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aziz 2:13 pm on January 24, 2011
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One of the more astonishing revelations …
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. In doing so it has backed away even from commitments made by the George W. Bush administration and blown an irreparable hole in the already threadbare “two-state solution.”

the #palestinepapers just get more and more interesting.

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- thabet 4:07 pm on January 24, 2011 Permalink
  
  The US government’s private determination to use its financial and military leverage to keep the existing regime in place — while publicly continuing to maintain that Palestinians are free to choose their own leaders — echoes the Bush administration’s veto on attempts to create a Palestinian national unity administration after Hamas took over the Gaza Strip in the summer of 2007.
- thabet 5:17 pm on January 24, 2011 Permalink
  
  Interestingly, the BBC is adding the following sentence to much of its online coverage: “The BBC has been unable to verify the documents independently”.
  
  Maybe they’re upset at being left out… although has anyone seen any evidence (not claims by embarrassed PA officials) of these not being authentic?

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