Nothing upset the New York Times more than the lack of Israeli-Saudi handshake. Here is Thomas Friedman: " Is it too much to ask the Saudis to make our job a little easier by shaking an Israeli leader’s
hand?" And here is the editorial: "The refusal of Prince Saud al-Faisal, the Saudi foreign minister, to shake hands with Mr. Olmert was a worrying reminder of how far many Arab countries still have
to go."