Time is ripe as Sharon keen to grasp his opportunity
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&quot;Sharon, for all his record of opposition to doing business with the Palestinians, is seeing the death of Arafat and the expected arrival of Mahmoud Abbas as a new chance.
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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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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon waits for the voting of Israel&#39;s 2005 budget at the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, December 1, 2004.
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Reeling from a parliamentary defeat,  Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon prepared on Thursday to  open coalition talks to save his shattered government and avoid  early elections that could stall his Gaza withdrawal plan.
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Yasser Arafat&#39;s disappearance from the scene has raised hopes that perhaps a window of opportunity to a new era has now opened.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has said he would be willing to meet Syrian President Bashar al-Asad under certain conditions.
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JERUSALEM -- Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel asked the Labor Party yesterday to join his ruling coalition, a move that would bolster his chances of carrying out a withdrawal from the Gaza Strip next year.
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The Israeli prime minister, Ariel Sharon, yesterday said the death of his long-time rival, Yasser Arafat, could prove to be &quot;a historic turning point in the Middle East&quot;.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Sunday that he was prepared to start negotiations with a new responsible Palestinian leader after Arafat&#39;s departure, the Ha&#39;aretz daily reported.
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JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon promised Sunday that Israel would work to ensure that next monthâs Palestinian presidential election takes place in a free and fair atmosphere.
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As Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and the Palestinians alike are struggling with issues of political life and the forming of functioning governments, it is the former who may offer a lead to elements of the latter.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has said in an interview that he is ready to meet Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and try to coordinate a Gaza pullout with a new Palestinian government.
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Speaking at the Herzliya conference Thursday night, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said 2005 &quot;will be a year of opportunity&quot; for Israel, the Palestinians and the Middle East.
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Any Israeli withdrawal from land that may one day be a Palestinian homeland is long overdue. For that reason, we should all applaud Prime Minister Ariel Sharonâs recent victory in the Knesset that will close Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip.
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Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has said he would be willing to consider coordinating his unilateral plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip with the Palestinians if the new leadership shows willingness to fight &quot;terror&quot;.
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This would appear to be an appropriate time to discuss the potential for Palestinian nonviolence and its ramifications for Israel.
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In a much-noted speech last week, Israelâs Prime Minister Ariel Sharon ostensibly made a dramatic reversal in course. But I am wondering whether to take his shift at face value.