Palestinian groups to discuss new plan for dialogue

GAZA, May 26 (Reuters) Palestinian factions will further discuss tomorrow a plan calling for a Palestinian state and implicitly recognising Israel, which President Mahmoud Abbas vowed to put to a referendum unless it is accepted in 10 days.

Parliament speaker Aziz Dweik said today that the groups, including Hamas, would form a committee that would use the proposal, drafted by jailed Palestinians leaders, as ''a suitable ground for national dialogue''.

Azzam al-Ahmad, an official from Abbas's Fatah group, said the factions would discuss the plan tomorrow.

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