Israeli Regional Development Minister Silvan Shalom (L), Jordanian Water and Agriculture Minister Hazem Nasser (C) and Shaddad Attili, head of the Palestinian Water Authority, shake hands after signing an agreement at the World Bank in Washington, on December 9, 2013 to construct a Red Sea-Dead Sea pipeline to carry water north and slow down the desiccation of the Dead Sea. AFP PHOTO/Nicholas KAMM (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images)
