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French-Palestinian admits to leaking 'Palestine Papers'

By JPOST.COM STAFF

MAY 14, 2011 19:50

A French lawyer of Palestinian descent, formerly part of the PA's Negotiations Support Unit, has revealed himself as at least one of the people who leaked the secret "Palestine Papers," outlining ten years of negotiations between the Israelis and Palestinians.

In an opinion article published in the Guardian on Saturday, Clot said that his decision to share secret documents with al-Jazeera, which were made public earlier this year, stemmed from his belief that "the 'peace negotiations' were a deceptive farce whereby biased terms were unilaterally imposed by Israel and systematically endorsed by the US and EU."

Clot described the thinking behind the decision to leak the documents in the Guardian article:

"In full conscience, and acting independently, I later agreed to share some information with al-Jazeera specifically with regard to the fate of Palestinian refugee rights in the 2008 talks. Other sources did the same, although I am unaware of their identity. Taking these tragic developments of the 'peace process' to a wider Arab and western audience was justified because it was in the public interest of the Palestinian people. I had – and still have – no doubt that I had a moral, legal and political obligation to proceed accordingly."

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