Thousands of Gazans protested against the Palestinian Authority and its head, Mahmoud ‘Abbas, on Wednesday in a demonstration that took place in two cities. The Gaza Strip is under control of Hamas, the rival faction of Fatah, the faction headed by ‘Abbas and in control of the West Bank. The opportunity to publicly flay ‘Abbas before the Palestinian public stems from the Al-Jazeera network’s leaking of documents relating to the Israeli-Palestinian peace process that show a discrepancy between Palestinian leaders’ public positions and negotiating positions revealed in the documents. In particular, ‘Abbas is being condemned and called “traitor” for making concessions on the future of Jerusalem and on the issue of Palestinian refugees. Hamas officials are also urging Palestinians living around the world to become vocal protestors. While many Israelis are impressed by revelations which indicate a far less stagnant and more productive negotiating process than has been made public before, the Palestinians are learning that their negotiators made concessions that run contrary to their public pronouncements. The dichotomy presents Hamas with an opportunity to discredit its Fatah foes that it apparently cannot refuse. In his own defense, ‘Abbas has called the leaked documents “fabrications” and has claimed that some of the positions attributed to his negotiators were actually those of the Israeli negotiators.