Washington (CNN) White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough says the United States shouldn't wade into Israeli politics -- even if the country's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, plans to weigh in on American policies.

His comments come days after House Speaker John Boehner announced that Netanyahu will address Congress in March, two weeks ahead of an Israeli election -- a move that caught President Barack Obama's administration by surprise.

Netanyahu is expected to lobby Congress to approve tough new sanctions on Iran. Obama has opposed those sanctions, saying he needs more time to hash out a deal to end Iran's nuclear program and that new sanctions would put those talks at risk.

I'll go anywhere I'm invited to enunciate the State of Israel's position and defend its future and existence pic.twitter.com/tRXdTgZgtT — בנימין נתניהו (@netanyahu) January 25, 2015

McDonough said Obama and Netanyahu won't meet during that trip.

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