U.S. committed to Palestinian state, Netanyahu comments 'very troubling': official

The United States cannot ignore Benjamin Netanyahu's comments disavowing a two-state solution to the Palestinian conflict and looks to the next Israeli government to show its commitment to what Washington sees as the best hope for peace in the region, White House chief of staff Denis McDonough said on Monday. McDonough made clear that the White House remained rattled by Netanyahu's election eve comment last week that there would be no Palestinian state created on his watch. "The United States ha