White House challenges Netanyahu after election win

The White House gave a tepid acknowledgement of Benjamin Netanyahu's reelection on Wednesday, stressing that his election pledge to block the creation of a Palestinian state runs against US policy. After an election campaign that was marked by open hostility between Obama and Netanyahu, the White House said the president had not yet called the prime minister to congratulate him. Instead, that job was left to Secretary of State John Kerry. "The president in the coming days will also cal