It would be interesting to see who would try to “impose” a settlement on the Palis. They have three demands, all of which are poison pills, 1967 borders unadjusted, “right of return” and East Jerusalem. So, just who is going to send troops to make the Palis give those up?
Well, generally the “politics” of what is going on has fit right onto what the Bible says about the area. And, in that regard, it’s the Anti-Christ’s forces who move into Jerusalem, militarily, one day in the future.
In a strictly secular viewpoint, it doesn’t take much for that to happen with Israel, If the USA no longer blocks UN Security Council Resolutions against Israel, things will move in progression from verbal condemnations, to sanctions upon Israel where their goods will no longer be sold to nations in the world, to the USA no longer supplying Israel with any military supplies or any military cooperation, to not intervening in any way if Israel is attacked, to finally having a world-wide coalition put together (like the first Gulf War) to invade Israel. Those are the things that can very easily happen over the course of five or more years.
Let me just say this about the situation, Israel will become an “occupied nation” by outside forces and they will move on Jerusalem and take control of that city. The Jews will be escaping that situation and hiding out (in the wilderness) for 3-1/2 years ... until the Messiah of Israel returns to earth to take control of all the nations on earth, setting up his capital city to be Jerusalem.
Now, the interestimg thing is that this is all very plausible for how the “real world” works.
It’s not going to be a pleasant time for the world!