The Palestine papers may have sent shockwaves around the world, but they came as no surprise to most Palestinians, particularly those living out the horrific reality on the ground that has been "non-negotiated" over in the occupied territories, like my own family – or in refugee camps outside the occupied territories, like my husband's family in the sidelined camps of Lebanon.

More than anything, the details in the Palestine papers show just how out of touch with this reality the negotiators were, and how they chose to ignore this reality. It is this revelation – or reminder – that has most angered and distressed many Palestinians.

In Gaza, which has been blockaded with western backing and regional complicity since democratic elections five years ago, friends and family tell me thewhen I spoke with them, because they had no electricity.

"This might make you laugh or cry – or maybe both – but some people didn't hear about these documents yet because of the continuous power cuts in the Gaza Strip," my cousin told me.

Gaza continues to suffer from extended power outages since Israel bombed the only power plant there in the summer of 2006.

And although Palestine papers was a trending topic on Twitter, 25-year-old computer engineer Ola Anan says not everybody in Gaza cared to tune in. "Last night during al-Jazeera's broadcast, my father and I were the only ones interested in watching the whole program, my mother was rambling that it's not breaking news that the PA heads are traitors, and my brother asked me to put