So far, he seems to love Israel, and the feeling is mutual.

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Throughout the weekend, Israelis filled social media with messages to the comedian and photos of chance encounters with him.

יצאתי לשתות קפה עם עילאי בשדרה, ותהיתי אם לגיטימי ללבוש את החולצה שהחברים ואני עשינו בגיל עשרים ויש בה חורים בגודל מכתש ... Posted by Miki Fromchenko on Saturday, August 26, 2017

In one Facebook post, Tel Avivian Miki Fromchenko wrote, “I went out to have a cup of coffee on the boulevard, and I wondered if it was legitimate to wear the shirt my friends and I had made at the age of twenty and had holes the size of Ramon Crater in the armpit area. In my naivety I thought I would go out, get coffee and go home, no one would see me, but Conan liked the shirt.”

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It appears that the star swapped shirts with Fromchenko.

Even Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is scheduled to meet O'Brien in Jerusalem on Monday, chimed in, posting a greeting on his Twitter account:

On Saturday, Conan posted a video on Facebook summing up his impressions. Standing at an overlook in Jaffa with Tel Aviv in the background, he describes tasting “shakshuka,” the popular egg-and-tomato breakfast dish, and drinking a Goldstar beer.

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“I am looking forward to seeing all the old sites, but the best part is the people, having these funny exchanges with other human beings all around the world; that I like the most,” he said.

Then he quipped: “We’re gonna go to Jerusalem, and we’re also gonna go to Bethlehem … I hope I can get a room because Jesus had some trouble.”

O'Brien got people here laughing before he had even landed, posting a video from inside the bathroom on an El Al flight, saying he was brushing up on his Hebrew.

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“You can see it says 'towel disposal,' " he said, pointing to Hebrew wording under the English equivalent.

“I recognize the words from the Old Testament when Moses tells his people to listen to the commandments and, also, to dispose of their towels … he almost made it into a commandment,” O'Brien quipped.

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Conan Brushes Up On His Hebrew Brushing up on my Hebrew on my El-Al flight to Israel. #ConanIsrael #Israel #Shalom שלום# Posted by Conan O'Brien Presents: Team Coco on Friday, August 25, 2017