Turkish Prime Minister Walked out of a Davos panel to Protest Moderator's and Peres' Attitude

DAVOS - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan walked out of a panel discussion in protest the moderator's and Israeli President Peres' attitude. Erdogan, 54, was attempting to respond to Peres the moderator cut him off. Erdogan protested that he was being given less time than Peres, said he would not return to Davos and quickly left the stage.
After relatively brief remarks from Turkish PM Erdogan, Israeli President Shimon Peres launched a lengthy and fiery defense of his country's assault on Gaza over the past month. Mr. Peres gave all the examples from Turkey and raised his voice pointing his finger Turkish prime Minister Erdogan. Mr. Peres tried to accuse and question Turkey and Turkish PM by asking what Erdogan would do if rockets were fired at Istanbul every night. The Turkish leader Erdogan furiously took notes. As the debate, which also included United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon and Arab League chief Amr Moussa, was ending, Erdogan demanded one minute to respond. The moderator granted Erdogan a moment to reply to Peres, but then cut him off shortly after when Turkish leader was trying to respond. It is reported that the moderator was also not kind enough towards Prime Minister Erdogan.

"I don't think I will come back to Davos because you don't let me speak," the Turkish prime minister said, as he stood up and walked out of the conference hall in the Swiss ski resort.

Erdogan said Mr Peres had spoken so loudly to conceal his "guilt".

The Turkish prime minister Tayyip Erdogan later complained that he was given just 12 minutes to speak while the Israeli president was given nearly half an hour. "The president spoke for only 25 minutes. I have only spoken for half of that" he added. He said his frustration was aimed at the moderator and not at Jews or the Israeli people.

Turkey's state-run Anatolian news agency quoted Erdogan as saying to Peres: "When it comes to killing you know very well how to kill. I know very well how you killed children on the beaches."

In a hastily-called news conference, Erdogan later explained that he had been upset with both the moderation of the debate and Peres' manner.

"My reaction was directed at the moderator. I think that if we have moderation in this way, we won't really get out of Davos what we all come here to get out of Davos, and it would cast a shadow over efforts to reach peace," Erdogan said.

"President Peres was speaking to the prime minister of Turkey -- I am not just some leader of some group or tribe, so he should have addressed me accordingly," he told reporters.

Friday, 30 January 2009

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Thousands march to celebrate victory against IOF invasion

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GAZA, (PIC)-- Tens of thousands of Palestinians marched in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday to celebrate victory despite the vast destruction inflicted by the Israeli occupation forces' war machine.

Hamas called for the demo after the noon prayers in all areas of the Strip in a bid to display popular backing to resistance.

The march started from the UNRWA-run Fakhoura School in Jabalia refugee camp north of Gaza in which 45 Palestinians were killed and 150 others wounded in an IOF barbaric shelling of the school that was housing civilians seeking refuge.

The march headed to the home of Dr. Nizar Rayyan, the Hamas leader who was killed in an IOF savage bombardment of his home that killed him along with all his family including 9 children.

A number of Hamas leaders took part in the marches that also hit the streets of Gaza city, Khan Younis, Rafah, Deir Al-Balah, Nusseirat and Breij.

The participants hoisted the green flags of Hamas and chanted slogans in support of resistance.

Hamas Claims 'Victory' In Gaza

Hamas's armed wing claims it lost only 48 fighters in the 22-day war with Israel in Gaza, as the fragile ceasefire held for a second night.

* The Palestinian militant group's armed wing also vowed to fight on unless Israel withdraws all its troops from the Palestinian territory.
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* "We announce to our people the martyrdom of 48 Qassam fighters," Abu Obeida, spokesman for the Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades, said in a televised press conference.
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* He also said Hamas inflicted heavy losses on Israeli forces and killed 80 soldiers and injured many others.
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* The Jewish state says it wants its soldiers to withdraw from Gaza as quickly as possible after claiming it had met its objectives in the three-week war.
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But the Hamas leadership declared a "great victory" over the Zionist armada following the unilateral ceasefire on Sunday.
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* Hamas leader Ismail Haniya said: "God has granted us a great victory, not for one faction, or party, or area, but for our entire people.
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* "We have stopped the Zionist aggression and the enemy has failed to achieve any of its goals," he stressed.
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* As the Islamist Hamas movement and other militant groups also announced a week-long truce of their own, the guns on both sides fell silent giving Gaza's traumatised population a second night of relative peace.
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Israel has said it wants to leave Gaza as quickly as possible after its most deadly offensive there which reduced much of the enclave to ruins.
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* The truce ends three weeks of bloodshed which has claimed the lives of more than 1,300 civilians including babies, children, women and elderly people while causing mass destruction.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy hailed Israel's ceasefire but said it was "only a first step" and must go further.
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* "We should immediately convene a major international conference which would allow us to establish peace this year," Mr Sarkozy said.
* Gordon Brown, the UK Premier, urged Israel to reopen the crossings to long-blockaded Gaza, saying a sustainable ceasefire would require "humanitarian access" to the territory.

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