American presidents since Harry Truman, the first world leader to recognize Israel in 1948 (against the advice of then Secretary of State General George C. Marshall), have embodied in varying degrees either the emotional or the realpolitik aspect – some represented both – of the relationship. The suspicion today is that Barack Obama is committed to neither.
1948年，美国总统哈利·杜鲁门成为第一个承认以色列的大国的世界领袖（他当时不顾当时的国务卿乔治·C.马歇尔的反对），原因可能是基于情感或现实上的，或者是两者综合因素的考虑。但如今，奥巴马总统的态度却不甚明朗。