'Palestine Papers,' Day Two: Leaders 'Gave Up Fight Over Refugees'

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This morning's headlines from the news outlets that have the so-called Palestine Papers — thousands of previously secret documents that, as correspondent Alan Greenblatt wrote for NPR.org, allegedly reveal Palestinian thinking during a decade of negotiations with Israel:

— Al Jazeera: The Palestinian Authority has been "selling short the refugees."

— The Guardian: "Papers reveal how Palestinian leaders gave up fight over refugees."

And here's how the Guardian sums up its story:

"Palestinian negotiators privately agreed that only 10,000 refugees and their families, out of a total refugee population exceeding 5 million, could return to Israel as part of a peace settlement, leaked confidential documents reveal. PLO leaders also accepted Israel's demand to define itself as an explicitly Jewish state, in sharp contrast to their public position."

The Associated Press reports about some of the reaction: