Sharon Faces Netanyahu Challenge Over Gaza Pullout
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  faced a surprise challenge on Monday to his plan to expedite a  pullout from Gaza when Benjamin Netanyahu, his main rival in  the Likud party, called for a referendum on the issue.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon seeks parliament&#39;s support on Monday for his plan to quit occupied Gaza and for the first time uproot settlements from land that Palestinians want for a state.
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(CBS/AP) Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Thursday that he would push ahead with a withdrawal from the Gaza Strip despite a stinging setback to the plan from his Likud Party.
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The Israeli parliament is set for a second tempestuous day of debate ahead of a vote on whether to withdraw from the Gaza Strip. Monday saw Prime Minister Ariel Sharon urge the Knesset to back the planned
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Description: The Israeli parliament begins a two-day debate on Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s plan to withdraw Israeli troops and settlers from the Gaza Strip.
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JERUSALEM - The Israeli parliament gave a symbolic slap to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, voting against a statement defending his Gaza pullout plan, but he survived two no-confidence motions and pledged to bring the withdrawal itself to a vote in two weeks.    The maneuvering came Monday at the opening of the winter session of the Knesset, Israel's parliament, with Sharon heading a government that lost its majority over the Gaza pullout and is vulnerable to being toppled...
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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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Israeli PM Ariel Sharon defies opponents of his Gaza pullout plan, as he faces a crucial vote of his Likud party.
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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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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is vowing to press on with his plan to pull Israeli settlers and soldiers out of the Gaza Strip despite his party&#39;s rejection of a partnership with the pro-withdrawal Labour Party.
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(Jerusalem-AP) Oct. 18, 2004 - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is standing behind his Gaza pullout plan. Sharon says despite unrelenting criticism from settlers, nothing will stop his plans to get out of the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank.
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JERUSALEM -- Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said yesterday that he will seek final Cabinet approval for a Gaza withdrawal in February, four months earlier than planned, and he threatened harsh retaliation if Palestinian militants try to disrupt the pullback.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has rejected a call from Benjamin Netanyahu, his main rival in the Likud party, to put his Gaza withdrawal plan to a referendum and vowed to carry it out on schedule.
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Israeli PM Ariel Sharon says he will achieve his plans to disengage from Gaza, despite losing key support.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told his fractious parliament on Monday that he will bring his Gaza pullout plan to the house for debate on Oct. 25 and will ask approval for
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon faced threats on Thursday from inside and outside his already shaky coalition that could bring down the Israeli government, force early elections and delay his Gaza withdrawal plan.
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JERUSALEM -- Israeli Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday took back his threat to withdraw from the governing Likud party, but a minority religious party quit Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's coalition, protesting the plan to remove Israeli settlers and troops from the Gaza Strip and a portion of the West Bank.