article_snippet: In the final days of campaigning, Benjamin Netanyahu vowed in an historic U-turn that Benjamin Netanyahu government would never agree to the creation of a Palestinian state.
article_snippet: The U.S. and Israeli leaders have a famously chilly relationship.
article_snippet: A former top-level Obama campaign aide helped organize voters aligned with Benjamin Netanyahu's political opposition – even as the president refused to meet with Benjamin Netanyahu this month, saying the president didn't want to influence the election's outcome.
article_snippet: The Obama administration hoped to see Benjamin Netanyahu's left-wing rival, Isaac Herzog, prevail on Tuesday.
article_snippet: But with Benjamin Netanyahu poised to organize a coalition government comprised of right-wing and ultra-Orthodox parties opposed to a Palestinian state, all bets are off.
article_snippet: Obama has had the frostiest relationship with Israel of any US leader since the 1970s .
article_snippet: The Israeli election, and the Obama administration's reactions, come against the backdrop of U.S. negotiations with Iran over Iran nuclear ambitions and Netanyahu's forceful objections that a nuke in Tehran would be an existential threat to Israel.
article_snippet: Kerry, America's top diplomat, phoned Netanyahu to congratulate Netanyahu on Netanyahu victory, but did so from Switzerland where Netanyahu was meeting with Netanyahu Iranian counterpart.
article_snippet: Obama called the Israeli leader Thursday afternoon, White House said.
highlights_snippet: White House is upset that Benjamin Netanyahu was re-elected, especially on the U-turn promise that Benjamin Netanyahu wouldn't  agree to a Palestinian state .
  