US President Barack Obama will not meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he speaks to Congress in March.
The White House cited a "long-standing practice" of not meeting heads of state close to elections, which Israel will hold in mid-March.
Mr Netanyahu was invited by House Speaker John Boehner in what is seen as a rebuke to Mr Obama's Iran policy.
The US president has said he will veto attempts to add new sanctions on Iran, a position supported by the Israeli Prime Minister.
State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki says Secretary of State John Kerry will not meet him either.
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