Secretary of State John
Kerry spoke with
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas
about forming a new unity government, and voiced renewed
concern about Hamas. Abbas earlier said the lineup of a unity
government will be an**unced Monday, after a delay over who will head the foreign ministry. The Islamist movement
Hamas and the Western-backed Palestine Liberation Organisation, dominated by Abbas's secular Fatah party, signed a surprise reconciliation agreement in April to end years of rivalry. During his telephone call with Abbas on Sunday,
Kerry "expressed
concern about Hamas's role in any such
government and the importance that the new
government commit to the principles of **nviolence, recognition of the state of Israel and acceptance of previous agreements with it," State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said.
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