Secret documents show the unprecedented offer: In the Middle East peace process was the Palestinian leadership willing to far greater concessions than they publicly declared. The government wanted to give Abbas on land that had built in the Israeli settlers, report "Al-Jazeera" and "Guardian". Jerusalem - Almost all Israeli settlements built since 1967 in and around Jerusalem, would accept it - that was the offer of the Palestinians.
For this massive concession, the government of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in 2008, was ready. The secret documents confirm, as reported by the television channel Al-Jazeera and the British newspaper "Guardian" in unison. The newspaper reports of thousands of pages of confidential papers, which document more than a decade of negotiations between Israelis, Palestinians and Americans, including many confidential meetings.
Thus came the "Al Jazeera" in the documents and allowed the British journalists exclusive access to the material. The Guardian called it "the greatest revelation of confidential documents in the history of the Middle East conflict." Accordingly, the secret offer a land grab by the Palestinian chief negotiator was presented when he met with American and Israeli representatives.
According to reports, it was that Israel could annex all but one settlements in East Jerusalem. The negotiators stressed, therefore, that Israel as the biggest get in the history of Jerusalem. The "Guardian" reported that both the U.S. and Israel rejected the offer but would be insufficient.
Both sides claim Jerusalem as their capital. The status of the city is one of the thorniest issues in the negotiations. The documents now show that the Palestinians were ready to give up their own state for far more land than they ever publicly explained. In previous rounds of negotiations, such as in 2000, Yasser Arafat, the Palestinians had refused such concessions yet.
"This is the first time in history that we make such a proposal," is quoted a Palestinian negotiator. The unprecedented offer was only one of several concessions that cause shock waves in the Arab world would, writes the Guardian. The Palestinians made the offer after the reports in June 2008, following the Annapolis summit, which took place the year before.
The conference was the then U.S. President George W. Bush to advance the peace process.
For this massive concession, the government of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in 2008, was ready. The secret documents confirm, as reported by the television channel Al-Jazeera and the British newspaper "Guardian" in unison. The newspaper reports of thousands of pages of confidential papers, which document more than a decade of negotiations between Israelis, Palestinians and Americans, including many confidential meetings.
Thus came the "Al Jazeera" in the documents and allowed the British journalists exclusive access to the material. The Guardian called it "the greatest revelation of confidential documents in the history of the Middle East conflict." Accordingly, the secret offer a land grab by the Palestinian chief negotiator was presented when he met with American and Israeli representatives.
According to reports, it was that Israel could annex all but one settlements in East Jerusalem. The negotiators stressed, therefore, that Israel as the biggest get in the history of Jerusalem. The "Guardian" reported that both the U.S. and Israel rejected the offer but would be insufficient.
Both sides claim Jerusalem as their capital. The status of the city is one of the thorniest issues in the negotiations. The documents now show that the Palestinians were ready to give up their own state for far more land than they ever publicly explained. In previous rounds of negotiations, such as in 2000, Yasser Arafat, the Palestinians had refused such concessions yet.
"This is the first time in history that we make such a proposal," is quoted a Palestinian negotiator. The unprecedented offer was only one of several concessions that cause shock waves in the Arab world would, writes the Guardian. The Palestinians made the offer after the reports in June 2008, following the Annapolis summit, which took place the year before.
The conference was the then U.S. President George W. Bush to advance the peace process.
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