On this day—October 26, 1994 Israel and Jordan signed a peace treaty and ended nearly 50 years of war. It was only the second peace treaty between Israel and an Arab state. The next day, King Hussein’s plane, escorted by Israeli F-15s, circled low over Jerusalem. The king and his wife looked down at the Old City in awe from the air for the first time. For a brief moment, the longest shared border in the region looked like it might become ordinary. Security cooperation remains strong to this day. Unfortunately, almost everything else has stayed cold at best.