Gaza
Draft
Differently
Worded as
Leaked, Israel
& Qatar,
Haaretz &
Al Jazeera
By
Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS, July
27 -- With
even the
“humanitarian
pause” over in
Gaza, the
draft
"framework"
agreement
rejected by
the Israeli
cabinet on
July 25
is being
leaked from
both sides.
But the
versions
leaked by each
side
are different.
On
Al Jazeera a one-page
document
was waved
around, which
had Qatar in
the first
paragraph as
one of the
signatories
making
commitments,
which provided
for the
opening of
“border and
non-border”
crossings and
specified
fishing rights
up to 12
nautical
miles, and a
$47 million
commitment by
the US.
In
the “5
pm
Confidential
Draft”
published by
Ha'aretz,
Qatar is the
last paragraph
(without
Egypt),
fishing rights
and the $47
million
from the US
are not
specified, nor
are
“non-border”
crossing
being opened.
At
least, the two
sides leaked
different
stages or
versions of
the
draft. Or is
there more to
this, in the
spin war that
this stage of
the Gaza war
has become?
(The drafts
are different;
Al Jazeera is
saying Ha'aretz
stole its
scoop. There
may be more to
this.)
Meanwhile,
silence
at the UN with
the draft
Security
Council
resolution of
Jordan and the
Arab League
not scheduled
for a vote,
and canned
statements
from Secretary
General Ban
Ki-moon, who
after taking a
Qatar-funded
private jet
from New York
to Doha
refused
through his
spokespeople
to answer
Inner City
Press' follow-up
questions on
who
paid for the
rest of his
travel.
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