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On January 14, Haaretz News Agencies headlined, "Abbas: Concessions in Palestine papers came from Israel, not us," saying:
He "denied offering secret concessions to Israel and said that reporting of purportedly leaked documents" mistakenly presented Israeli positions, not those of his negotiators. Calling it a "mix-up," he said it was "intentional....We say things very clearly, we do not have secrets."
Clearly embarrassed like Abbas, Ahmed Qureia, chief 2008 negotiator, said "many parts of the documents were fabricated, as part of the incitement against the (PA) and the Palestinian leadership." He denied making duplicitous offers, calling reports about Erekat "lies and half truths." In fact, they came from his own verbatim comments.
On January 24, Haaretz writer Akiva Eldar headlined, "Lieberman's map for future Palestinian borders is a joke," calling it:
"a predetermined ritual: The government refuses to freeze settlement construction, the Palestinians freeze the negotiations, (Netanyahu) blames (Abbas), the international community presses Israel, Netanyahu/Lieberman/Barak (leak) 'a new political program,' (and) Palestinians reject it."
With nothing constructive in it, it's like trying to make eggs out of omelets or caterpillars out of butterflies.
BBC headlined, "Excepts: Leaked Palestinian 'proposals,' " saying:
Their negotiators offered unprecedented concessions, including willingness "to accept Israel's annexation of all but one of its settlements built illegally in occupied East Jerusalem." They also "show how the Palestinians offered concessions on" Haram.
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