Mahmoud Abbas vowed to hold a Palestinian referendum on any final peace accord with Israel. The official Palestinian Authority news agency WAFA quoted Abbas on Wednesday telling visitors to his presidential office that he would not sign a peace accord with Israel unless endorsed by plebiscite, adding that Palestinians would settle for nothing less than statehood in all of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
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