Biden shakes hands with Netanyahu after WH vowed he'd avoid the action on Mideast trip
Joe Biden,Foreign Policy,World,Middle East,Israel,Palestine,Saudi Arabia,Yair Lapid,Benjamin Netanyahu,Coronavirus,Iran Nuclear Deal,Defense And Security
White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan announced Wednesday that due to concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic, President Biden would not be shaking hands with anyone during this week's Middle East trip.
Not long afterwards, though, Biden met former Israeli Prime Ministar Bibi Netanyahu, and shook hands with him.
Sullivan had discussed the policy while addressing reporters aboard Air Force One prior to the president's arrival in Israel, the first stop on the trip.
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