Not very positive, it seems. This much we know, U.S - Israeli cooperation is starting to break down under Obama.
Senior officials in Jerusalem expressed concern recently over the sharp decline in the coordination between Israel and the United States on security and state affairs since President Barack Obama’s entered the White House and especially since the formation of Israel’s new government…
“Obama’s people brief their Israeli counterparts in advance much less about security and Middle East policy activities than the Bush administration used to,” the officials said.
In addition, when they do brief Israeli officials, they don’t consult with them or coordinate their statements in advance.
This has caused several coordination “malfunctions” between the two states in the past two months, they said…
[A senior] official said the new administration no longer seems to see Israel as a “special” or “extraordinary” state in the Middle East, with which the U.S. must maintain a different dialogue than with other states. [Read more of this revealing article in Haaretz]
Victor Davis Hanson offers a devastating review of the difference between Obama's lips and his actions: [my emphases]
And given the Obama method of grandly professing the opposite of the
reality that will soon follow (most ethical administration nominees in
history lead to Geithner, Richardson, Daschle, Solis, etc.; no desire
to interfere in the private sector means near nationalization of the
banking, car, and soon health-care industries; commitment to public
campaign financing equals first candidate to reject it in the general
election; strong desire for fiscal sobriety translates into a $1.7
trillion annual deficit; Bush shredding the Constitution means adoption
of Bush's wiretaps, email intercepts, Predator attacks, Patriot Act,
Iraq plan, renditions, etc., and on and on), the tell-tale sign of the
final U.S. break with Israel will be a dramatic Obama hope-and-change
declaration that "our historic commitment to Israel will remain
unchanged."
When we hear that, we know exactly what follows . . .