The Holy City Shall They Tread Under Foot Forty And Two Months

Things are getting serious on the Temple Mount (a.k.a. the Noble Sanctuary):

Palestinians in east Jerusalem have carried out violent protests, alleging that Jewish zealots are secretly trying to gain control of the site. The Palestinians claim east Jerusalem, captured by Israel in 1967, as their capital.

While Jews are permitted to visit the hilltop compound, they are not supposed to pray. Palestinian fears have been heightened by an increased number of visits by Jewish hard-liners and calls by members of Netanyahu's governing coalition for an expanded Jewish presence there. They also object to Israeli restrictions on Muslims entering the compound. Israel says the restrictions are security measures.

In an address to thousands of people at his West Bank headquarters, Abbas accused Israel of trying to divide the mosque compound, comparing it to the experience of a holy site in the West Bank that was split between Jewish and Muslim sides after an Israeli settler gunned down 29 Muslim worshippers there 20 years ago.

"Leaders of Israel make a mistake if they think they can divide the Al-Aqsa Mosque as they have done in Ibrahimi Mosque, and they will retreat from this one too," he said.

"By dividing the mosques, they are leading us to a religious war, and no one, Muslim or Christian, will accept that Jerusalem be theirs," Abbas said. "Jerusalem is our capital, and there will be no concessions."

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20141111/ml--israel-palestinians-529b2f05fa.html

It sounds like the Israelis are attempting the "two state solution" on the Temple Mount itself. Personally I prefer the "three state solution":

http://sainthoward.blogspot.com/2014/11/a-plan-for-jerusalem.html

Does this entire episode not remind you of the following Biblical passage?

And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.
But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.

Revelation 11:1-2 KJV