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 Davos Annual Meeting 2009 - Gaza: The Case for Middle East Peace (video)
Davos Annual Meeting 2009 - Gaza: The Case for Middle East Peace (video)
http://www.weforum.org 29.01.2009Gaza: The Case for Middle East PeaceThe uncertainty and complexity surrounding the crisis in Gaza have captured the attentio...
Top EU official: Hamas bears full responsibility for Gaza war | Middle East | Jerusalem Post
Top EU official: Hamas bears full responsibility for Gaza war | Middle East | Jerusalem Post
jpost.com — Hamas bears full responsibility for the war in Gaza, a top EU official said Monday in the... Strip, calling the group "a terrorist movement." "At this time we have to also recall the overwhelming responsibility of Hamas," Louis Michel, European ... (more) Top EU official: Hamas bears full responsibility for ...
How badly did Gaza poison the well?
lynch.foreignpolicy.com — The Israeli attack on Gaza during the last weeks of the Bush administration looks more than ever... like Bush's "last gift" to Israel and to the region -- carried out during the transition, with no American attempt to intervene, ending ... (more) How badly did Gaza poison the well?
 Hamas must be brought into peace process, says Tony Blair
Hamas must be brought into peace process, says Tony Blair
timesonline.co.uk — Hamas must somehow be brought into the Middle East peace process because the policy of isolating Gaza... in the quest for a settlement will not work, Tony Blair has told The Times . The former prime minister implicitly criticises the strategy followed ... (more) Hamas must be brought into peace process, says Tony Blair
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Shimon Peres at Davos
Yourish.com — Charles posted about this video of the Davos panel where Shimon Peres confronted the Turkish Prime Minister on why Israel went into Gaza. Peres comes in at about 39:30, but it’s well worth starting around the half hour mark or earlier to listen to the lies of Amr Moussa and the propaganda of Erdogan. Peres speaks from the heart, and from experience. He tried to negotiate peace with the Palestinians decades ago and was reviled for it. Now, he defends his nation against the trumped-up charges of the world that ignores the thousands of rockets. Listen carefully to Peres’ stats: He points out that over a thousand Israelis have been killed by terror in the ...

A Turkey of a prime minister
Power Line — The video below shows the Davos panel last week moderated by David Ignatius on Israel's Gaza offensive. Members of the panel included Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa, Turkey Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Israel President Shimon Peres. But for Peres, the panel is the hatefest one would expect. Meryl Yourish points out that Peres comes in at about 39:30, "but it's well worth starting around the half hour mark or earlier to listen to the lies of Amr Moussa and the propaganda of Erdogan." Yourish writes: Peres speaks from the heart, and from experience. He tried to negotiate peace with the ...

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