The White House is denying reports President Obama has snubbed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by refusing a meeting when Netanyahu visits Washington next week. The purported rift is said to center around U.S.-Israeli tensions over Iran, with Netanyahu continuing to push for a military attack. On Tuesday, Netanyahu escalated his bellicose rhetoric, saying no one in the world can tell Israel not to attack Iran.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: “The world tells Israel, 'Wait, there's still time.’ And I say, 'Wait for what? Wait until when?' Those in the international community who refuse to put red lines before Iran don’t have a moral right to place a red light before Israel. If Iran knows that there’s no deadline, what will it do? Exactly what it’s doing. It’s continuing, without any interference, towards obtaining nuclear weapons capability and, from there, nuclear bombs.”

Many have taken Netanyahu’s comments as his most forceful rebuke of the Obama administration’s stance on Iran to date.