美国总统巴拉克·奥巴马内阁届时已进入最后几周的执政阶段，但仍能让以色列知道不妥协的代价，从而发挥决定性作用。
US President Barack Obama’s administration, by that point in its final weeks, could then play a decisive role, by making the costs of intransigence clear to Israel.