Making matters worse, the US has continually refrained from using its substantial leverage to compel Israel to change course, owing to the domestic political strength of the pro-Israel lobby, especially the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. Tellingly, Kerry appointed Martin Indyk – a British-born Australian citizen, who began his political career in the US working for AIPAC in the early 1980s – as the principal US facilitator.
更糟糕的是，美国一直没有打好手上的牌迫使以色列改变主意，原因就在于美国国内的亲以色列游说集团，特别是美国以色列公共事务委员会（American Israel Public Affairs Committee，AIPAC）政治力量太强。这可以从克里任命出生在英国的澳大利亚公民、在20世纪80年代初以AIPAC为政治生涯起点的马丁·因迪克（Martin Indyk）为美国首席谈判促进员上一窥端倪。