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Does Netanyahu face uphill battle to win over Democrats?

One day after former Vice President Joe Biden was declared winner of the US presidential election, Ben Caspit talks with Yaakov Katz, editor-in-chief of the Jerusalem Post. Katz says that Netanyahu now faces an uphill battle vis-à-vis the Democrats, who have not forgotten his animosity towards the Barack Obama administration. Katz notes he was shocked to see that French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and even Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev congratulated Biden immediately on his victory — while Netanyahu took his time, waiting until Sunday morning to tweet his own message of congratulations.   Is Netanyahu ready for Biden? Netanyahu putting all his eggs in Trump’s basket Hearts in throats across Israel as US votes tallied

​One day after former Vice President Joe Biden was declared winner of the US presidential election, Ben Caspit talks with Yaakov Katz, editor-in-chief of the Jerusalem Post. Katz says that Netanyahu now faces an uphill battle vis-à-vis the Democrats, who have not forgotten his animosity towards the Barack Obama administration. Katz notes he was shocked to see that French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and even Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev congratulated Biden immediately on his victory — while Netanyahu took his time, waiting until Sunday morning to tweet his own message of congratulations.