The Palestinian Authority: Hypocricy, Lies and Double Talk

by Khaled Abu Toameh:

Documents revealed by Al-Jazeera, the popular and influential Qatari-owned TV network, have reconfirmed the widely believed perception that the Palestinian Authority speaks in more than one voice.

These documents expose the Palestinian leadership’s double standards and hypocrisy. They show that the Palestinian Authority, headed by Mahmoud Abbas, has not been telling Palestinians the truth about the peace process.

According to the documents, Palestinian negotiators went as far as ceding control over almost the entire area of east Jerusalem. This position contradicts the Palestinian Authority’s public position, namely that it would not agree to any concessions on east Jerusalem, which it insists must become the future capital of a Palestinian state.

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