"In the past 40 years, there was no government that limited construction in any Jerusalem area or neighborhood," Netanyahu said. "Establishing Jewish neighborhoods did not hurt Jerusalem's Arab residents and was not at their expense."
One should remember -- here -- that the United Nations considers Israel as an "international city" and not one that is under the sovereignty of Israel. And so, the United Nations figures (no joke here... now...) that it should administer the governance of Jerusalem and that Israel is not the legitimate possessor of the city of Jerusalem. This is the legal position of the United Nations on the matter.
I think that this is what is part of the setting of the control of the coming Anitchrist, to rule over the city of Jerusalem as an "International city" when the time comes for him to come on the scene.
We'll be in the last 7 years (called the Tribulation time) which leads up to the Messiah of Israel coming and going to war against all the enemy forces of the Antichrist, in the world and destroying them all... and regaining control of Jerusalem, and setting up the "world capital" under the Kingdom of the Messiah of Israel and from there, the Messiah will rule over all the nations of the world.
That's an interesting "twist" isn't it... LOL ...
First, all the nations of the world, take control of Jerusalem, through the United Nations, and then Israel, under control of the Messiah of Israel, takes control of all the countries in the United Nations and runs them all, from His world capital city of Jerusalem... quite a "twist of fate" I would say... :-)
Catholic belief that the Jews would never return to their homeland until the second coming of Jesus was completely discredited by the return of the Jews to their homeland. To try to salvage something theologically, Catholic leaders decided to try to keep Jerusalem of the control of Israel - this despite the fact that only under Israel have all religions enjoyed protection and safety. When Jordan controlled part of Jerusalem, they desecrated and tore up holy sites and used the Western Wall area as a latrine. History and the Bible have proven that no country or international body, except the Jewish state of Israel can be counted on to keep Jerusalem safe and free and ready for messianic times.