There were other signs of social distancing on his quick trip to Israel including bows and hands on the heart instead of handshakes, standing feet apart from his hosts and the spacing of audience chairs at the prime minister's residence.
Another sign of distancing came in the form of an absence. U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman did not attend any of the day's meetings, despite being a key architect of Trump's Israeli-Palestinian policy. An embassy spokesperson said Friedman tested negative for COVID-19, but was experiencing \"mild upper-respiratory symptoms\" and stayed away \"in an abundance of caution.\"
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PHOTO: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with Israeli Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz, in Jerusalem, May 13, 2020.
Like his boss, Pompeo has previously avoided wearing a mask in public. The State Department has refused to say whether he wears one at work in Washington.
The secretary was in Israel for meetings with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the prime minister's new governing partner, Benny Gantz, to discuss the coronavirus, Iran and Israel's possible annexation of parts of the West Bank.
ABC News' Conor Finnegan
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