time is no different — except that the revelations of Mahony's sins are so fresh, and ordinary Catholics seem to want to have a greater say in who is fit to choose their next pope.
This week, the influential Italian Catholic affairs magazine Famiglia Cristiana asked its readers if the Los Angeles-based cardinal Mahony should participate in the conclave given the revelations. "Your opinion: Mahony in the conclave: Yes or No?" reads the online survey of one of Italy's most-read magazines.
That followed a petition by a group in the United States, Catholics United, demanding that Mahony recuse himself from the papal conclave.Mahony, however, has made clear he will vote. "Count-down to the Papal Conclave has begun. Your prayers needed that we elect the best Pope for today and tomorrow's Church," he tweeted earlier this week. He promised daily Twitter updates from the conclave.Last month, a court in Los Angeles ordered the release of thousands of pages of confidential personnel files of more than 120 priests accused of sex abuse. The files show that Mahony and other top archdiocese officials maneuvered behind the scenes to shield accused priests and protect the church from a growing scandal while keeping parishioners in the dark.Mahony was stripped of his duties last month by his successor at the largest Catholic diocese in the United States. But the administrative dressing-down by Archbishop Jose Gomez only affected Mahony's work in the archdiocese, not his role as a cardinal.Historian Ambrogio Piazzoni, the vice prefect of the Vatican library, said there was no precedent for a cardinal staying away from a conclave because of personal scandal, though in the past some have been impeded either by illness or interference by governments.Regardless, he said, any decision to stay away would have to be approved by the full College of Cardinals given that the main duty of a cardinal is to vote in a conclave."The thing that characterizes a cardinal is to be an elector of the pope," he told reporters.___Follow Nicole Winfield at www.twitter.com/nwinfield

Pope considers new conclave rules, date uncertain

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI may enact a new law governing the upcoming conclave to elect a new pope amid continued uncertainty over when the voting can begin.The Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, said Wednesday that he didn't know for sure if the new law under consideration would address the timing of the conclave following Benedict's Feb. 28 resignation. He said it would contain some "clarifications" on certain points. But given the crush of interest surrounding the conclave date, it's likely to address the issue.The current law says cardinals should wait 15 days after the papacy becomes vacant before launching a conclave to allow all eligible cardinals to arrive in Rome, making March 15 the presumed start. That delay, however, assumed a papal death and funeral. In this case, the cardinals already know that this pontificate will end Feb. 28 and can get to Rome in plenty of time to take part in the conclave.Some canonists and scholars have said the current rules allow for some wiggle room on the 15-day wait given that most if not all the cardinals will already be in Rome for Benedict's final general audience Feb. 27 and his farewell meeting with cardinals on Feb. 28."The document says that the cardinals present in Rome must wait 15 days for the arrival of the others," noted Ambrogio Piazzoni, the vice prefect of the Vatican library. "That can mean that if the cardinals all arrive before the 15 days there is no need to wait. The phrase 'must wait' doesn't say that you can't start before 15 days."However, leading U.S. canonist Edward Peters, an adviser to the Vatican high court, welcomed word that the pope himself might intervene."Advancing the conclave start-date would make obvious good sense, but actually doing so on anything less than express papal authority raises serious canonical and even ecclesiological problems," he said on his blog.The date of the conclave's start is important because Holy Week begins March 24, with Palm Sunday Mass followed by Easter Sunday on March 31. In order to have a new pope in place in time for the most solemn liturgical period on the church calendar, he would need to be installed by Sunday, March 17, because of the strong tradition to hold installation Mass on a Sunday. Given the tight time-frame, speculation has mounted that some arrangement would be made to start the conclave on March 10 or thereabouts, earlier than a strict reading of the law would allow.___Follow Nicole Winfield at www.twitter.com/nwinfield

MY CHOICES FOR THE NEXT POPE.IF ITS PETER THE ROMAN.MY CHOICES 1 TO 4.BUT THIS GUY COULD SURE QUALIFY FOR THE FALSE POPE.HES FOR HOMOSEXUALITY.HE COULD DIVIDE THE CATHOLIC CHURCH INTO APOSTASY.

Cardinal Christoph Schönborn 

Increasing doubts about his orthodoxy. He recently intervened in his diocese to re-install an openly homosexual man to the parish council, humiliating one of his priests. It has been noticed. And two words: Balloon Mass (see below) Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/meet-the-man-who-will-be-the-next-pope-2012-4?op=1#ixzz2LTOZNxvq

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67Lom28KSlg&feature=player_embedded 

1-Cardinal Angelo Scola
Cardinal Angelo Scola
Image by Italy / Reuters

Country: Italy.
Position: Cardinal-Archbishop of Milan.
Age: 71.
Why He Might Be Elected: Scola's academic background mirrors Pope Benedict's and he has been at the front of the church's Muslim outreach efforts. He established the Oasis Foundation, which brings Muslim and Christian scholars together to promote mutual understanding and brainstorm the future of the Middle East. His extroverted public persona has been compared to that of Pope John Paul II. Also, twice in the last century, archbishops from Milan have been elected pope: Popes Pius XI in 1922 and Paul VI in 1963.
Why He Might Not Be Elected: Scola is rumored to have enemies in the Roman Curia (the governing body of the church) and some church leaders are wary of anointing another academic as pontiff.

2- Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone
Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone

Country: Italy.
Position: Cardinal Secretary of State; Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church.
Age: 78.
Why He Might Be Elected: Bertone has been assuming more of the day-to-day responsibilities of the papacy in recent years and he has a reputation as the most powerful (if somewhat ruthless) politician in the Holy See. He is responsible for appointing many of the Italian elector-Cardinals who will name the next pope, and, as Business Insider points out, he "knows where every body is buried."
Why He Might Not Be Elected: The master politician has too many enemies within the church. Bertone was the main target in 2012's "Vatileaks" scandal and many cardinals have openly blamed him for failing to "avert the gaffes that have marred Benedict's papacy." He does not speak English or French and is considered by many to be power-hungry and unqualified for the office he currently holds, let alone the office of the pope.

3- Cardinal Peter Turkson
Cardinal Peter Turkson
Image by Max Rossi / Reuters

Country: Ghana.
Position: President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace.
Age: 64.
Why He Might Be Elected: Africa is one of the fastest-growing regions in Catholicism. In 2008, Pope Benedict said that the election of a black pontiff would "send a splendid signal to the world" about the universal nature of the Catholic Church. Turkson speaks six languages and is one of the more visible members of the Church, who comes across as both likeable and pragmatic in his public appearances. His extensive pastoral experience in Africa is also a point in his favor.
Why He Might Not Be Elected: Turkson sparked controversy in October 2012 when he screened a YouTube video that made alarmist predictions about the growth of Islam in Europe at an international meeting of bishops. Also, as the National Catholic Reporter points out: "As the head of a pontifical council (which doesn't really wield binding authority over much of anything), Turkson hasn't fully laid to rest questions about his ability to govern."

4- Cardinal Francis Arinze
Cardinal Francis Arinze
Image by AFP / SIA KAMBOU

Country: Nigeria.
Position: Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.
Age: 80.
Why He Might Be Elected: Like Turkson, Arinze is a high-profile African cardinal and was on the short list after Pope John Paul II's death.
Why He Might Not Be Elected: At 80, Arinze is too old to vote in the papal election himself and the last non-voting Cardinal to be elected pontiff was Hadrian VI in 1522. It seems unlikely that the conclave would appoint the oldest pope in the history of the church after the health-related resignation of Pope Benedict.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/ellievhall/the-10-men-who-would-be-pope

POPES PEACE DOVE ATTACKED BY SEGULL COULD MEAN TRIBULATION IS NEAR
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2269255/Popes-dove-peace-ends-pieces-Seagull-attacks-bird-seconds-Pontiff-releases-Vatican-balcony.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBsOVCO2rAU
LIGHTENING STRIKES VATICAN TWICE
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/lightning-bolt-hit-vatican-not-1705156

LAND FOR PEACE (THE FUTURE 7 YEARS OF HELL ON EARTH)

JOEL 3:2
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people(ISRAEL) and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.(UPROOTED ISRAELIS AND DIVIDED JERUSALEM)(THIS BRINGS ON WW3 BECAUSE JERUSALEM IS DIVIDED,WARNING TO ARABS-MUSLIMS AND THE WORLD).

THE WEEK OF DANIEL 9:27 WE KNOW ITS 7 YRS

Heres the scripture 1 week = 7 yrs Genesis 29:27-29
27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.

DANIEL 11:21-23
21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
23 And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.
24 He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.

DANIEL 9:26-27
26 And after threescore and two weeks(62X7=434 YEARS+7X7=49 YEARS=TOTAL OF 69 WEEKS OR 483 YRS) shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;(ROMAN LEADERS DESTROYED THE 2ND TEMPLE) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.(THERE HAS TO BE 70 WEEKS OR 490 YRS TO FUFILL THE VISION AND PROPHECY OF DAN 9:24).(THE NEXT VERSE IS THAT 7 YR WEEK OR (70TH FINAL WEEK).
27 And he( THE ROMAN,EU PRESIDENT) shall confirm the covenant (PEACE TREATY) with many for one week:(1X7=7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,(3 1/2 yrs in TEMPLE SACRIFICES STOPPED) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

JEREMIAH 6:14
14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

JEREMIAH 8:11
11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

1 THESSALONIANS 5:3
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

ISAIAH 33:8
8  The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant,(7 YR TREATY) he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.(THE WORLD LEADER-WAR MONGER CALLS HIMSELF GOD)

ISAIAH 28:14-19 (THIS IS THE 7 YR TREATY COVENANT OF DANIEL 9:27)
14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.

PA Encouraged by Livni’s New Role

PA officials are pleased that MK Tzipi Livni will head negotiations. ‘Her public positions are positive.’
By Maayana Miskin First Publish: 2/20/2013, 9:42 AM-Israelnationalnews

Нетаньяху и Ливни
Нетаньяху и Ливни-Flash90
Palestinian Authority officials have welcomed the news that MK Tzipi Livni, formerly the Foreign Minister, will head Israel-PA negotiations under her party’s coalition deal with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu.
“Livni’s publicly stated positions are positive,” said Nimer Hammad, a top advisor to PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas. “She has experience with the demands of the peace process and with the Palestinian side’s view of the solution.”Livni was heavily involved in negotiations with the PA under the administration of former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. He and Livni reportedly offered the PA over 90% of land in Judea and Samaria for the creation of a new Arab state, and suggested splitting the city of Jerusalem to give the PA a capital in the eastern part of the city.Both Netanyahu and Livni have been taking heat from Israelis for their coalition agreement. Livni had previously declared that Netanyahu would be a diplomatic disaster for Israel, while Netanyahu said before the elections that Livni failed as a negotiator and should not have a major role in talks with the PA.The two tried to staunch the flow of criticism in their Tuesday night news conference by acknowledging their previous statements. Israel’s current security needs required them to overcome their differences for the common good, they argued.Livni’s former party, Kadima, is expected to join the coalition soon as well. Kadima has just two seats in the current Knesset, down from 28 in the previous Knesset. Party head Shaul Mofaz is rumored to have been offered either the Ministry of Strategic Affairs or the Environmental Protection Ministry.

Progress in Likud-Bayit Yehudi Talks

MK: Netanyahu needs us, even if he doesn't want us.
By Maayana Miskin First Publish: 2/20/2013, 2:58 PM-Israelnationalnews

MK Uri Ariel
MK Uri Ariel-Flash 90
The Bayit Yehudi (Jewish Home) party is moving forward in its coalition talks with Likud Beytenu, MK Uri Ariel said Wednesday, speaking to Arutz Sheva.“There is progress, not in Kfar Maccabia in front of the cameras, but in various discussions with senior members of Likud,” he reported. However, he said, “it is not enough.”Likud’s deal with Tzipi Livni’s Hatnua party “is cause for concern,” he said. The agreement will affect the Jewish Home party, which disagrees with Livni regarding concessions in Judea and Samaria and which Livni has dismissed as dangerously extremist.It is also a blow to Yair Lapid of Yesh Atid, who had hoped to be given the Justice Ministry portfolio that Netanyahu just gave to Livni, he noted.However, Ariel scoffed at media reports, based on “senior Likud sources,” that Bayit Yehudi is “at war” with Likud. “That’s just spin from cowardly senior party members,” he said, adding, “It’s not for nothing that they’re hiding [under anonymity].”Ultimately, he predicted, the Jewish Home party will be in the coalition. “Netanyahu needs us even if he doesn’t want us,” he said.MK Ariel reported that in addition to Bayit Yehudi’s known understandings with Lapid and Yesh Atid, “we are in close contact with the hareidi parties.”The party would have preferred an agreement with the hareidi parties, but was rejected by them, he revealed. “We proposed several times that we establish a joint religious front based on the Sabbath, the Land of Israel, and sharing the burden [of military service],” he said.The hareidi-religious parties are steadfast in their rejection of mandatory military service for youth who wish to study Torah full-time.

IDF Seeks Religious Jewish Female Soldiers

IDF higher-ups discuss ways to boost enlistment among religious Jewish women.
By Maayana Miskin First Publish: 2/20/2013, 3:46 PM-Israelnationalnews

Female soldiers
Female soldiers-Israel news photo: Flash 90
Top IDF officials met this week with representatives from Aluma, an organization that directs Israeli youth to meaningful IDF service. Their goal: to figure out how to boost IDF enlistment among religious Jewish women.Women who live a traditional religious lifestyle are exempt from army service. In total, 40% of Israeli women eligible for IDF service do not serve, and 35% of those get an exemption for religious reasons.
While exemptions from service for men are common primarily in the hareidi-religious community, women from both the hareidi community and the religious-Zionist community often seek exemptions.However, IDF officers noted a recent increase in the number of female recruits who are graduates of the public religious Jewish school system. The increase comes despite the fact that many religious girls’ schools have a policy not to allow recruitment activities on school grounds.Brigadier-General Gadi Agmon of the IDF Manpower division said the army would work to ensure that each religious female recruit would be able to serve without compromising on her values. The IDF is willing to commit to allowing female soldiers to leave their positions without negative repercussions if the position does not allow religious observance, he said.Units that include religious female recruits are subject to visits from superiors, and the recruits have twice-annual meetings with superior officers to ensure any concerns are addressed, Agmon added.Yifat Selah of Aluma has worked on behalf of religious female soldiers for several years. Aluma’s goal is not to encourage 12th grade girls to enlist, she said, but rather to be sure they have all the relevant information.“That said, we are all women who decided to enlist, and we do not conceal our stance,” she added.Selah explained that Aluma works directly with religious soldiers and not with rabbis, but said there are rabbis who support religious female soldiers even if they do not actively encourage female IDF enlistment.