Palestinian referendum on Peace

Abbas and Hamas are seemingly on a collision course. It will be interesting to see how this referendum turns out -- if it's held.

Mahmoud Abbas has given the Hamas government until the end of the week to accept a manifesto implicitly recognising Israel or face a referendum on the issue.

"Before the end of the week, President Abbas will hold a news conference to announce the holding of the referendum and the beginning of the process for carrying it out," said Yasser Abed Rabbo, a Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) official.