Unified Palestinian government to be an**unced Monday -Abbas
 

* Unity cabinet to go ahead despite Israeli sanctions threat * Sides still hammering out details on cabinet appointments * Govt to be formed of tech**crats and independents, Abbas says (Adds details, background) By Ali Sawafta RAMALLAH, West Bank, May 31 (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Saturday he expects a joint government of his Fatah party and Hamas Islamists will be an**unced on June 2, completing a unity deal the sides agreed last month. Meeting with French peace activists in the West Bank city of Ramallah, where his limited self-rule government is based, Abbas said: "We will an**unce the government the day after tomorrow, it will be formed of tech**crats and independents." **ne of the unity government's members would belong to either the Western-backed Fatah, which rules the Israeli-occupied West Bank, or Islamist Hamas, which holds sway in the Gaza Strip, Abbas said. Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said he could **t confirm that all the details would be completed by Monday.

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