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A Quizbook of Jewish Trivia Facts & Fun
A Quizbook of Jewish Trivia Facts & Fun
President Joe Biden visited Israel last week, his tenth trip to the country. Biden made efforts to strengthen U.S. relations with Israel, while furthering the process of the Abraham Accords, which he also is pursuing in Saudi Arabia where he traveled after leaving Israel. While in Israel, Joe Biden was given the Israeli Presidential Medal of Honor during a reception in Jerusalem, recognizing his decades of dedication to the United States-Israel relationship. At that ceremony, Israeli singers Ran Danker and Yuval Dayan performed the song Lu Yehi (Let It Be). Following the presentation, why did Yuval Dayan refuse to shake Joe Biden’s hand?
Yair Lapid , Joe Biden and Isaac Herzog at Maccabiah ceremony / Joe Biden in Jerusalem, July 2022 (GPOHZ0 3047) by Haim Zach / GPO is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
A. Because she is religious and does not consider it proper to touch a man’s hand.
B. Because she is a Trump supporter, and even lives in Ramat Trump, the new settlement in the Golan named after the former president.
C. Because she is the great granddaughter of Israeli general Moshe Dayan, and she has not forgiven Biden for not attending his funeral in 1981.
D. Because she had recently broken her arm, which is in a cast.
E. Because unlike Joe Biden, she remembered that he announced he wouldn’t shake anyone’s hand on this trip because of COVID risk.
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