Davos, Switzerland  - The Prime Miniister of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, stormed out of the World Economic Forum at Davos, saying he would never return, following a debate on the Gaza Strip during which he complained he was not given enough time to speak.

"For me, Davos is over," he said, walking off stage in the final moments of the session. "They would not let me speak," he later added to reporters.

He also accused Israel of "knowing very well" how to kill people and babies

The Secretary General of the Arab league, Amr Moussa, shook Erdogan's hand as he walked off, passing Israeli President Shimon Peres and Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon.

The debate on the Middle East began with Ban calling for the the peace process to be urgently "put on track," and asking for donations from donors to help the Gaza Strip.

Erdogan himself addressed the audience, in which he condemned Israel's "disproportionate use of force" in its three-week offensive in Gaza, and called for including Hamas, the Islamic movement ruling the enclave, in the political process.

He was followed by Moussa who urged Israel to accept the Arab peace proposal first launched in 2002, while also attacking Israel's actions vis-a-vis the Gaza Strip.

Peres then gave a rather long speech, in which he defended the offensive and placed the blame for the bloodshed on Hamas.

"We never gave up. All my life, I am fighting for peace," said Peres, who won the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in the 1990s to reach a deal with the Palestine Liberation Organization.

Erdogan, looking enraged, asked for the right of response from the moderator, David Ignatius of the Washington Post newspaper, who granted him one minute, in which the premier told Peres that "you must feel guilty to be so strong in your words," referring to the president having raised his voice during his address.

"You killed people," Erdogan said, adding "the Sixth Commandment says thou shall not kill."

He also said it found it "very sad" that some members of the audience applauded Peres, as "there have been many people killed." He then accused Peres of "knowing very well how to kill babies."

When the moderator tried to cut Erdogan off, after his minute was up, the premier went red in the face, tried to talk atop Ignatius and then walked out, saying Peres had spoken for more than twice as long as he was given, and vowed never to return to Davos.

He said Peres received 25 minutes to his 12.

Some 1,300 Palestinians were killed during the three-week offensive along with 13 Israelis. Turkey, a Muslim majority state, and Israel have diplomatic relations. dpa