It was only a couple of days ago that I sat with my friend and parliamentary colleague, Dr Peter Prinsley MP, at the Sheikh Hussein border crossing between Jordan and Israel.
We had flown out to Amman, the Jordanian capital, the night before, and had just driven an hour or so across the Jordan Valley to a place that turned out to be one of the lowest places on earth – 413m below sea level. The air was stifling and hot, and the atmosphere was becoming increasingly intense.
