The southernmost point in Israel is close to the country’s former enemies: Jordan and Egypt.

It’s so close, in fact, that you can drive to either country in a matter of minutes. The nations all have gone to war during Israel’s 61-year history. But now they’re at peace.

But what’s the treaty worth? A video telling the story of a December 2001 interception of a vessel loaded with weapons of terror, to be used against Israel, tells quite another story.

Israeli commandos departed from Eilat to intercept the freighter that was headed for the port of Alexandria, in Egypt, where it was going to disgorge its contents to be used by terrorists against Israel.

So, here’s the question: If Egypt has a peace treaty with Israel, why would it allow the cargo vessel to dock in Alexandria and then watch the distribution of the weapons to terror merchants waiting in the shadows?

Commerce, it seems, overrules bilateral treaties any day — and that makes the peace agreements worth little more than the paper on which they are printed.