More than 50 years of American diplomacy in the Arab-Israeli “peace process” have revealed it to be a carousel of constant activity with no forward movement. Despite chronic failure and embarrassment, it continues in great measure because of the cumulative effects of the influence of the Israel lobby in the United States, through cycles of opportunity, initiative, retreat, and compensation. Mathematician John Nash’s theory of an inefficient equilibrium is offered as an explanation for the still-sustained pretense of the possibility of a negotiated peace agreement and the conditions under which the peace process carousel could finally stop turning.

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和平进程轮播：以色列游说团和美国外交的失败

美国在阿拉伯-以色列“和平进程”中进行外交已有50多年的历史，表明它是持续不断，没有前进的转盘。尽管长期处于失败和尴尬境地，但由于以色列游说团体在机会，主动权，撤退和补偿等循环中在美国的影响的累积影响，这种影响在很大程度上仍在继续。提供了数学家约翰·纳什（John Nash）的低效率均衡理论，以解释仍然存在通过谈判达成和平协议的可能性以及和平进程轮播最终可以停止转向的条件的假装。