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Palestine papers: The view from Gaza

January 27, 2011 15:25
Saeb Erekat: the  Palestinian chief negotiator says that the leaked papers are “lies”

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A political earthquake has been shaking the Palestinian territories since the release of the secret memos.

Al Jazeera and Hamas have accused the PA and Mahmoud Abbas of treason. In return, chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said that all the documents that had been published over the past three days "are forged and we don't know who stands behind it".

The leaked documents appeared to show that the Palestinian negotiators agreed to hand Israel control of neighbourhoods in east Jerusalem, accept Israel as a Jewish state and give up calling for the right of return.

"All are lies and far from reality. I still have doubts about the timing: these lies were published while the Palestinian leadership is preparing for filing to the Security Council to gain a resolution against Jewish settlement construction," said Erekat.

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