Land for peace is fool’s gold when it comes to the Middle East

Today is Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement for Jewish people. It is 45 years since the war which bore its name.

That was the last of three assaults launched by surrounding Arab powers to eradicate Israel.

The previous one, in 1967, ended when Israel drove Jordan out of the West Bank, Egypt out of Gaza and Sinai, and Syria from the Golan Heights.