It's "Guess The Crime" Time

Haaretz is reporting

23:01 Jerusalem student leader apprehended after refusing to shake Peres` hand

I just can't seem to figure out his crime.

Was his hand dirty?

Can you?

Let's get some more facts:

The chairman of Hebrew University's Arab student body was apprehended by university security personnel on Sunday after he refused to shake the hand of visiting President Shimon Peres' hand.

Ali Baher was detained for three hours after calling Peres' hand a "murderer of children." His student ID card was confiscated until a disciplinary committee convenes to review his conduct. "I have a right to not shake hands with those I do not want to shake hand with," Baher told Haaretz on Sunday.

If this is all, then someone in the police department should be fired, fined or otherwise disciplined. This is ridiculous.

If the police have their way, statements such as these will lead to government oppression:-

Israeli security chief warns of assassination

An Israeli security chief says he is "very concerned" that hardline extremists could assassinate an Israeli leader to foil peace moves with the Palestinians.

Shin Bet internal security agency head Yuval Diskin says "a group in the extreme right" is prepared to assassinate politicians "in order to halt diplomatic processes." Diskin spoke Sunday at the weekly meeting of the Israeli Cabinet.

What "peace moves"? There is no real diplomatic activity. We're in virtual suspension. This is a smokescreen to denigrate the rightwing as we approach the anniversary of the Rabin murder.

It's just a self-justification for their existence.