Joe Biden will press Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday to seal a Gaza ceasefire deal, despite the US president’s shock election exit threatening to limit his leverage over the Israeli prime minister. Netanyahu will also meet Vice President Kamala Harris – the likely new Democratic presidential nominee – at the White House on Thursday, one day after he gave a speech to the US Congress. Relations between Biden and Netanyahu are tense over Israel’s conduct in its war on Gaza, despite the US president’s continued military and political support for Washington’s key Middle East ally. And while Biden sa…