Sharon Begins Courting Opposition Parties
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A top Palestinian security leader who is a related to Yasser Arafat escaped unharmed on Tuesday when a booby-trapped car exploded near his convoy in Gaza City. The blast came as Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon tried to cobble together a governing team to carry out his plan to withdraw from Gaza next year.
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JERUSALEM : Beleaguered Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon persisted with plans to form a new government including the main opposition Labour party, bolstered by Washington&#39;s backing for the expansion of West Bank settlements.
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JERUSALEM  - Israel looked poised for a new coalition government within a week as Prime Minister Ariel Sharon began talks with ultra-Orthodox parties alongside negotiations with the main opposition Labour faction.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon branded as anti-Semites those critics of Israel who liken its crackdown on a Palestinian revolt to Nazi efforts to exterminate Jews.
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Israel's Labour opposition calls for new elections, after Prime Minister Sharon was rebuffed by his own Likud party.
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JERUSALEM Aug. 18, 2004  Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Wednesday rebuffed rebellious members of his own Likud Party and signaled he would seek an alliance with the opposition Labor to gain support for his plan for pulling out of the Gaza Strip.
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Israeli Prime Minster Ariel Sharon says he is determined to find new partners for his coalition government after suffering a major defeat in parliament.
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Peace gestures gain momentum, but Sharon and Abbas must still face hard-line opposition groups.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is to name opposition leader Shimon Peres as his deputy in a coalition deal.
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Fresh from a painful parliamentary defeat, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Thursday he&#39;ll turn to his old rivals in the Labour party to save his shattered coalition and get the support he needs to leave the Gaza Strip.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon launched new efforts Tuesday to widen his shaky coalition after a stinging setback in parliament that complicated his plan to withdraw from some occupied territory.
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Lebanese opposition parties join forces for the first time to counter Syria's influence over Lebanese politics.
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Israel's opposition Labour party said  on Sunday it had no preconditions for joining with Prime  Minister Ariel Sharon, paving the way for a broad new  government to push through his Gaza withdrawal plan.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  launched new efforts Tuesday to widen his shaky coalition after  a stinging setback in parliament that complicated his plan to  withdraw from some occupied territory.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon called opposition Labor party leader Shimon Peres yesterday to start talks on forming a coalition government, a government source said.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said he'll turn to his old rivals in the Labor Party to save his shattered coalition and get the support he needs to leave the Gaza Strip.
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JERUSALEM  - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has called opposition Labour party leader Shimon Peres to start talks on forming a coalition government, a government source says.