The title of this post is tongue-in-cheek. Many readers no doubt would think it overly sarcastic. Yet the Arab obsession with seeing everything Jewish in the Middle East as a disaster makes the title not too far off the mark.

Several momentous calendar dates vie for the title of “The Catastrophe” for the Palestinians, but perhaps none is as raw as the Israeli capture of the Old City of Jerusalem on June 7, 1967. It completed Israel’s conquest in another existential war.

The IDF’s lightning victory that summer was a political earthquake still being felt around the world. When Israeli paratroopers entered the Old City, it marked the end of “gentile rule” in the fabled city.

The status of Jerusalem continues to vex diplomats the world over. And this is exactly what the Bible predicts for the last days.

The Palestinians want east Jerusalem as a capitol of a future state. The Israelis insist they will not give it up.

What do you think will happen?