Netanyahu urges world **t to recognise Palestinian unity government
 

* Abbas says unity government to be an**unced Monday * Netanyahu cautions against world "embrace" of Hamas * Cabinet appointees to be unaffiliated, Abbas says By Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM, June 1 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday warned against any international rush to recognise a Palestinian government due to be an**unced under a unity pact between the Fatah and Hamas Islamist groups. Israel and the West classify Hamas as a terrorist organisation and have ** official dealings with the movement, which advocates the destruction of the Jewish state. But Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, whose Fatah party signed a reconciliation deal with Hamas in April, said a unity government due to be an**unced on Monday would be comprised of ministers without political affiliation, a status that could ease the way for Western engagement.

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