If you read the press conference after he left you can see that Erdogan told that Simon Peres was speaking 25 minutes in a row, exactly until the session ended up.
One inapt moderator does not represent the whole Davos system. But, of course, if you are invited to a debate in a foreign country you expect more politeness and balance from such system than to be just a first line listener of your conterpart. Peace and best wishes. Xi On 31 ene, 18:39, "Sumerian.." <[email protected]> wrote: > "I find it very sad that people applaud what you said," Erdogan said > in Turkish. "You killed people.. Said Turkish PM to Israeli President > The below report is almost what happened when Turkish PM left with anger back > to his country the Dafos summit. S1000+ > Turkish PM, Israeli president get into shouting match at economic forum > UN launches $613M US Gaza appeal > Last Updated: > > Thursday, January 29, 2009 | 3:32 PM > EThttp://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/01/29/un-gaza.html?ref=rss > > Turkey's prime minister stormed off the stage during a debate > Thursday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, after > getting into a shouting match with Israel's president over the fighting > in the Gaza Strip. > > Turkish > President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, talks to Israeli President Shimon > Peres during a plenary session at the World Economic Forum in > Switzerland on Thursday. Erdogan later left the stage after verbally > sparring over Gaza with Peres, and being cut off by the moderator. > (Alessandro Della Bella/Associated Press) > Recep > Tayyip Erdogan grew increasingly irritated after appealing for more > time from the moderator, Washington Post columnist David Ignatius, to > rebut Shimon Peres following the Israeli leader's passionate defence of > his country's three-week offensive against Hamas militants. > > Ignatius gave Erdogan one extra minute because the session time was ending. > > "You kill people," Erdogan told the 85-year-old Israeli head of > state. "I remember the children who died on beaches. I remember two > former prime ministers who said they felt very happy when they were > able to enter Palestine on tanks." > > "I find it very sad that people applaud what you said," Erdogan said > in Turkish. "You killed people. And I think that it is very wrong." > > Ignatius interject, saying the panel couldn't "start the debate again." > "We just don't have time," he said. > > "Please let me finish," Erdogan said, to which Ignatius responded: "We really > do need to get people to dinner." > > The red-faced Turkish leader then said, "Thank you very much. Thank > you very much. Thank you very much. I don't think I will come back to > Davos after this." > > ======= > S1000+ > ======= --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World-thread" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/world-thread?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
