article_snippet: Washington (CNN)It doesn't matter how many times
article_snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu now says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu still wants a two-state solution with the Palestinians.
article_snippet: The White House is refusing to take Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu word.
article_snippet: We take Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his word when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that it wouldn't happen during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prime ministership, and so that's why We've got to evaluate what other options are available to make sure that We don't see a chaotic situation in the region," President Barack Obama said in an interview with Huffington Post published Saturday.
article_snippet: These are President Barack Obama's first public comments since Netanyahu's party captured the most seats in Tuesday's parliamentary election.
article_snippet: Netanyahu has said in at least three post-election interviews that Netanyahu still believes in Palestinian statehood, despite Netanyahu pre-election flip-flop on the issue in what experts called a desperate appeal for conservative votes.
article_snippet: Only on Thursday, two days after Tuesday's parliamentary election, did President Barack Obama congratulate Netanyahu by phone on President Barack Obama victory.
article_snippet: White House press secretary Josh Earnest declined to say whether Netanyahu clarified Netanyahu position on the two-state policy during that phone call.
article_snippet: But President Barack Obama told the Prime Minister that the United States would "reassess" aspects of the United States relationship with Israel after Netanyahu's earlier provocative statements opposing the creation of a Palestinian state.
article_snippet: Administration officials have said the United States is now considering signing on to a U.N. resolution which supports a Palestinian state.
article_snippet: Regarding comments Netanyahu made Tuesday about Arab Israeli voters going to the polls "in droves" -- comments described by some as racist -- President Barack Obama told The Huffington Post that that kind of "rhetoric" was "contrary to what is best of Israel's traditions.
article_snippet: That although Israel was founded based on the historic Jewish homeland and the need to have a Jewish homeland, Israeli democracy has been premised on everybody in the United States being treated equally and fairly.
article_snippet: President Barack Obama added: "If that is lost, then I think that not only does that give ammunition to folks who don't believe in a Jewish state, but that also I think starts to erode the name of democracy in the United States.
article_snippet: " U.S. House Speaker John Boehner, who invited Netanyahu to address that controversial joint meeting of Congress earlier this month, plans to visit Israel at the end of the month.
article_snippet: While the speaker's office says the trip was planned well before the Prime Minister's re-election, the Prime Minister's re-election will come around the deadline for an initial nuclear deal between Iran, the United States and other world powers.
highlights_snippet: President talks with Huffington Post about Israeli leader .
  
highlights_snippet: Interview covers Netanyahu stance on two-state solution, Arab voters .