That is hardly fair. Paul isn't praising Recep's actions, or make a point about how its ''cool'' to hate Israel. Try slowing down for a second and think about what is actually being said; a national leader has finally made a public statement about his disdain toward the holocaust in Gaza and how its international portrayal has been misconstrued by the western powers that be to make it seem as if Israel has no guilty part in the entire conflict. Bear in mind that until a peaceful resolution with the Palestinian people has been established, Israel is still recognised as an occupying force, not an independent state. Yes, Recep could have resorted to more mature methods to get his message accross, but would anyone have listened? This post has nothing to do with anti semitism, quite the contrary, it has everything to do with the absolute denial of the horrors that have been taking place in Gaza for the sake of the continuing existance of the state of Israel. Finally a public figure has opened their mouth, or at least tried to. Like Muhammad Idrees Ahmad said in his article 'Eyeless in Gaza' posted recently on adbusters, ''Palestinians ‘die’, Israelis are ‘killed’''. ''‘Terrorism’ is something Palestinians do, Israelis merely ‘defend’ themselves – invariably outside their borders. ''

If you take a look at footage of the Erdogan speech at Davos you will see for your self that there was no outburst or childish behaviour. The condemnation was calm and collected and this is probably what un-nerved most of the Pro israeli Media in the West. They generally love to find someone who is not quite coherent or who does not speak English well to put forward a Palestinian veiwpoint. Thereby not putting any Palestinian viewpoint froward. I think Erdogan was right to make this open and overdue condemnation of Israel and hope that it will open the gates for others to follow.