So the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks are, predictably, collapsing. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry responded to the frustration of his manic peacemaking efforts by quoting an ancient complaint, “There’s an old saying, you can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink. Now it’s time to drink and the leaders need to know that.”

To which one might respond with the words of Psalms: “Be not like a horse or a mule, without understanding.”