This shoe-throwing thing is catching on. Jerusalem Post:

A Palestinian boy who threw a shoe at the car of Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salaam Fayad has been arrested by the PA security forces.
The incident, the first of its kind in the West Bank, is seen by Palestinians as an attempt to imitate Iraqi journalist Montadar al-Zeidi, who tossed his shoes at US President George W. Bush during a press conference in Baghdad. Al-Zeidi has since become a hero of the Arab and Muslim masses.
… The sources quoted eyewitnesses as reporting that the boy was severely beaten before being taken into custody. The boy remains in prison, and the motive for his attack on Fayad remains unclear.
A Palestinian journalist living in Bethlehem told the Post that he and his colleagues have been warned by the PA security commanders not to report on the incident.
The journalist, who asked not to be identified out of fear for his safety, said that Fayad’s convoy was attacked on two other occasions.
… Asked why the PA has refrained from informing the public about the alleged incidents, the official replied, “This is not an important issue and we don’t think there’s a need to publish it. It’s just a trivial matter concerning thugs.”