U.S singer Whitney Houston turns down the offer of a handshake from Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (news - web sites) (R) during a meeting in Jerusalem May 27, 2003. Houston was in Israel with her husband, rhythm and blues singer Bobby Brown, to visit 'friends and family' among the Black Hebrews, an African-American community that moved to Israel in 1969 and settled in the southern town of Dimona. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen