An option slips away: Gaza withdrawal plan becomes more perilous
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Seven months ago, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s astonishing announcement of a plan to withdraw all the Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip ignited a tiny spark of hope among people searching for some way out of another ghastly intifada.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon says he intends to withdraw from Gaza, but on the ground, Israeli occupation of the crowded coastal enclave is expanding and intensifying.
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THE price that Meir Rotenstein has paid for breaking ranks with his neighbours and cheering on Ariel Sharonâs plan to pull Israelis out of Gaza has been high.
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Israelâs police chief Moshe Karadi is worried by the mounting militancy in the settler community against next summerâs planned withdrawal from Gaza and the northern West Bank, which now seems a done deal as the coalition deal between Labor and Likud
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JERUSALEM Sept. 13, 2004 - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s attempt to speed up a withdrawal from the Gaza Strip was undercut Monday by his main political rival, who called for a national referendum that could delay or even scuttle the pullout.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has locked up enough support to win a scheduled parliamentary vote on his Gaza withdrawal plan, but is deeply concerned about growing fissures within the ruling Likud Party, aides said Thursday.
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A little travel has gone a long way toward changing perceptions in Gaza.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's  Likud party has dealt a serious setback to his plan to evacuate  occupied Gaza by voting to bar him from forging a broad  coalition with the Labour opposition.
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AFTER two days of fierce debate, Israelâs parliament last night voted for prime minister Ariel Sharonâs Gaza withdrawal plan, a pivotal step towards the first evacuation of settlers from occupied territory Palestinians want for a state.
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ISRAEL&#39;S PRIME Minister Ariel Sharon made it clear recently that his plan for a unilateral disengagement from the Gaza Strip is not intended as a prelude to a comprehensive peace agreement but is meant to serve as a replacement for the road map to Mideast
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Not a single government in the Middle East or in the whole world could have confidently claimed that the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon meant, through his plan of &quot;disengagement&quot; with the Palestinians, that is Israel&#39;s withdrawal from the Gaza Strip
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Israel&#39;s Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s recent decisions rather than advancing the peace process will probably contribute to stall it even further.
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The Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, is facing growing pressure to call a referendum on his plan to withdraw Israeli troops and settlers from the Gaza Strip.
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Abbas's push to return to the 'road map' is at loggerheads with Sharon's focus on unilateral withdrawal from Gaza.
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Knesset approval of Ariel Sharon&#39;s disengagement plan was billed as a historic decision. It could also be a case of history repeating itself, writes Graham Usher.
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For a start, his absence, temporary or permanent, has the potential of throwing a monkey wrench in the Israeli leader&#39;s much-trumpeted plan to unilaterally withdraw from the Gaza Strip and evacuate Israeli settlements in this overpopulated Palestinian
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is taking a huge political risk in ordering the pullout of settlers from the Gaza Strip. It is a gamble worth taking.