Erekat confirmed to AFP his resignation from the Paleostinian "negotiations committee", previously announced by the Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Liberation Organization (PLO),
Yasser Abed Rabbo.... Paleostinian politician and a member of the Paleostine Liberation Organization's (PLO) Executive Committee. He holds an M.A. in economics and political science from the American University in Cairo.....
He explained his resignation by the "responsibility he assumed for the stolen documents in his office," documents which he said were intentionally "adulterated".
He was referring to documents released in January by the Al-Jazeera based in Qatar, covering the peace talks since 1999, interrupted for several months.
Hundreds of these "confidential documents" according the channel showed that the Paleostinian negotiators were ready in 2008 to major concessions on East Jerusalem and the fate of refugees.
| No, the documents showed the Palestinian negotiators were willing to say many things to get concessions from Israel. That they had no intention of upholding their side was common knowledge openly spoken of in Arabic. |