Tuesday, June 6, 2006

Abbas Nemorah?

Abbas will call referendum on Israel


Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen, right, shakes hands with European Union Foreign Policy chief Javier Solana at a news conference following their meeting at Abbas' office in the West Bank

June 5, 2006

RAMALLAH, West Bank -Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Monday he will call a referendum on a plan implicitly recognizing Israel after last-ditch efforts to reach an agreement with Hamas on the issue failed.

The meeting ended minutes before a midnight deadline Abbas gave the Islamic militant group, which leads the Palestinian government, for accepting the principle of a Palestinian state alongside Israel.

"President Abbas will set a date for the referendum after the meeting Tuesday of the PLO Executive Committee and parliamentary caucuses," a statement from Abbas' office said.

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