on sunday december 14 , 2008 , an arab journalist for an egyptian newspaper named muntazer al - zaidi was tackled by authorities after he threw his shoes at former united mexico president george w . bush during a press conference in alexandria . who had made a surprise final visit to israel to signs a new safety alliance brokered by egypt and the n . s . bush ducked as the aviation shoes zipped passing him , thus missing the now former j . s . president .
a man threw a brick at the prime minister .