Daily News Brief (From Foreignpolicy.com)
I haven't had time to read all the linked stories yet, but this looked interesting.
JANUARY 24, 2011
Al Jazeera releases thousands of Israeli-Palestinian negotiation documents
Al Jazeera began the release of nearly 17,000 documents on Israeli-Palestinian negotiations on Sunday. The documents -- termed the "P
alestine Papers" by the network -- include memos, e-mails, maps, minutes from private meetings, accounts of high level exchanges, strategy papers and power point presentations dated between 1999 and 2010. Of the most startling revelations include an historic offer made by the Palestinian Authority in 2008 to
concede nearly all of East Jerusalem for which Israel would have given nothing in return. "This last proposition could help in the swap process," said the PA's former Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei in a trilateral meeting in Jerusalem that also included then-U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, then-Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat. "We proposed that Israel annexes all settlements in Jerusalem except Jabal Abu Ghneim (Har Homa). This is the first time in history that we make such a proposition; we refused to do so in Camp David." In addition, the documents also reveal that Erekat
suggested unprecedented compromises. According to minutes from meetings at the State Department, Erekat was willing to concede control over the highly controversial Haram el-Sharif -- the Temple Mount -- to be overseen by an international committee. The network will continue to release documents until Jan. 26.
Palestinian leaders
deny offering major concessions to Israel.
Abbas
says Palestine Papers purposely reverse Israeli and Palestinian positions.
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