Anger as papers show negotiators were ready to hand over Palestinan neighbourhoods.
Secret talks over a Jewish state
Israel suggested redesigning the country’s borders to exclude some Arab populations.
25 Jan 2011
One and a half million of Israel’s citizens are Palestinian Arabs, that is roughly 20 per cent of the population.
However, Israel still insists on calling the country a “Jewish state”.
And the Palestine Papers reveal the human price that they were willing to make that a reality.
Al Jazeera’s Barnaby Phillips reports from Baqah al-Gharbiyyeh, Israel.
Source : Al Jazeera
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