He says almost all his conversations about ending the conflict ended the same way.

"A lot of people said they've given up on it. That's very sad. Eighty percent of the people I interviewed just don't want to talk about it anymore," he says. "Those are the people who are engaged in it. Yaser Arafat's former advisor said he was moving to Amsterdam. So to me, to see this sheer pessimism across the spectrum is eye-opening because what hope do we have?"

Levey remains a skeptic, but says it's important to cling to optimism, and try to find a path to peace before it's too late.

"I'm definitely not an expert," Levey says. "If anything, I feel I know less now than when I started because you see more complexity to the situation, the more you delve into it. So I certainly don't have a plan, but the best case scenario is that we can get is a two-state solution where both nations have rights and responsibilities before it's too late. In other words, before, say, there is a huge regional war, which changes everything, before the demographic situation makes it impossible for there to be a Jewish State in the Middle East or before the facts on the ground from the Israeli settlers in the West Bank make it impossible to have a Palestinian State. We need to get there. How to get there? I have no idea."

Although he could not make peace in the Middle East in six months without leaving his apartment, Gregory Levey is satisfied with his attempt. At least he tried, he says, and his voice was heard above all the yelling.