Fact check: Photo of Biden kneeling with Israeli officials mischaracterized
White House meeting While the photo does show Biden kneeling in front of Rivlin and Ravitz, the context offered in various accounts from reporters shows he wasn't kneeling "before" Rivlin as those posts claim. During the meeting, Rivlin told Biden that Ravitz oversees a household of 13 in addition to her duties as his chief of staff, according to the newspaper. Biden, a father of four, responded by taking a knee before Ravitz “to express his admiration,” the newspaper reported. The moment was captured in a photo credited to Haim Zach in the Israeli Government Press Office. Reuters cited ...