Al-Jazeera releases more "Palestine Papers"

    DOHA, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- The Qatar（卡塔尔）-based broadcaster Al- Jazeera launched Monday a second cache of documents quoting Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas as saying it would be "illogical" to ask Israel to absorb five million refugees as part of a final peace deal.
    The leaked files said that Abbas privately¹ acknowledged the return of even one million refugees（难民） would mean "the end of Israel" and does not seem practical.
    According to the documents, not only did Palestinian officials offer a low figure of returnees, Chief Palestinian negotiator Saed Erekat said that "refugees would not have voting rights on a possible peace deal with Israel."The new documents also showed that in the course of peace talks in 2008 and 2009, then-Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni proposed moving several Arab villages now in Israel into a future Palestinian state as part of a land-swap deal for West Bank Jewish settlements.
    The Arab satellite news channel launched a first cache of new documents on Sunday.
    Al-Jazeera said it has obtained nearly 1,700 documents, maps and minutes of decade-long records of negotiations².
    The Arab satellite news channel said the leaks cover more than 10 years of secret talks between the Palestinians and the Israelis.
    The documents also showed Abbas was warned in advance of Israel 's 2008 invasion of Gaza.
    Al-Jazeera did not say how it obtained the documents, however, it said Sunday on its website, "Over the last several months, Al- Jazeera has been given unhindered access to the largest-ever leak of confidential³ documents related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict."The Palestinian-Israeli peace talks have reached a deadlock⁴ due to a dispute over Jewish settlement construction, with the Palestinians refusing to return to the negotiating table until Israel halts settlement building.(本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)

1 privately   

adv.以私人的身份，悄悄地，私下地

参考例句：

• Some ministers admit privately that unemployment could continue to rise.一些部长私下承认失业率可能继续升高。
• The man privately admits that his motive is profits.那人私下承认他的动机是为了牟利。

2 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

3 confidential   

adj.秘（机）密的，表示信任的，担任机密工作的

参考例句：

• He refused to allow his secretary to handle confidential letters.他不让秘书处理机密文件。
• We have a confidential exchange of views.我们推心置腹地交换意见。

4 deadlock   

n.僵局，僵持

参考例句：

• The negotiations reached a deadlock after two hours.两小时后，谈判陷入了僵局。
• The employers and strikers are at a deadlock over the wage.雇主和罢工者在工资问题上相持不下。