For the record - Aug. 26, 2009

Hamas-Israel negotiations: An Op-Ed article titled “Can Hamas Cut a Deal for Peace?,” which was published on June 17, 2003, paraphrased and partially quoted former Israeli army Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Moshe Yaalon as having “talked of rubbing in the fact that the Palestinians are ‘a defeated people.’ ” The Times was recently made aware of questions regarding the source and accuracy of this material. The Times has been unable to verify that Yaalon expressed the thought or used the quoted words. The quote and the paraphrase should not have been used.