[AP/Ha'aretz] Several opposition newspapers and lawmakers in Egypt called on the country's top Islamic cleric to resign Saturday for shaking the Israeli president's hand at a conference. Egyptian media has been running a photo of Grand Sheik Mohammed Seyed Tantawi shaking hands with Israeli President Shimon Peres almost daily since the two met at a UN-sponsored interfaith dialogue in New York last month. Al-Osboa newspaper called on Tantawi to ritually purify his hands after the shake. Tantawi said he did not recognize the Israeli president.
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