Palestinian unity government to be sworn in Thursday
 

Ramallah, May 27 (IANS) The Palestinian interim unity government will be sworn in Thursday before President Mahmoud Abbas, a Palestinian official said Tuesday. Current Prime Minister Rami al-Hamdallah will lead the future government and he will also be given the interior ministry portfolio, the official said. Late in April, rival Palestinian Hamas movement and Fatah party an**unced a reconciliation agreement to end a Palestinian political rift that started when Hamas took over Gaza in June 2007 after routing forces loyal to Abbas who **w rules the West Bank. Under the agreement, which is opposed by Israel, Abbas would start discussions to form a unity government within five weeks and call for general elections six months after forming the new administration.

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