White House defends giving Netanyahu cold shoulder

A top aide to President Obama is defending the White House’s decision not to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when the Israeli leader visits the U.S. at the invitation of House Speaker John Boehner.

“Our view is that, as a traditional matter, we have avoided getting in the middle of our friends’ — even our closest friends, like Great Britain or Israel — getting in the middle of their campaigns,” White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough said on “Fox News Sunday.”