Mutual Extinction?

The never-ending violence between the state of Israel and it's neighbours, the Palestinians, carries the risk of mutual extinction of two nations that could contibute to economic prosperity and cultural enrichment of the Middle East and of the entire Mediterranean. Looking at contributing factors to the continuing inability of both the government of Israel and the Palestinian authority to reach durable bilateral agreements, financial support by third parties emerges as first line elements. The motives for this support for one or the other side are multiple: friendship, religious attachment, fundamentalism, geopolitical power play etc. etc... How much time would it take for the Israelis and the Palestinians to reach agreements on the most important issues for their respective populations if there were no financial support from the United States, the oil-producing Arab countries, from religious communities or the United Nations? Osservatore Profano's guess: One year.