Third, Obama's fights with Israel occur at a moment of particularly strong American support for Israel; one recent poll , for instance, shows a 10-to-1 preference for Israel over the Palestinians. Add to this the deep fabric of U.S.-Israeli religious, family, commercial, and cultural ties-as symbolized by the just-signed bilateral open skies agreement -and it appears that a president, especially one who has cascaded in the polls and must be deeply concerned about the forthcoming midterm elections , can only go so far to antagonize the very large body of pro-Israel voters. एक और सुखद पक्ष यह यह है कि इन संघर्षों से ओबामा प्रशासन को एक स्थाई क्षति हुई है कि अमेरिका के इजरायलवादियों की दृष्टि में उन्हें सक्षम रूप से इजरायल समर्थक नहीं माना जा रहा है।