A Jerusalem moment

I had forgotten how barmy this city can be and what gets taken as normal here. I was walking past the end of the road where the prime minister lives yesterday and there seemed to be an unusual amount of activity. There were more armed policemen on the corners than there normally are and others sitting in cars with their lights flashing.

Then a man going the other way on the pavement stopped me and said, '[INAUDIBLE] is coming.' I couldn't work out who he was talking about but I looked back at the police cars, expecting to see some sort of diplomatic cortege pull up, and said, 'Oh, when?'

'Soon, brother, soon,' he replied. 'In our generation. I feel it.'

And I realised he was talking about the Messiah.