Labour, Likud agree on alliance
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JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s Likud party and the opposition Labour agreed to form a national unity government on Saturday.
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The leaders of Israel's Labour Party back plans for a coalition with Ariel Sharon's Likud but it may not be formed for weeks.
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Ariel Sharon, Israeli prime minister, and Shimon Peres, Labour opposition leader, on Friday reached a deal on forming a new coalition early next week, their spokesmen said.
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An agreement for a coalition partnership between Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s party Likud and main opposition Labor Party was snagged on a constitutional problem over the position of Vice Prime Minister which Labor Party leader Simon Peres
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's  Likud party and opposition Labour were working to iron out last  minute hitches to forging a unity coalition crucial to carrying  out Sharon's Gaza pullout plan.
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JERUSALEM A spokesman for Israel&#39;s Labor Party says Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (ah-ree-EL&#39; shah-ROHN&#39;) is inviting his traditional rival into the government coalition.
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Israel&#39;s Opposition Labour Party leader Shimon Peres has responded positively to an invitation by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to form a unity government.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's  Likud signed agreements with left-of-center Labour and an  ultra-Orthodox party on Thursday, giving his coalition a  parliamentary majority to allow a planned Gaza withdrawal.
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Labor will enter a coalition government with the Likud to make sure Prime Minister Ariel Sharon can carry out his disengagement plan, Opposition leader Shimon Peres said Monday.
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centrist Shinui party, bolted over a state budget dispute. He won approval from Likud&#39;s Central. Committee on Thursday to begin talks with Labour.
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Israel's ruling Likud and opposition  Labour parties plan to seal a deal on Saturday to forge a unity  coalition seen as crucial to carrying out Prime Minister Ariel  Sharon's Gaza pullout plan, party officials said.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s Likud party has agreed to a possible alliance with the opposition Labour group. The vote averts a snap election and strengthens Mr Sharon&#39;s controversial Gaza withdrawal plan.
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CAIRO, Dec 14  - In a partnership hailed as a major boost to often chilly ties, Egypt and Israel on Tuesday signed a first joint trade accord with the United States since their historic peace treaty 25 years ago.
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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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Rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah agree to form a national unity government, officials say.
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Palestinians and Israelis have agreed in principle to proposals aiming to end their conflict, Egypt's official news agency MENA said Tuesday.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has approached the opposition Labor party with a tentative offer to join his coalition in hopes of avoiding early elections and saving his Gaza withdrawal plan.