On Friday, two Israeli policemen were murdered on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.  The same day, Seth Siegel wrote in The New York Times, "A Good Story about Israel and the Palestinians," detailing how Israeli and Palestinians sat on a dais to announce an update on the Red Sea-Dead Sea project.  Siegel, author of Let There be Water, is probably Israel's greatest water expert, and his understanding of the challenges of water use and distribution in Israel and with its neighbors is unsurpassed.  But what he passes off as a "good story" is simply the old story of Israel giving something to the Palestinians (and Jordan) in exchange for a phony smile. The agreement includes no change in the Palestinian Authority's nasty attitude or incitement to violence against Israel.  No decision to stop paying terrorists for killing Jews.  There was condemnation of Israeli security measures after the murders from P.A. strongman Mahmoud Abbas, King...(Read Full Post)