Haneya, Abbas fail to agree on referendum

    GAZA, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Ismail Haneya have failed to agree on a referendum Abbas had earlier called to be held in the territories on July 26.

    Haneya told reporters on Saturday night after a meeting with Abbas that "the question of holding a referendum in the Palestinian territories was an issue of disagreement with President Abu Mazen (Abbas) during the long meeting we held tonight."

Abbas calls for referendum, leaving door open for dialogue

    RAMALLAH, June 10 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday issued a presidential decree to hold a referendum on a prisons' document on July 26, while leaving the door open for national dialogue.

    Shortly after Abbas made the announcement about the referendum on the document which implicitly recognizes Israel, thousands of women and Hamas supporters took to the street in Gaza City to protest the decree.

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