Palestinian leak, or trial balloon.

From: BBC
23 January 2011 Last updated at 23:17 GMT

Palestinian 'offers' in peace process - papers leaked
Leaked documents released by al-Jazeera TV suggest Palestinian negotiators agreed to Israel keeping large parts of illegally occupied East Jerusalem.

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My comment

Palestinian leak, or trial balloon.

Realistically, if there was a treaty where a nation or a people would give up anything, and the disclosure would come absolute and as a surprise, there would come as a shock to the people, thus problems could occur.

However, appears that logically, it would be wiser to soften the people, and get a feeling on their reactions. Even if the people don’t like the idea, at lest when the real thing comes, the situation appears as old news. The tendency is to accept the situation.

It is like raising taxes on something that if the entire plane would be implied suddenly, the tax-payers would reject it. However, since the human brain has the tendency of accepting small discomforts, implementing a small tax may not be popular, but it is accepted. Then, those in power, just keep on adding more increments until they obtain their plan.

The same appears in the Palestinian leak. For now, it sounds only like it is a rumor. If there won’t be too much complaining they will go ahead with the plan or with the general idea. Afterwards, more details will make the leak a reality. So, people will have gotten used to it, or have accepted it. When they sign the accord it is a done deal, and the focus will be on the positive. Everybody will win, because peace is priceless.