At long last, a new 17-member Palestinian unity government has been sworn in, marking a key step towards ending a major rift between factions in the West Bank and Gaza. The government, comprising technocrats, was agreed by Hamas and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party. The two sides have governed separately since Hamas, which won elections in 2006, ousted Fatah from Gaza in 2007.
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