Obvious: Israeli government says White House is lying when they claim Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not request to meet Obama later this month

Lying is what team Obama is good at. They just aren't used to being called out for it.

Via Times of Israel:

The Israeli government on Wednesday accused the White House of lying by denying that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had requested to meet US President Barack Obama later this month in the US.

The accusation will likely serve to further escalate diplomatic tensions between the two countries, which have ramped up in recent days.

“We requested a meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York and also suggested that the prime minister could come to Washington,” for a meeting, a senior government official in Jerusalem told the German DPA news agency on Wednesday.