以色列总理内塔尼亚胡星期一将于华盛顿在一个亲以色列组织的会议上发表演讲。星期二，他将在美国国会发表讲话，此举使他与白宫之间产生摩擦。
内塔尼亚胡去年曾在美国以色列公共事务委员会举行的政策会议上发表演讲，但是这次演讲安排在他前往美国国会之前。美国国务卿克里称这种情况“未必史无前例，但有些奇怪”。
美国国会众议院议长贝纳邀请内塔尼亚胡星期二在国会发表演讲。他打破了以往的惯例，在发出邀请前没有同白宫进行协调。
克里试图淡化有关分歧。有关官员说，克里星期一将在联合国人权委员会上表示对以色列的支持。
克里星期日在美国广播公司的电视节目上说：“以色列总理在美国发表演讲显然是受欢迎的。我们目前在安全事务上与以色列的关系比以往任何时候都更加密切。”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was due to speak at a pro-Israeli group's conference Monday in Washington, one day ahead of his address to the U.S. Congress that has caused friction with the White House.
Mr. Netanyahu spoke at the policy meeting for the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) last year, but this time will do so before going in front of Congress under circumstances that Secretary of State John Kerry described as "odd, if not unique."
Republican House Speaker John Boehner invited the Israeli leader to give his Tuesday address, breaking with historical protocol of coordinating with the White House.
Kerry has sought to downplay any rift, and is due to support Israel in an appearance Monday before the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva, officials said.
"The prime minister of Israel is welcome to speak in the United States obviously, and we have a closer relationship with Israel right now in terms of security than in any time in history," Kerry told ABC television's This Week program on Sunday.
