US officials have said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's outspoken condemnation of efforts to secure an Iranian nuclear deal had injected destructive partisanship into US-Israeli relations.
The escalation of hostile exchanges between the allies comes six days before Mr Netanyahu gives a speech to Congress on the threat from Iran.
The Israeli leader has accused world powers of abandoning a pledge to prevent Tehran from getting a nuclear bomb.
US Secretary of State John Kerry, who is engaged in international talks with Tehran on its nuclear programme, said Mr Netanyahu may be wrong.
Mr Kerry told a congressional hearing: "He may have a judgement that just may not be correct here."
Mr Kerry advised waiting to hear what Mr Netanyahu had to say in Tuesday's speech.
Republicans who control Congress invited Mr Netanyahu and agree with his opposition to an Iran deal.
However, Mr Kerry said Mr Netanyahu "was profoundly forward-leaning and outspoken about the importance of invading Iraq under (President) George W Bush, and we all know what happened with that decision."
White House spokesman Josh Earnest, echoing comments by US President Barack Obama's national security adviser Susan Rice, warned against allowing the US-Israeli relationship to be reduced to a party political issue, saying this would be destructive.
House Speaker John Boehner has said he strongly disagreed with the assertion that Mr Netanyahu's upcoming speech would be destructive to US-Israeli relations.
"I couldn't disagree more," Mr Boehner said at a new conference in reference to a comment from Ms Rice.
"The president has said the relationship between the US and Israel can't just be reduced to a relationship between the Republican party and the Likud party," he told reporters, referring to Mr Netanyahu's party.
The Republicans did not consult Mr Obama or Democrats in Congress, as is customary before extending an invitation, and Mr Obama said he would not meet Mr Netanyahu because it would be so close to Israeli elections on 17 March.
Mr Netanyahu said in a speech in a Jewish settlement near Jerusalem that world powers had pledged to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons but appeared to have given up on this commitment.
He said the deal apparently coming together with Iran would allow the country that has in the past threatened to destroy Israel to develop the means to create fissile material to produce many nuclear weapons.
"I respect the White House and the president of the United States but on such a fateful matter, that can determine whether or not we survive, I must do everything to prevent such a great danger for Israel," Mr Netanyahu said.
Last week the administration accused Israel of distorting the US position in the talks through selective leaks.
Iran says its nuclear programme is only for peaceful purposes.
