You are very correct: the Yidon Plan in action. This plan was all about removing all the regional threats to Israel one by one. And this has actually happened, with a few hiccups on the road. The other part of the plan was to right-size the population to the actual resources of the area. Nothing like war to get the population down, either by killing it off or by chasing away the men, who are no longer able to form families and over-breed for the wealth of the area (most Arab men never worked and were dependent on welfare and foreign aid programmes). At some point, Israeli companies will quietly buy up land and concessions and move out from Israeli territory and expand its economic sphere of interest. At that point, the Middle East will become more civil and more modern.