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Monday, January 24, 2011 1:23:59 AM
Leaks Show Palestinians Giving Much Ground to Israel
The Palestinian Times .. Then, Now, Forever ..
Written by yours on Jan-24-11 4:32pm
From: apakistannews.com
JERUSALEM: Palestinian negotiators secretly told Israel it could keep swathes of occupied East Jerusalem, according to leaked documents that show Palestinians offering much bigger peace concessions than previously revealed.
The documents, obtained by the Al Jazeera television channel, could undermine the position of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, whose public declarations about Jerusalem are at odds with what his officials were promising in private.
Equally sobering for the Palestinian people, who want to create a state on land Israel seized in a 1967 war, is the fact that Israel offered nothing in return for the concessions and turned down their offer, saying it did not go far enough.
The leaked minutes of a 2008 meeting between Palestinian, U.S. and Israeli officials showed a senior Palestinian proposing that Israel annex all but one of its major Jerusalem settlements as part of a broad deal to end their decades-old conflict.
Al Jazeera said Sunday it had other documents that it would publish shortly showing the Palestinians were also ready to make other massive concessions on the hugely sensitive issue of the right to return for Palestinian refugees.
Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat went on the defensive, dismissing the documents as “a bunch of lies” during an appearance on Al Jazeera shortly after they were released.
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INSERT: Does Saeb Erekat, think we are all fool enough to believe that leaked "memos, e-mails, maps, minutes from private meetings, accounts of high level exchanges, strategy papers and even power point presentations" – dating from 1999 to 2010, are all lies!
Erekat lies yet again .. Wednesday, January 19, 2011
From YNet:
Hours after Russian President Dmitri Medvedev declared his country recognizes an independent Palestinian state, Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat described the statement as "an historic move to make the Palestinians proud for a very long time to come."
Medvedev said Tuesday during a visit to Jericho that Moscow had effectively recognized Palestine back in 1988 and has no intention of changing its position now. He noted that all would benefit from the establishment of a Palestinian state, including the Israelis.
Talking to Ynet Erekat noted, "We appreciate the Russian recognition of a Palestinian state on the 1967 borders whose capital is east Jerusalem."
Medvedev didn't say a word about "1967 borders." He simply said that Russia continues to recognize "Palestine" in the way that the Soviet Union did in 1988, which didn't mention borders at all and which was pretty much ignored by the world community at the time. But it is hardly the first time Erekat has been caught lying.
The YNet article does mention that Israel's Foreign Ministry strike is severely hampering Israel's efforts to fight this latest wave of PLO diplomatic victories. One result is that Medvedev didn't even visit Israel. This strike is really hurting Israel and it needs to be resolved quickly.
http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2011/01/erekat-lies-yet-again.html
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In a heated exchange, Erekat was confronted by critics including Abdel Bari Atwan, editor of the London-based al -Quds
al-Arabi newspaper, who asked him who had authorized him or the Palestinian leadership “to give up Islamic holy sites.”
One document quoted Erekat as telling an Israeli official: “It is no secret that …we are
offering you the biggest Yerushalayim in history.” He used the Hebrew word for Jerusalem.
Ahmed Qurie, the lead Palestinian negotiator in 2008, was quoted as proposing that Israel annex all Jewish settlements
in Jerusalem except Har Homa. He also said Israel could keep control of a part of the Old City of Jerusalem.
“This is the first time in history that we make such a proposition,” the document quoted Ahmed Qurie as saying.
He added that the Palestinians had refused to make such a concession
during negotiations led by the late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat in 2000.
Leaks Show Palestinians Giving Much Ground to Israel was first posted on January 23, 2011 at 9:32 pm.
Copyright @ A Pakistan News.Com
http://www.zimbio.com/The+Palestinian+Times/articles/e1BRbhbXmB2/Leaks+Show+Palestinians+Giving+Much+Ground
The Palestinian Times .. Then, Now, Forever ..
Written by yours on Jan-24-11 4:32pm
From: apakistannews.com
JERUSALEM: Palestinian negotiators secretly told Israel it could keep swathes of occupied East Jerusalem, according to leaked documents that show Palestinians offering much bigger peace concessions than previously revealed.
The documents, obtained by the Al Jazeera television channel, could undermine the position of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, whose public declarations about Jerusalem are at odds with what his officials were promising in private.
Equally sobering for the Palestinian people, who want to create a state on land Israel seized in a 1967 war, is the fact that Israel offered nothing in return for the concessions and turned down their offer, saying it did not go far enough.
The leaked minutes of a 2008 meeting between Palestinian, U.S. and Israeli officials showed a senior Palestinian proposing that Israel annex all but one of its major Jerusalem settlements as part of a broad deal to end their decades-old conflict.
Al Jazeera said Sunday it had other documents that it would publish shortly showing the Palestinians were also ready to make other massive concessions on the hugely sensitive issue of the right to return for Palestinian refugees.
Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat went on the defensive, dismissing the documents as “a bunch of lies” during an appearance on Al Jazeera shortly after they were released.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
INSERT: Does Saeb Erekat, think we are all fool enough to believe that leaked "memos, e-mails, maps, minutes from private meetings, accounts of high level exchanges, strategy papers and even power point presentations" – dating from 1999 to 2010, are all lies!
Erekat lies yet again .. Wednesday, January 19, 2011
From YNet:
Hours after Russian President Dmitri Medvedev declared his country recognizes an independent Palestinian state, Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat described the statement as "an historic move to make the Palestinians proud for a very long time to come."
Medvedev said Tuesday during a visit to Jericho that Moscow had effectively recognized Palestine back in 1988 and has no intention of changing its position now. He noted that all would benefit from the establishment of a Palestinian state, including the Israelis.
Talking to Ynet Erekat noted, "We appreciate the Russian recognition of a Palestinian state on the 1967 borders whose capital is east Jerusalem."
Medvedev didn't say a word about "1967 borders." He simply said that Russia continues to recognize "Palestine" in the way that the Soviet Union did in 1988, which didn't mention borders at all and which was pretty much ignored by the world community at the time. But it is hardly the first time Erekat has been caught lying.
The YNet article does mention that Israel's Foreign Ministry strike is severely hampering Israel's efforts to fight this latest wave of PLO diplomatic victories. One result is that Medvedev didn't even visit Israel. This strike is really hurting Israel and it needs to be resolved quickly.
http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2011/01/erekat-lies-yet-again.html
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In a heated exchange, Erekat was confronted by critics including Abdel Bari Atwan, editor of the London-based al -Quds
al-Arabi newspaper, who asked him who had authorized him or the Palestinian leadership “to give up Islamic holy sites.”
One document quoted Erekat as telling an Israeli official: “It is no secret that …we are
offering you the biggest Yerushalayim in history.” He used the Hebrew word for Jerusalem.
Ahmed Qurie, the lead Palestinian negotiator in 2008, was quoted as proposing that Israel annex all Jewish settlements
in Jerusalem except Har Homa. He also said Israel could keep control of a part of the Old City of Jerusalem.
“This is the first time in history that we make such a proposition,” the document quoted Ahmed Qurie as saying.
He added that the Palestinians had refused to make such a concession
during negotiations led by the late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat in 2000.
Leaks Show Palestinians Giving Much Ground to Israel was first posted on January 23, 2011 at 9:32 pm.
Copyright @ A Pakistan News.Com
http://www.zimbio.com/The+Palestinian+Times/articles/e1BRbhbXmB2/Leaks+Show+Palestinians+Giving+Much+Ground
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