Leaks "could undermine the position of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas"

[Still a Democrat]

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.

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http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE70M0EM20110123

[EFerrari]

1. Why did you change the headline? This had nothing to do with Wikileaks.

[Still a Democrat]

2. Edited n/t

[DCKit]

3. A big game for political and financial gain?

The Palestinian leadership represents the Palestinians as much as the Israeli leadership represents the majority of Israelis.

See "Israeli vs. Israeli" on RT. They're even more hopeless and unrepresented than we are.

[Catherina]

4. Abbas is an illegitimate ruler. His term was up in Jan 2009.

"Elected to serve until 9 January 2009, he unilaterally extended his term for another year and continues in office even after that deadline expired."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoud_Abbas

He has NO authority to represent the Palestinian people.

Imagine if Chavez did something like that. We'd never hear the end of it.

I'll dance a jig if that corrupt, worthless toady gets overthrown.