January 30, 2009, 1:13 AM (GMT+02:00)
Turkish premier berates Israel at Davos
At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan Thursday, Jan. 29, reproached Israeli president Shimon Peres over the Gaza offensive, saying "You kill people."
Israeli president Shimon Peres said, raising his voice, Israel's 22-day offensive was launched in reaction to eight years of rocket fire. Turning to Erdogan, he asked: What you would do if rockets landed on Istanbul every night?
The Israeli leader later called the Turkish premier and they agreed that incident would not affect relations between their countries. DEBKAfile Excllusive Report January 30, 2009, 2:37 PM (GMT+02:00) Iranian "aid ship" for Gaza DEBKAfile's military and intelligence sources report that the aid ship Iran Shahed , which the Israel embargo of the Gaza Strip forced to stay 42 km from the coast, took delivery Monday, Jan. 26 of sophisticated communications equipment from Cyprus for maintaining contact with Hamas leaders who remain in hiding. It came with a group of maintenance engineers.
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