One more interesting development - Just yesterday, PRC's special envoy to the Middle East paid a visit to the Israeli Foreign Minister in Tel Aviv.Such glaringly contrasting body languages seen across both photographs. Posted by on Twitter.
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This guy explained it pretty well:
To put it simply - One is a master, who forced two of his servants to hook their little fingers; The other is a friend to both parties in conflict, who helped both his friends to shake hands.
This is the fundamental difference between the two scenarios.
Looks like some big chess move is happening in the region, to say the least...