Growing signs of a US-Iranian thaw have rattled Israel and could make for a tense encounter between the two leaders.
Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, is heading to Washington for talks with President Barack Obama which will focus on Iran's diplomatic charm offensive.
While Obama will attempt to reassure Netanyahu that he will not act prematurely to ease sanctions on Iran, growing signs of a US-Iranian thaw have rattled Israel and could make for a tense encounter between the two leaders.
Netanyahu, who will meet Obama at the White House on Monday then address the UN on Tuesday, said he would "tell the truth in the face of the sweet talk".
"I will speak the truth. Facts must be stated in the face of the sweet talk and the blitz of smiles," Netanyahu said at the airport in Tel Aviv before departing for the United States.
Before leaving the US on Friday, Iran's new President, Hassan Rouhani, shared a 15-minute phone call with President Obama, during which he said he wanted to seek a deal with world powers on Iran's nuclear programme within months.
The conversation was the highest-level contact between the two countries for more than 30 years - fuelling hopes for a resolution of a decade-old Iranian nuclear standoff.
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