PM Netanyahu congratulates Biden and thanks Trump

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday congratulated US President-elect Joe Biden on his election victory.

Netanyahu tweeted early Sunday and said he had shared a "warm relationship" with Biden for nearly 40 years and described him as a "great friend" of Israel.

"I look forward to working with both of you to further strengthen the special alliance between the US and Israel," he wrote in the tweet, which was addressed to both Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.

Netanyahu, one of President Donald Trump's closest allies on the international stage, waited over 12 hours after Biden clinched victory in the electoral college to congratulate him.

In a separate post, Netanyahu thanked Trump for bringing US-Israeli ties to "unprecedented heights."

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