Yasser Abed Rabbo, the Palestinian Authority’s minister of information, was named head of the Palestinian negotiating team in final-status talks with Israel. Rabbo said Monday that the self-rule government intends to hold a referendum on the details of any peace accord reached with Israel as a result of those talks.
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