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<p>GAZA CITY (Ma&#8217;an) &#8212; A united Palestinian government must be formed urgently ahead of Palestine&#8217;s bid for membership of the United Nations in September, Foreign Minister in Gaza Muhammad Awad said Monday.</p>
<p>Awad, who is also planning minister in the Gaza-based authority, said a united government was important for a strong Palestine during a seminar at the Ministry of Planning in Gaza City.</p>
<p>Palestinian factions agreed to form a unity government in the reconciliation agreement signed in Cairo in May.</p>
<p>The agreement was set to end years of hostility between Hamas, which governs the Gaza Strip, and Fatah, which leads the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank.</p>
<p>Attempts to form a unity government stalled over a leadership row, as Hamas rejected Fatah&#8217;s nomination of PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad to lead the new government.</p>
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