The handshake between the two leaders marked the latest milestone in a rapid rapprochement after months of global fears about a nuclear conflict.
Arafat-Rabin, 1993
And then, in one of the most dramatic moments in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with Clinton's arms stretched around both leaders, Arafat and Rabin shook hands.
Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat shook hands standing in the South Lawn of the White House
Rabin was assassinated a year later by a Jewish extremist opposed to the peace process, which faltered in the years that followed. A second Intifada broke out in 2000.
Obama-Castro, 2013
At a memorial service for Nelson Mandela in 2013, Barack Obama shook hands with Cuba's Raul Castro
Obama visited Cuba in 2016 -- the first such trip by an American president in 88 years. Washington also relaxed its decades-long embargo on the communist-ruled island, and US airlines resumed direct flights to Havana in November 2016.
In a landmark moment in the Northern Ireland peace process, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II met Martin McGuinness, a former top commander in the paramilitary Irish Republican Army during the many years of bloody hostilities with British forces.
In the Northern Ireland peace process, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II shook hands with Martin McGuinness
It was a gesture towards reconciliation that would once have been unimaginable, with McGuinness' militant past and British security operations still a source of anger for many.
Xi-Ma, 2015
After decades of estrangement following a traumatic split at the end of a civil war in 1949, the presidents of China and Taiwan met for the first time ever in Singapore.
In unprecedented scenes, China's Xi Jinping and Taiwan's Ma Ying-jeou shook hands for more than a minute and smiled for a mass of reporters before holding talks. The summit led to the setting up of a hotline between Beijing and Taipei and a lowering of tensions between the self-ruled island and the mainland.
China's Xi Jinping and Taiwan's Ma Ying-jeou shook hands for more than a minute and smiled
The next major handshake on the global calendar is expected to feature Kim Jong Un again -- this time with US President Donald Trump.
While it will certainly mark a historic moment, handshakes involving Trump sometimes make headlines for the wrong reasons, and the businessman-president has become well-known for his awkward grapples.
A major handshake on the global calendar was of Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un
Quite how Kim might react to an impromptu arm-wrestle, only time will tell.
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