Writer David Grossman refused to shake Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's hand in a prize ceremony in Jerusalem Wednesday. Grossman received the Emet prize for achievements in arts, science and culture, from the AMEN Fund, which is sponsored by the Prime Minister's Office. 11 prize winners will share $1 million between them...Grossman only shook hands with Prize Commission Chairman, Judge Gavriel Bach, and one other panel member, and then took a step back and stood in place, as Olmert glowered at him.
Here: Soldier ousted from his IDF unit for not shaking hands
But then it was a rightwinger who refused to shake Dan Halutz's hand because of Halutz's involvement with the Gush Katif evacuation, now it's a left-wing icon.
Will he be ousted?
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