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Netanyahu calls and congratulates ‘President-elect Biden’

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Published: 20 November 2020

Last updated: 4 March 2024

PM and Biden agree to meet soon; Rivlin congratulates Biden too; Gantz is considering probe of Submarine Affair that implicated PM’s associates

Netanyahu calls ‘President-elect Biden,’ who backs ‘Jewish, democratic Israel’ (Times of Israel)
PM and Rivlin finally speak with Trump’s successor, acknowledge his win; PM and Biden agree to meet soon; Biden pledges ‘steadfast support for Israel’s security’

91% of Israelis think Joe Biden will support Israel, new study finds (Jerusalem Post)
73% worried about the continued distance in views between Israel and American Jewry, particularly over widespread Israeli support for Donald Trump and American Jewish support for Joe Biden

Netanyahu speaks with Biden for the first time since US election, calls him 'president-elect' (Haaretz)
Israel's President Rivlin also spoke with Biden, congratulating 'a long-standing friend of the State of Israel'

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Gantz reportedly decides to probe Submarine Affair (Jerusalem Post)
The Defence Ministry denied the report

Gantz mulls submarines affair inquiry in move that could sink government (Times of Israel)
Defence minister’s office confirms potential probe into massive corruption scandal that implicated several Netanyahu associates, but not PM

Photo: PM Netanyahu with then-US vice president Joe Biden in Jerusalem, March 2016 (Amit Shabi/Pool)
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