The war in Gaza has implications to Davos. Turkish Prime Minister left burst his anger, Thursday, Jan. 29, during a public debate on the consequences of the Israeli offensive on the Palestinian territory. Erdogan left the debate by criticizing the organizers of the stop to talk after an intervention by Israeli President Shimon Peres. The Turkish leader wanted to respond to the plea of Mr. Peres on the Israeli intervention in Gaza, but the journalist David Ignatius, Washington Post columnist, who hosted the meeting, interrupted him with insistence to report that the debate was over.
Ignoring the refusal of the host, Mr. Erdogan spoke after Mr. Peres to blame the public to have applauded the intervention of the Israeli president. Speaking to Shimon Peres, Erdogan launched: "I think you should feel a little guilty. (...) You killed people. I remember the children who died on beaches. "M . Peres for his part had arrested his neighbor and asked: "What would you do if you had every night dozens of rockets falling on Istanbul?" "Israel wants to take on anyone, but Hamas did not let the choice, "he said also. According to the Turkish prime minister's entourage, the Israeli president presented Thursday apologized to Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Erdogan later, during a press conference, criticized David Ignatius of him not having allowed only twelve minutes of talk time, against twenty-five to Mr. Peres. "I have respect for Mr. Peres and his age "(85 years) and" my reaction was directed against the leader, "said Erdogan.This was welcomed as a hero by thousands of supporters in Istanbul on the night of Thursday to Friday. The demonstrators chanted slogans denouncing Israel and sang in chorus "We are proud of you." Erdogan lashed out almost daily on the offensive twenty-two days of Israel in the Gaza Strip, to the point of being accused by some of the press and opposition Turkish to be in favor of the Islamist movement Hamas.
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