Abbas swears in Palestinian unity government shunned by Israel
 

* Israel vows to hold Abbas responsible for any Gaza violence * Abbas and Hamas leader Haniyeh say internal rift healed * Palestinian ministers take oath of ****** in West Bank (Adds Israeli reaction, paragraphs 6,7, 12-14) By Ali Sawafta RAMALLAH, West Bank, June 2 (Reuters) - President Mahmoud Abbas swore in a Palestinian unity government on Monday in a reconciliation deal with Hamas Islamists that led Israel to freeze U.S.-brokered peace talks. Abbas, whose Palestinian Authority in the Israeli-occupied West Bank is dependent on foreign aid, appeared to be banking on Western acceptance - over Israeli objections - of a 16-member cabinet of what he described as politically unaffiliated tech**crats.

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