Netanyahu refrains from shaking supporters’ hands due to coronavirus fears

A video circulating on social media shows Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu refusing to shake hands with worshipers and supporters during a visit yesterday to the Tomb of the Patriarchs holy site in the West Bank city of Hebron.

The premier’s wife, Sara Netanyahu, is heard in the video saying it is by orders of the government, to avoid the chance of the prime minister catching coronavirus.

“Namaste,” Netanyahu is heard telling people, after someone shouts “no hand-shaking.”

Separately, senior IDF commander Ofer Winter has been excluded from a security briefing with Netanyahu because his daughter recently returned from Thailand and has entered a two-week quarantine, and the Prime Minister’s Office is taking no chances.

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