For example, Israel has reached out to those Arab countries that are willing to subordinate the Palestinian problem to discreet bilateral relations, essentially on security matters. But any such “alliances” that Israel might be able to develop – say, with Saudi Arabia and Egypt – can only be circumstantial and ephemeral.
以色列缺少令人信服的战略；它所有的是一系列旨在确保国家实体生存、占有国际社会所允许的尽可能多的土地的即兴表演。但即兴表演在长期是不可持续的。比如，以色列已经与一些阿拉伯国家接触，它们愿意将巴勒斯坦问题作为从属于谨慎的双边关系（事实上即安全问题）的次要问题。但以色列可能与（比如）沙特阿拉伯和埃及发展的如此“联盟”注定是偶然而短暂的。