There will be no Palestinian referendum: Hamas PM

"Abu Mazen (Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas) said if there was an agreement, there would be no referendum. There was an agreement" on the national reconciliation document, Haniya said.

All Palestinian factions except the ultra-radical Islamic Jihad reached an agreement on the document Tuesday, following weeks of crisis talks.

The deal, drawn up by jailed Palestinian faction leaders, has been hailed as a chance to end an acute financial and political crisis, together with deadly feuding, that has raged since Hamas won elections and took office in March.

The blueprint calls for an end to attacks in Israel, a national unity government and a Palestinian state in the Gaza Strip, West Bank and east Jerusalem, seen by some as an implicit recognition of Israel's right to exist.

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