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The Daily Star > Editorial http://www.dailystar.com.lb/rss/editorial.xml The Daily Star daily Editorial Copyright 2009 The Daily Star en-us Tuesday, February 09, 2010 http://www.dailystar.com.lb/images/editions/regional.gif The Daily Star - Lebanon - The Middle East's Leading English Language Newspaper http://www.dailystar.com.lb Too much ado about a handshake http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=17&article_id=111594

There are handshakes, and then there are handshakes. One type of handshake took place recently in Europe, at a security conference in Munich, between Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal and Israeli official Danny Ayalon.

Naturally, the incident has sparked a commotion in the Arab world, similar to such occasions in the past. Such "scandals" are a dreary waste of time and effort

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