Leaks show Palestinian Authority is selling out its people

Nadia Hijab is a member of our Advisory Board, and co-director of Al-Shabaka, the Palestinian Policy Network, and wrote the following CNN exclusive op-ed.

Leaks show Palestinian Authority is selling out its people

January 26, 2011

In time-honored style, the Palestinian Authority took aim at the Qatar-based news network Al-Jazeera for its release of over 1,600 documents detailing Palestinian-Israeli negotiations from 1999 to 2010.

There is little love lost between the Fatah-dominated authority and Al-Jazeera. They have previously clashed bitterly over news coverage, and Qatar is known to have a soft spot for Hamas.

By seeking to focus attention on Al-Jazeera and its host country, the Palestinian Authority is following the lead of its main donor and security guarantor, the United States, in its response to WikiLeaks, arguing that the problem lies not in the news but its purveyor. Of course, the reverse is true. The leaks bring to light the horrors governments commit in their people's names.

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