Palestine Papers

Mark Perry: Inside the Palestine Papers debate

by Guest Contributor 01.27.2011

Before publishing the Palestine Papers, Al Jazeera invited a group of experts and journalists to Doha to study the documents. The group included political and military analyst, Mark Perry, who provided analysis in this week’s special report and the following background for War in Context. He is the author of eight books, including Partners In [...]

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Palestine Papers: PA stonewalled the Goldstone vote

by News Sources 01.26.2011

The Palestine Papers reveal: On October 2, 2009, the UN Human Rights Council was widely expected to pass a resolution supporting the Goldstone Report, the UN’s probe of war crimes committed during Israel’s war in Gaza in December 2008 and January 2009. The Council instead agreed to delay a vote on the report until March [...]

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Palestine Papers: With US support, Palestinian Authority engaged in torture

by News Sources 01.25.2011

Mark Perry writes: The Palestine Papers provide unprecedented access into the internal workings of the U.S.-brokered Israeli-Palestinian negotiating process. But the leaked documents and meetings also touch on other key issues surrounding U.S. intervention in the conflict – including dozens of documents on Palestinian security issues. At the heart of these is the work of [...]

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Palestine Papers: MI6 drew up plan for crackdown on Hamas

by News Sources 01.25.2011

The Guardian reports: British intelligence helped draw up a secret plan for a wide-ranging crackdown on the Islamist movement Hamas which became a security blueprint for the Palestinian Authority, leaked documents reveal. The plan asked for the internment of leaders and activists, the closure of radio stations and the replacement of imams in mosques. The [...]

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Palestine Papers can’t slow down a stationary peace process

by Paul Woodward 01.25.2011

Jerusalem Post: The US State Department acknowledged Monday that the “Palestine Papers,” released by Al-Jazeera, complicated American efforts to forge an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement. But it said it wouldn’t slow the Obama administration’s work toward that goal. George Mitchell can be as busy as a hamster in a treadmill without actually getting anywhere. Still, the [...]

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The Palestine Papers — live updates

by News Sources 01.24.2011

6:29 Ali Abunimah writes: One of the more astonishing revelations in The Palestine Papers — detailed records and minutes of the Middle East peace process leaked to Al Jazeera — is that the administration of US President Barack Obama effectively repudiated the Road Map, which has formed the basis of the “peace process” since 2003. [...]

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The Palestine Papers

by News Sources 01.24.2011

Introducing the Palestine Papers: Over the last several months, Al Jazeera has been given unhindered access to the largest-ever leak of confidential documents related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. There are nearly 1,700 files, thousands of pages of diplomatic correspondence detailing the inner workings of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. These documents – memos, e-mails, maps, minutes [...]

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