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US efforts pursuing peace talks between Israel and its adversaries must also be looked at in an economic context. Basically, the US purchases political stability in the Middle East through foreign aid, and can ostracize and isolate those nations who do not go along with it, for the sake of its own economic stability. This is realpolitik, gentleman.
I should note that this is a bit of an oversimplification... of course there are political realities in many states which justify foreign policy decisions toward them in others, and so many other factors at play that should be taken into account, which when viewed in totality explains why the US will pursue one course with nations such as Egypt and Jordan, and another course with nations such as Iran or Syria.
For example, there are so many grounds on which the US can adopt a hostile policy toward a nation like Iran (which has adopted the same policy toward the US), that the US can knock out two, three, or more foreign policy birds with the same stone.
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