If you ask Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly what the solution to the Middle East conflict is, she will surely tell you that a “ceasefire” is what’s needed.

Channelling her inner Neville Chamberlain, Joly has spent the better part of a year pretending the C-word is the magic bullet that will put an end to all the sectarian strife in the Middle East and bring about a new era of peace and prosperity.