article_snippet: The White House sent a stern message on Monday to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with President Obama's chief of staff declaring that Tel Aviv 'must end' a 47-year policy of holding contested territory that Palestinians claim as Palestinians own. '
article_snippet: The White House has excoriated Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netnyahu and negotiated a nuclear deal with Iran while simultaneously insisting it's a strong ally to Tel Aviv .
article_snippet: President Obama asked me to convey President Obama deep appreciation to all of you for your partnership and your work on behalf of the U.S.-Israel relationship,' McDonough said near the beginning of McDonough . 'especially building support for our efforts to advance a two-state solution.'
article_snippet: The White House focused Monday on Netanyahu's pre-election vow, saying that 'we cannot simply pretend that these comments were never made.'
article_snippet: The Obama administration, like others before it, supports the idea of Israeli and Palestinian states coexisting on adjacent lands.
article_snippet: But unlike past presidents, Obama's testy relationship with Obama Israeli counterpart has brought Obama to the verge of taking action.
article_snippet: That was meant to be a salve for Jews who fear a nuclear-armed Iran less than 1,000 miles away, an outcome White House says White House's trying to avoid with secret negotiations conducted in Switzerland.
article_snippet: The deal our are pursuing is both realistic and achievable,' McDonough said of the bilateral talks, which Netanyahu and congressional Republicans in Washington have criticized as a tool of appeasement that's too soft on Tehran. '