The documents in the “Palestine Papers” also record the Palestinian Authority’s chief negotiator, Saeb Erekat, discussing the PA’s armed conflict against Hamas. Speaking to a U.S. official in 2009, Erekat is quoted as saying, “We have had to kill Palestinians to establish one authority, one gun and the rule of law.” On Tuesday, Erekat said Al Jazeera’s publication of the documents is endangering his life.

Saeb Erekat: “The way I’m watching TV, I think what Al Jazeera people are doing is asking Palestinians to shoot me, physically. That’s what they’re doing. They’re saying, 'You are guilty, and thus you should be executed, and after you're executed you should be given unfair trial, period.’ Al Jazeera code of ethics 2011. Every single negotiating session I attended, the slogan, 'Nothing is agreed until everything is agreed, and so far nothing has been agreed.'”