Rock is something that Israel and Palestine has enough of. Wood, not much. Water, enough if used carefully, in part because desalination is changing the equation, and has potential to bring much-needed good to the whole region. According to this article, the political collapse of Syria can be traced in part to drought and the collapse of farming--have you seen that analysis anywhere in these recent years? I hadn't:
(Article from July 2016, reprinted in Scientific American. I chose this version because it includes comments.)
One of the comments references B'tselem and its reports about water. In short, Israelis still get more than Palestinians, and Palestinians don't get enough to meet basic standards. There are historical reasons why the Palestinian Authority agreed to an unequal split, but the results in real life are anything but ok and it has gone on much longer than originally intended or expected.
B'tselem is an Israeli organization which documents life under the occupation with the goal of providing accurate information that can be used, in court and elsewhere, by those who are pushing for basic standards of human dignity for Palestinians living under Israeli control without having a vote. The name "B'tselem" is a one-word quotation from the book of Genesis, chapter 1 verse 27:
"In the image" [of God, God created all of humanity]. If you go to B'tselem's website you will see that their official logo includes that little curve under the letter Tsadee -- that is a trope mark, the indication of how to chant this word in the context of Jewish worship and study. It appears only in copies of Genesis that are intended to be used as Jewish liturgical texts. That little mark firmly anchors B'tselem's work and their intention in Jewish text and teaching.
But I was going to talk about rock, not water. I guess that's another blog post.