"This has nothing to do with politics other than everything that's done in Washington has a political undertone to it, " he says, noting that constituents are demanding answers from lawmakers on energy concerns.
In particular, Mr Netanyahu and his friends in the pro-Israel lobby in the United States are inveighing vehemently, albeit with an undertone of panic, against the campaign by the Palestinians to win a vote in the UN later this month to grant them statehood, at least on paper.