Sharon awaits critical Gaza vote
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Israeli politicians held a stormy debate on Ariel Sharon&#39;s Gaza withdrawal plan today ahead of a critical vote that could give the Israeli prime minister the crucial support he needs to push it forward.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon urged his Likud party on Thursday to vote for a governing alliance with the Labour Party, warning that failure to do so would force snap elections and derail his Gaza withdrawal plan. Internal polls predict victory for Sharon in a crucial ballot by the rightist Likud's Central Committee on whether to allow him to open talks with center-left Labour on joining a unity coalition to shore up his shattered government.
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JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was seeking to nail down support for his Gaza pullout plan on Wednesday ahead of a crunch vote in parliament as one of his top ministers held talks with the spiritual leader of the main ultra-Orthodox party.
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UNDAUNTED by a stinging setback from his party, Israel&#39;s prime minister, Ariel Sharon, will press ahead with his controversial plan to withdraw from Gaza, his aides said yesterday.
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The Israeli parliament is set for a historic vote on whether to withdraw from Gaza Strip after 37 years of occupation. The proposal of the withdrawal was made Monday in the Israeli Parliament by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, causing heated debates.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon faced  growing pressure on Sunday for a referendum on his plan for an  Israeli withdrawal from the occupied Gaza Strip and political  sources said he had not ruled out the idea completely.
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Israeli lawmakers held a stormy debate on Ariel Sharonâs Gaza withdrawal plan ahead of a critical vote today that could give the prime minister crucial support for pushing forward.
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Israel&#39;s divided parliament is widely expected to ratify Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s Gaza withdrawal plan today, a crucial step towards the first evacuation of settlers from lands Palestinians want for a state.
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Facing a major parliamentary vote next week on a plan for Israelis to withdraw from the Gaza Strip, Israeli opposition leader Shimon Peres
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The spiritual leader of Israel's  influential Shas party ordered its 11 lawmakers on Saturday to  vote against a Gaza Strip pullout but Prime Minister Ariel  Sharon was still expected to win parliamentary approval.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon survived two no-confidence votes in Israel's parliament on Monday, clinging to power as he seeks to push through a disputed plan for withdrawal from some occupied territory.
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Israel's divided parliament is widely expected to ratify Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Gaza withdrawal plan on Tuesday, a crucial step toward the first evacuation of settlers from lands Palestinians want for a state.
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Stringent security measures were being implemented for a parliamentary vote next week on a Gaza pullout plan expected to spark Jewish settler protests and heighten death threats against Israeli leader Ariel Sharon.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon appeared to have locked up enough support Thursday to win a coming parliamentary vote on his Gaza withdrawal plan despite deepening fissures within the ruling Likud Party.
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Israeli MPs will debate Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan to pull troops and settlers out of the Gaza Strip on 25 October
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  Monday submitted his Gaza withdrawal plan for a crucial  parliamentary vote, while tanks and troops killed 16  Palestinians in a raid against militants in the coastal strip.
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Debate has resumed in the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, ahead of a vote this evening on Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s plan to withdraw Jewish settlers and troops from the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank.