Israel-Palestine war: By destroying Gaza, Tel Aviv is opening a huge front in Jordan

From the ruins of a fourth-century church and monastery on Mount Nebo – which according to Deuteronomy, God commanded Moses to climb to view the Promised Land before he died – Palestine unrolls like a carpet before you. 

In the foreground is the Jordan Valley; in the middle distance, Jericho. On the horizon, the lights of Jerusalem twinkle.

It’s a spot chosen by Christian leaders as a symbol of peace. In 2000, Pope John Paul II planted…