Sharon Moves Up Gaza Withdrawl Date
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Monday 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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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon pledged Sunday to escalate a broad Israeli offensive in northern Gaza, saying troops will remain until Palestinian rocket attacks are halted. Israeli officials said the offensive -- in which 58 Palestinians and three Israelis have been killed -- will help clear the way for an Israeli withdrawal.
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Israeli leader Ariel Sharon vowed on  Sunday to widen an offensive into Gaza which has killed at  least 50 Palestinians until militants stop firing rockets that  have fueled criticism of his plan to abandon the occupied  strip.
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JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Tuesday presented to his Likud party the most detailed timetable yet for a withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, and warned party rebels the plan "will be implemented, period."   A Sharon ally in the Cabinet said the evacuation of Jewish settlements in Gaza could begin by the end of the year, or several months ahead of schedule.    The initial plan called for a withdrawal from Gaza and four small West Bank settlements in four stages, to be completed by September 2005...
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Israeli leader Ariel Sharon vowed on  Sunday to expand a huge offensive into Gaza that has killed 50  Palestinians until militants stop firing rockets into Israel.
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JERUSALEM, AUGUST 19: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon vowed on Thursday to press ahead with his Gaza pullout plan despite a humiliating rebuff from his own party of his bid to forge a coalition with the pro-withdrawal Labour Party.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Thursday all 8,200 Jewish settlers will be pulled out of the Gaza Strip starting next summer, and he ordered a troop withdrawal from a refugee camp &#151; signaling that a bloody two-week offensive in northern Gaza could be easing.
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Israeli Cabinet ministers approved cash advances Tuesday of up to &#36;115,000 to Jewish settlers willing to leave their homes in the Gaza Strip and West Bank &#151; the first concrete step toward carrying out Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's contentious pullout plan.
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Israel's security cabinet approved  cash advances Tuesday to entice Gaza settlers to evacuate their  homes, while police investigated death threats against Prime  Minister Ariel Sharon sparked by his pullout plan.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon says the cabinet will vote to authorize the start of the pullout from the Gaza Strip. Reports say Sharon had planned to seek cabinet approval
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon pledged Sunday to escalate a broad Israeli offensive in northern Gaza, saying troops will remain until Palestinian rocket attacks are halted. Israeli officials said the offensive &#151; in which 58 Palestinians and three Israelis have been killed &#151; will help clear the way for an Israeli withdrawal.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon unveiled on Tuesday an accelerated timetable for his planned pullout of the Gaza Strip and said it should win parliamentary approval in early November.
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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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JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Thursday all 8,200 Jewish settlers will be pulled out of the Gaza Strip starting next summer, and he ordered a troop withdrawal from a refugee camp - signaling that a bloody two-week offensive in northern Gaza could be easing.    Sharon said next year's settlement evacuation would be completed within 12 weeks despite opposition from settlers and their backers...
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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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JERUSALEM Aug. 19, 2004  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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(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.