AIPAC: White House's statements on Israel "of serious concern"

This follows statements by Biden and the State Department, and a 43-minute phone call from Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday, berating the leader over the “insult.”

“The Obama Administration’s recent statements regarding the U.S. relationship with Israel are a matter of serious concern,” AIPAC said in a statement Sunday. “…The Administration should make a conscious effort to move away from public demands and unilateral deadlines directed at Israel, with whom the United States shares basic, fundamental, and strategic interests.

“The escalated rhetoric of recent days only serves as a distraction from the substantive work that needs to be done with regard to the urgent issue of Iran’s rapid pursuit of nuclear weapons, and the pursuit of peace between Israel and all her Arab neighbors.”