Much hyped book a shallow sales pitch for Israel’s water industry

If a university or town near you decides to pay the $20,001 to $40,000 speaking fee to hear Seth Siegel’s sales pitch, contact the Alliance for Water Justice in Palestine.  We can help you strategize about how to turn the occasion into a demand for water justice.

Seth Siegel’s  Let There Be Water: Israel’s Solution for a Water-Starved World is lavishly praised on the Internet.  

It is called ‘inspiring,’ ‘fascinating’ and ‘brilliant’ by people both known (Tony Blair, Michael Bloomberg, Robert Kennedy Jr., Ariana Huffington, Shimon Peres) and unknown — among them Ruth Atar who read it after she heard it mentioned by Gov. Jerry Brown.  Her reaction: “Wow.  I had NO idea.  This book gave me a view of Israeli history I’d never had before, and insights on our own situation here in California.”  

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Can you imagine not having enough water or electricity?

Rates of chloride and nitrates have reached alarming levels: 

Palestinian child transporting his family's bottles, filled with potable water from a purification station, in Deir al-Balah central Gaza Strip, on May 22, 2013. (Photo: Ashraf Amra/APA Images) - 

Palestinian child transporting his family's bottles, filled with potable water from a purification station, in Deir al-Balah central Gaza Strip, on May 22, 2013. (Photo: Ashraf Amra/APA Images) - 

“The frequent power outages have also made it extremely difficult for the municipalities to provide citizens’ homes with water around the clock. Local municipalities pump water for less than four hours a day, a very limited period for Gaza’s residents."

Over ninety percent of Gaza’s water wells are unsafe for human consumption  [Mondoweiss]