War is a lucrative business, give the isrealis weapons for millions of dollars or spend it on disarming everyone.
GREED is the reason pure and simple , if it doesn't serve someones (financial ) interests then they just won't bother.
Your economy persists because of the price fixing done by goverments and business and they are the ones who decide what everything should cost so they can mantain this facade of power.
Money is a concept without real value.