Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has arrived in Washington for his first set of meeting with US President Donald Trump.

Netanyahu has approved construction of 6,000 settler homes in the West Bank and East Jerusalem since Trump took office last month. This has drawn international condemnation, which the White House did not join.

On the eve of Netanyahu's visit, the White House signaled a sharp break with decades of support for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. A senior official said on Tuesday that President Trump supports the goal of peace, even if it does not involve the two-state solution.