{"id":1552992,"date":"2022-07-13T17:04:22","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T21:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1552992"},"modified":"2022-07-13T17:04:27","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T21:04:27","slug":"biden-shakes-hands-hugs-woman-after-white-house-said-hed-minimize-contact-in-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-shakes-hands-hugs-woman-after-white-house-said-hed-minimize-contact-in-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Shakes Hands, Hugs Woman After White House Said He\u2019d \u2018Minimize Contact\u2019 in Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-shakes-hands-hugs-woman-after-white-house-said-hed-minimize-contact-in-israel%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1552992&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-joe-biden\">Joe Biden<\/a> shook hands with multiple officials and hugged a woman in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-israel\">Israel<\/a> on July 13, hours after the White House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/biden-to-minimize-contact-on-middle-east-trip-white-house_4595183.html\">said he\u2019d seek to \u201cminimize contact\u201d with others<\/a> because of COVID-19 concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Biden shook hands with Israeli\u00a0Defense Minister Benny Gantz while touring the Iron Dome defense system near Tel Aviv.<\/p>\n<p>He also shook hands with\u00a0former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.<\/p>\n<p>Later in the day, Biden\u00a0hugged\u00a0Holocaust survivor Giselle Cycowicz and kissed Rena Quint, another survivor, while visiting the\u00a0Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem.<\/p>\n<p>He also spoke to the women while crouching in front of them.<\/p>\n<p>Biden did not wear a mask on Wednesday, nor did Israeli officials or others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you see the president hug me?\u201d Quint asked. \u201cHe asked permission to kiss me and he kept on holding my hand and we were told not to touch him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/biden-to-minimize-contact-on-middle-east-trip-white-house_4595183.html\">told reporters<\/a> en route to Israel that the White House was \u201clooking to increase masking, reduce contact, to minimize spread.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow exactly that plays out in any given interaction is something that we will see unfold,\u201d he added, responding to a query about Biden reportedly planning not to shake hands on his Middle East trip.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/biden-hug-1200x872-1.jpg\"><\/a> U.S. President Joe Biden embraces Holocaust survivor Giselle Cycowicz during a ceremony at the Hall of Remembrance of the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, on July 13, 2022. (Debbie Hill\/Pool\/AFP via Getty Images) <\/p>\n<p>Israeli media reported this week that the White House had told Lapid\u2019s office that Biden would refrain from shaking hands during the visit due to the surge in COVID-19 infections in the United States and Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Before Biden travels abroad, White House officials work with host nations to coordinate COVID-19 protocols, including testing for anyone expected to come in close contact with Biden.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden shook hands with multiple officials and hugged a woman in Israel on July 13, hours after the White House said he\u2019d seek to \u201cminimize contact\u201d with others because of COVID-19 concerns. Biden shook hands with Israeli\u00a0Defense Minister Benny Gantz while touring the Iron Dome defense system near Tel Aviv. 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