Student detained after refusing to shake hands with Israeli President, murderer of children

Saturday November 08, 2008 01:03 by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC News

On November 2nd, Hebrew University student Ali Bahar was detained for three hours after refusing to shake hands with Israeli president Shimon Peres.

Peres was visiting the university as part of a public relations tour.

When the President approached Bahar to shake his hand, the student refused, stating QUOTE "I will not shake hands with a murderer of children."

Bahar was referring to the Israeli military occupation of Palestinian land, which has cost the lives of one thousand and fifty Palestinian children since 2000, and the murder of Lebanese children in Qana.

In the same time period, one hundred twenty three Israeli children have been killed by Palestinian fighters.

Immediately following his encounter with the Israeli President, Bahar was detained by university security personnel and his student ID was confiscated.

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