RAMALLAH, West Bank: A senior Palestinian official said Thursday that he has asked the US, Britain and France to help bring three of their nationals for questioning about the massive leak of confidential Palestinian documents.
Chief negotiator Saeb Erekat said the three include a former British intelligence officer, an American employee of Al-Jazeera TV and a French citizen. He said he is not accusing them of wrongdoing, but would like them to appear before an investigative committee.
Al-Jazeera, a Qatar-based Arab satellite station, this week published excerpts from what it said is a cache of hundreds of documents covering a decade of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. The station, widely watched in the Arab world, alleges that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas secretly made major concessions to Israel.
Abbas and his aides say they are victims of a smear campaign.