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Thu 12 Dec 2009Knesset approves Bill that requires referendum on return of land for peace
ISRAEL’S KNESSET has voted overwhelmingly for a Bill requiring a referendum on any peace agreement under which Israel relinquishes territory.
The Bill, which still needs to pass committee stage before two final votes in the Knesset, means an agreement with Syria which includes returning the occupied Golan Heights or a deal with the Palestinians which includes East Jerusalem, also captured during the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, will be put to the people.
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