Israel and Western power brokers responded coolly to the planned Palestinian Authority coalition government. Mahmoud Abbas announced Monday that his Fatah faction would form a national unity coalition with the governing Hamas, in a bid to end a Western aid embargo on the Palestinian Authority and possibly restart peace talks with Israel.
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