OP, Thanks for the article ! I also have wondered if the people now occupying the 'Dome of the rock' were in fact the abomination of desolation as well. Just last week I read another article that I believe was posted in the daily Haaretz from January 24th, 2011. It showed a photo of the Pope standing there ( The Dome) with several of the men that worship there and said article saying that they have been negotiating with the pope so it would belong to the vatican.
I'm not sure when this transference of ownership would take place but the photo was startling. I also have done some math on the year of Messiahs return and I came up with 2018 about a half year ago. Of course nobody knows the exact date or time but that was the year I came up with.
OP have you ever read the Book of Enoch ? If you have I am just wondering how you liked it and also if the Math that is in that particular book lines up with our time at present. I found Enochs timeline totally matches up to present day ( as far as end times, etc)