The Unholy City ???

Here is a great essay about Jerusalem by Uri Avnery:

Jerusalem is called "the City of Peace". This is a linguistic mistake. True, in antiquity it was called Salem, which sounds like peace, but Salem was in fact the name of the local deity.

It is also a historical mistake. No city in the world has seen as many wars, massacres and as much bloodshed as this one.

All in the name of some God or other.

http://zope.gush-shalom.org/home/en/channels/avnery/1416602494/

Christians believe that Jerusalem will be the site of G-d's throne upon the earth:

2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from G-d out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of G-d is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and G-d himself shall be with them, and be their G-d.
4 And G-d shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new.
23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of G-d did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
24 And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.
25 And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.
26 And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it.

Revelation Chapter 21 KJV

My first impulse is to feel revulsion over what is currently happening in Jerusalem. What does this have to go with G-d's will?

Then came the ghastly revenge-murder of an Arab boy who was abducted by Jews and burned alive with gasoline poured into his mouth.

But perhaps I should focus on the meaning of the phrase "and the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it". Those who are NOT saved (i.e., the wicked) will suffer pain and death.

And if that is G-d's will, who am I to stand in His way?