Erdogan hailed after Davos walkout
Erdogan, right, was angered by the moderator not giving him a chance to counter Peres' argument
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Erdogan walked out of a televised debate on Thursday with Shimon Peres, the Israeli president, after the moderator refused to allow him to rebut Peres' justification about the war.
Before storming out, Erdogan told Shimon Peres, the Israeli president: "You are killing people."
At least 1,300 Palestinians were killed during Israel's 22-day aerial, naval and ground assault on Gaza. Thirteen Israeli citizens died over the same period.
During the heated panel discussion in the Swiss town, Peres told Erdogan that Turkey would have acted in the same manner as Israel if rockets had been falling on Istanbul.
Moderator David Ignatius, a Washington Post columnist, then told Erdogan that he had "only a minute" to respond to a lengthy monologue by Peres.
Erdogan said: "I find it very sad that people applaud what you said. There have been many people killed. And I think that it is very wrong and it is not humanitarian."
Ignatius twice attempted to finish the debate, saying, "We really do need to get people to dinner."
Erdogan 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."
'Understandable'
Amr Moussa, the secretary-general of the Arab League and former Egyptian foreign minister, said Erdogan's action was understandable.
"Mr Erdogan said what he wanted to say and then he left. That's all. He was right," he said, adding that Israel "doesn't listen".
Turkey has in recent months brokered indirect talks between Israel and Syria over the Golan Heights region, which Israel captured from Syria in 1967.
The exchange between Erdogan and Peres took place on the second day of the summit, where business and political leaders have been discussing trade, financial regulation and global security.
Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations secretary-general, used the forum to announce the launch of an emergency appeal for $613m to help Palestinians recover from Israel's attack on Gaza.
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And I salute you Mr Erdogan Peres!
Thursday, 29 January 2009
Davos Annual Meeting 2009 - Gaza: The Case for Middle East Peace
Sunday, 25 January 2009
Cairo hospitals treat Gaza's war-scarred children
I will definately cry even if they are japanese or chinese or even jews. They are just kids damn it.
And I pray for my children...
Chinese New Year
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It's Chinese New Year tomorrow. I don't celebrate it but i did bought a whole lot of oranges (many types of oranges), New Year goodies like pineapple tarts, prawn rolls, love letter... And i baked an orange buttermilk pound cake. I think that's enough food for the holidays.
Orange Buttermilk Pound Cake
3 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup butter
3 cups white sugar
6 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup buttermilk
juice from an orange
1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease one 9 or 10 inch tube pan. Mix together the flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
2. In a large bowl, beat butter with sugar. Mix in the eggs, one at time, beating well after each addition. Stir in orange juice and the vanilla extracts. Gently mix in flour mixture alternately with the buttermilk. Pour batter into the prepared pan. 3. Bake in preheated oven for 90 minutes. Do not open oven door until after one hour. When cake begins to pull away from the side of the pan it is done. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.
Tuesday, 20 January 2009
Crispy and Creamy Doughnuts
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It's too sugary for me though...
14 g active dry yeast
1/4 cup warm water (105 to 115 degrees)
1 1/2 cups lukewarm milk
1/2 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
70g shortening
5 cups all-purpose flour
1. Sprinkle the yeast over the warm water, and let stand for 5 minutes, or until foamy.
2. In a large bowl, mix together the yeast mixture, milk, sugar, salt, eggs, shortening, and 2 cups of the flour. Mix for a few minutes at low speed, or stirring with a wooden spoon. Beat in remaining flour 1/2 cup at a time, until the dough no longer sticks to the bowl. Knead for about 5 minutes, or until smooth and elastic. Place the dough into a greased bowl, and cover.
3. Set in a warm place to rise until double. Dough is ready if you touch it, and the indention remains.
4. Turn the dough out onto a floured surface, and gently roll out to 1/2 inch thickness. Cut with a floured doughnut cutter. Let doughnuts sit out to rise again until double. Cover loosely with a cloth.
5. Heat oil in a deep-fryer or large heavy skillet to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Slide doughnuts into the hot oil using a wide spatula. Turn doughnuts over as they rise to the surface. Fry doughnuts on each side until golden brown. Remove from hot oil, to drain on a wire rack. Dip doughnuts into the glaze while still hot.
Banana Chocolate Chip cake
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1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup white sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 large mashed bananas
1 egg
1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
1/4 cup milk
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips 1 tsp vanilla
1. In a large bowl, mix flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. In a separate bowl, combine bananas, egg, melted butter and milk.
2. Stir banana mixture into flour mixture until blended. Be careful not to over mix. Stir in chocolate chips. 3. Pour batter into 9x13 inch pan. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean. (It will have some melted chocolate, but no crumbs.)
Obama 'historic' inauguration
So?
Anyway, here's more interesting,.. the thought of a Palestinian brother on Obama becoming the president.
Mohammed al-Sharif, Gaza City, works for Palestinian NGO
It has been horrifying living in Gaza for the last couple of weeks.
White phosphorous bombs have been dropped close to our house. You name it - everything you have seen on the TV we went through.
Two weeks ago, we removed the panes of glass from our windows as we were scared it would shatter in our faces.
We have been sleeping in one corner of the house away from the windows and trying to put our six-month-old daughter between us to keep her safe.
We have only left the house to go to the supermarket to buy basic necessities.
We have spent a lot of time on the telephone calling friends to see if they are still OK.
You only get electricity for two hours a day and after a while you feel like you are very isolated.
Let's hope the new president will take more time to spend more time to understand the reality of the Israel-Arab struggle.
He should not take only the Israeli point of view. he has to understand you cannot punish the Palestinian people for making a choice. I am not pro-Hamas, but Hamas won the election, a legal election.
He is isolating the people who chose them. This is democracy but they do not want to accept that, because it is against Israeli interests.
You can't change the people's will by dropping bombs on them.
President Obama will do great things for the American people and I really believe in his capabilities to lead the US, but on this issue, it's not going to change.
His first hiring was a Zionist and you can see how this will go.
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Sunday, 18 January 2009
Doraemon's Dorayaki
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No, it's actually my dorayaki,.. ALL MINE!
1 cup flour
1/2 cup sugar
1 tbsp honey
1/2 tsp baking powder
2 eggs
¼ - ½ cup water
1. Whisk eggs with sugar and honey in a mixing bowl.
2. Add sifted flour and baking powder.
3. Slowly add water while whisking until smooth.
4. Drop small ladlesful on a lightly oiled fry pan or griddle to make pancakes that are about 3 inches in diameter. When bubbles start to appear, turn over the pancakes and cook briefly on the other side until golden.
5. Spread about two tablespoons of adzuki bean paste on one pancake, then cover it with another to make a sandwich.
King Abdullah of Jordan organizes blood donation camp
I have to quote this comment made by a youtuber, "I feel sorry for the person who would get the king's blood" LOL
I don't put on any hopes on this guy. I mean, dude can't even make his wife cover up her hair. And you expect him to save or even help Palestine? Come on...
Saturday, 17 January 2009
Kasutera
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Or castella. Oishi desu! If you wanna try, here's the recipe.
1 cup plus
1 tbsp granulated sugar
1/4 cup honey
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp lemon extract
1/4 tsp salt
7 large eggs, separated
1 cup cake flour, sifted
1/8 tsp cream of tartar
1 tbsp green tea powder or unsweetened cocoa powder (optional-if using omit the lemon extract)
1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (160 C). Use parchment to line the bottom of a 10-inch tube pan, preferably with a removable bottom or 2 (8 x 4-inch) loaf pans. Grease the parchment. In a large bowl, whisk 1 cup sugar, honey, vanilla, lemon extract, and salt into egg yolks. Place bowl in a large pan of hot water. With an electric mixer, beat about 5 minutes on medium-high speed until pale yellow and doubled in volume. Gently fold in sifted flour.
2. Wash beaters. In a large bowl, beat egg whites in electric mixer on a low speed 1 minute, increasing speed to medium-high. When foamy, sprinkle in 1 tbsp sugar and cream of tartar. Beat until stiff but not dry. With a spatula, fold the egg whites in thirds. Pour batter into pan. Tap gently on the counter to remove air bubbles.
3. Bake on middle rack of oven 35 to 45 minutes or until golden brown. When done, cake sides will pull away from pan slightly; top will be flat and feel spongy when pressed with finger. Cool 20 minutes. Run a small knife between edge of cake and pan. Remove from pan carefully. Pull off parchment and cool completely. Serve or store airtight.(I personally think that it taste even better the next day)
Friday, 16 January 2009
"They are not simply war criminals, they are fools."
I don't know who they are, but ... Hell of a speech! They are not muslims, but may God Bless them.
Qatar, Mauritania cut Israel ties
Khaled Meshaal, the exiled leader of Hamas, also called for Arab nations to cut ties with Israel Qatar and Mauritania have suspended economic and political ties with Israel in protest against the war in Gaza, Al Jazeera has learned.
The move announced on Friday followed calls by Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president, and Khaled Meshaal, the exiled leader of Hamas, for all Arab nations to cut ties with Israel.
Addressing leaders at an emergency Arab summit in Doha, the Qatari capital, al-Assad declared that the Arab initiative for peace with Israel was now "dead".
He said Arab countries should cut "all direct and indirect" ties with Israel in protest against its offensive in Gaza.
Egypt and Jordan are the only Arab countries to have signed peace treaties with Israel and have Israeli embassies.
Summit demands
The Qatari-hosted Arab summit concluded on Friday with participants agreeing to present a Kuwaiti-hosted summit - to be held on Sunday - with a list of measures to end the conflict in Gaza.
Those measures include demanding that Israel stops its offensive in the Strip, is held responsible for "crimes" committed in Gaza and immediately re-opens all crossings.
The summit also agreed that all Arab countries should form a "sea-bridge" that would enable aid supplies to reach Gaza.
Speaking from Ankara, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish prime minister, said Israel should be barred from the United Nations while it continues to ignore UN demands to end the fighting in Gaza.
"How is such a country, which totally ignores and does not implement resolutions of the UN Security Council, allowed to enter through the gates of the UN?" he said.
Erdogan's comments came hours ahead of Friday's official visit to Turkey by Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general.
The Turkish leader also added his voice to widespread condemnation of Israel's bombing of a UN compound in Gaza on Thursday.
"The UN building in Gaza was hit while the UN secretary-general was in Israel ... this is an open challenge to the world, teasing the world," he said.
Diplomatic efforts to broker a ceasefire have intensified over recent days with emergency meetings being held in Qatar, Turkey, Kuwait and Egypt.
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After like at least 1,155 Palestinians were killed,... i say it's about time.
Heartbreaking...
I don't really have any appetite today. I wish I can give my food today,.. no not just today, they can have my food anytime they want.
Tuesday, 13 January 2009
'Goodnight my love, see you in heaven'
Every hour, fleeting images from around the world are brought to our TV screens. When I have electricity, I watch these scenes of people enjoying themselves and ask myself, what is the difference between them and me? Why are our lives worlds apart in spite of living on the same planet?
I wonder, are these people asking themselves the same question when they watch the horror unfold in Gaza?
The occupation has put Gaza on a drip feed; we have had just enough to keep us alive but not enough to make us feel as though we are really living - and now this. If I make it to the end of this conflict, I want to leave the minute I am able to. I do not want my children to grow up in this environment, strangled by the occupation, familiar with the sounds of F-16 fighter jets, unable to leave the country if they need life-saving treatment.
This is not a natural disaster like the Tsunami; this is a man-made disaster that deepens while the world watches.
As the death toll continues to rise, my wife and I spend our waking hours waiting for our turn to come. Now, at night before trying to sleep I say to her: "Goodnight my love, see you in heaven."
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Would You Bomb A School?
Peace to all,
He made a great point by saying that even if you have power and money, that doesn't make you right.
Friday, 9 January 2009
Consumers urged to boycott US made products
I'm translating what Mr Mahathir said:
We use a lot of American products and we are unable to boycott all of them. And that's why we are listing out products that we can boycott. It is true that if we don't use certain American products, we will face problems but we can find the replacement. For example, you will not die from not using Colgate toothpaste/drink Coca-Cola
Thursday, 8 January 2009
Are we not human?
I am not afraid of dying - I know that one day we all must die. But not like this, not sitting idly in my home with my children in my arms waiting for our lives to be taken away. I am disgusted by this injustice.
What is the international community waiting for - to see even more dismembered people and families erased before they act? Time is ticking by and the numbers of dead and injured are increasing. What are they waiting for?
What is happening is against humanity, are we not human?
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Brothers and Sisters, boycott products from America and Israel. Help Palestine. Support humanity.
Wednesday, 7 January 2009
Israel Soldiers VS a Palestinian Girl
This is what i meant by for Muslims to win, we don't need super, deadly weapons and we don't need huge amount of wealth and we don't need numbers. We just need guts, not afraid of death, not afraid of hardship in this world because we have Allah (S.W.T). And that girl is a fine example what a Muslim should be.
Muslim leaders should be ashame of themselves. Useless men!
Tuesday, 6 January 2009
PRESS STATEMENT - ISRAEL MUST BE STOPPED FROM COMMITTING FURTHER WAR CRIMES
THE KUALA LUMPUR FOUNDATION TO CRIMINALISE
WAR
AND THE PERDANA GLOBAL PEACE ORGANISATION
AT ITS MEETING HELD ON JANUARY 2ND 2009
The barbaric and wanton massacre of the Palestinians in Gaza which started some days ago and is now still continuing is yet another example of the blatant war crimes committed by Zionist Israel since its establishment in 1948.
Supported and encouraged by the United States and Britain, Israel has ignored international condemnation and insists that she has the unfettered right to murder innocent men, women and children on account of some rocket attacks by Palestinians who were retaliating against the blockade of Gaza. The blockade over the last 9 months has brought starvation and untold suffering to the Palestinians. The heroic Palestinian people have every right to take action in self-defence to break this inhuman siege.
The United Nations has condemned this attempt to starve and deny the medical needs of the Palestinians in order to force them into submission, but as usual, Israel backed by the United States has ignored international opinion and international law.
The peace loving peoples of the world must not just sympathise with the Palestinians but must take concrete action to bring the war criminals to justice.
For various reasons Governments will not do anything to put a stop to Israeli intransigence. It remains for the people to take positive action individually or through their Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO).
We propose that the peoples of the world boycott Israeli products and stop all trade with Israel.
Secondly we call upon the international community to abandon the use of the US Dollar in international trade, and to stop buying United States' bonds. Such purchases have enabled the United States to grant substantial aid to Israel and to supply it with the weapons now being used against the people in Gaza and elsewhere. The concerned peace loving peoples of the world must not, even if it is in a small way, be the participants and financiers in the massacre of the Palestinians, the Iraqis and the Afghans.
Finally we call upon the United Nations General Assembly to condemn Israel the same way that the Security Council condemns Darfur, Rwanda and Burundi and to set up a Tribunal to try Israeli war criminals.
Dr Mahathir bin Mohamad
Chairman Kuala Lumpur Foundation to Criminalise War and
Perdana Global Peace Organisation
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