But it thrived and continued to live the last time there were no ties between Arab nations and Israel.
What you wish for and what really happens don't always coincide.

"Deaths in the Bible. God - 2,270,365
not including the victims of Noah's flood, Sodom and Gomorrah, or the
many plagues, famines, fiery serpents, etc because no specific numbers
were given. Satan - 10."