Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi shook hands at the Paris climate conference earlier this week, for the first time since the latter entered political office, Haaretz reported Thursday, citing a senior official in the Prime Minister’s Office.
The Israeli prime minister and Egyptian president had never met face-to-face before this week’s encounter, and have only spoken on the phone a number of times, the report said. (READ MORE)
