An astonishing incident ! Israel whose conduct has not been beyond
reproach has nevertheless suffered interminable wars and continual
terrorist attacks, But the Islamic world has sensed the
pusillanimity of the “west” and turns facts on their head and gets
idiots like the EU to ignore the terrorism and concentrate on the
response.
The “west” says ‘never negotiate with terrorists’ even while doing
just that. Peres, unsurpriszuingvly, blew his top!
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I will never come back to Davos
Posted By: Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Damn, we are all sitting here in open-mouthed astonishment.
Turkish premier Tayyip Erdogan has just stormed off the rostrum after
calling Israel's president Shimon Peres a "killer" to his face.
Mr Peres in turn has been thundering and fulminating at the top of
his voice for 25 minutes -- while the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-
moon sat in embarrased silence next to him, mostly looking at his shoes.
The incensed leaders then walked out passed packed ranks of
trembling Davos enthusiasts - all believers in civilized comity, and
all horrified by this display of raw and visceral feeling - into a
hall where a light-hearted Strauss Waltz being played with shocking
insouciance.
If we journalists missed our deadlines - and leaving a big gap in
our newspapers tomorrow - you must forgive us, because we none could
concentrate on anything as this extraordinary spectacle of Mid-East
passion unfolded before our eyes.
Mr Peres -- winner of the 1994 Nobel Peace prize -- had reason to
be angry. The Turkish leader called today for the Obama
administration to list Israel as a terrorist state for alleged
atrocities against civilians in Gaza.
"President Obama must redefine terror and terrorist organizations in
the Middle East, and based on this new definition, a new American
policy must be deployed in the Middle East," he said.
This seems to have tipped Mr Peres over the edge. A genteel panel on
Mid-East issues flew out of control after he let rip such eloquence
and emotion that nobody dared stop him, and people sat enthralled, or
in tears, or aghast, as he related how Hamas was deploying terror in
Gaza.
A hundred Fatah prisoners in Gaza had been thrown from roof-tops, he
said. Dozens had been shot in the legs. The Gaza schools had become a
Gulag of Palestinian prisoners, he said, reading aloud a letter from
Fatah's secretary-general.
"The tragedy of Gaza is not Israel, it is Hamas. They created a
dictatorship. A very dangerous one."
Israel had withdrawn its troops and settlements from Gaza. It had
complied to the letter with all accords, yet it was still attacked,
and bombed, and rocket daily. (I merely relate his words this without
wishing to make any judgment of my own on a conflict that has killed
1,300 people in Gaza, and 14 Israelis)
"What would you do?" he screamed into the face of Mr Erdogan, who sat
stony faced, pulling slightly back, his legs twisted, his whole body
language at war
"We have been a nation for sixty years, and which other nation has
had to fight seven wars?"
Mr Erdogan perhaps feels betrayed because Turkey was mediating on
behalf of Israel when the Gaza occurred. "I saw this as a lack of
respect for us and also a shadow cast over peace," he said.
His Swiss trip has ended very badly. "I will never come back to
Davos", he said as he strode out, complaining that his own rant had
been cut short by the moderator.
It has been a bad hair for Turkey's pro-Islamic leader. The
negotiations for an IMF stand-by loan broke down. "It's not the end
of the world", he said.
We'll see what the markets have to say about that tomorrow.
reproach has nevertheless suffered interminable wars and continual
terrorist attacks, But the Islamic world has sensed the
pusillanimity of the “west” and turns facts on their head and gets
idiots like the EU to ignore the terrorism and concentrate on the
response.
The “west” says ‘never negotiate with terrorists’ even while doing
just that. Peres, unsurpriszuingvly, blew his top!
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx cs
===================
TELEGRAPH Blogs 29.1.09 at 2039hrs
I will never come back to Davos
Posted By: Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Damn, we are all sitting here in open-mouthed astonishment.
Turkish premier Tayyip Erdogan has just stormed off the rostrum after
calling Israel's president Shimon Peres a "killer" to his face.
Mr Peres in turn has been thundering and fulminating at the top of
his voice for 25 minutes -- while the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-
moon sat in embarrased silence next to him, mostly looking at his shoes.
The incensed leaders then walked out passed packed ranks of
trembling Davos enthusiasts - all believers in civilized comity, and
all horrified by this display of raw and visceral feeling - into a
hall where a light-hearted Strauss Waltz being played with shocking
insouciance.
If we journalists missed our deadlines - and leaving a big gap in
our newspapers tomorrow - you must forgive us, because we none could
concentrate on anything as this extraordinary spectacle of Mid-East
passion unfolded before our eyes.
Mr Peres -- winner of the 1994 Nobel Peace prize -- had reason to
be angry. The Turkish leader called today for the Obama
administration to list Israel as a terrorist state for alleged
atrocities against civilians in Gaza.
"President Obama must redefine terror and terrorist organizations in
the Middle East, and based on this new definition, a new American
policy must be deployed in the Middle East," he said.
This seems to have tipped Mr Peres over the edge. A genteel panel on
Mid-East issues flew out of control after he let rip such eloquence
and emotion that nobody dared stop him, and people sat enthralled, or
in tears, or aghast, as he related how Hamas was deploying terror in
Gaza.
A hundred Fatah prisoners in Gaza had been thrown from roof-tops, he
said. Dozens had been shot in the legs. The Gaza schools had become a
Gulag of Palestinian prisoners, he said, reading aloud a letter from
Fatah's secretary-general.
"The tragedy of Gaza is not Israel, it is Hamas. They created a
dictatorship. A very dangerous one."
Israel had withdrawn its troops and settlements from Gaza. It had
complied to the letter with all accords, yet it was still attacked,
and bombed, and rocket daily. (I merely relate his words this without
wishing to make any judgment of my own on a conflict that has killed
1,300 people in Gaza, and 14 Israelis)
"What would you do?" he screamed into the face of Mr Erdogan, who sat
stony faced, pulling slightly back, his legs twisted, his whole body
language at war
"We have been a nation for sixty years, and which other nation has
had to fight seven wars?"
Mr Erdogan perhaps feels betrayed because Turkey was mediating on
behalf of Israel when the Gaza occurred. "I saw this as a lack of
respect for us and also a shadow cast over peace," he said.
His Swiss trip has ended very badly. "I will never come back to
Davos", he said as he strode out, complaining that his own rant had
been cut short by the moderator.
It has been a bad hair for Turkey's pro-Islamic leader. The
negotiations for an IMF stand-by loan broke down. "It's not the end
of the world", he said.
We'll see what the markets have to say about that tomorrow.
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