Sharon, Bolstered by Vote, Reaches Out to Labor Party
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon today asked the leader of the Labor Party to begin talks on forming a coalition government.
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Labor Party members cast ballots Monday for their leader, a contest that could have serious implications for the makeup of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's governing coalition and his own political survival.
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The Labor Party Central Committee on Saturday decided to open talks with the ruling Likud of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon about forming a new coalition government, an Israeli TV channel reported.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has asked his cabinet to approve a range of measures meant to ensure next month&#39;s Palestinian elections are conducted in a free and fair atmosphere.
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As the Knesset vote on disengagement from the Gaza Strip approaches, the American Jewish Committee sent a letter of support on Sunday to Ariel Sharon to express support for the prime minister&#39;s plan.
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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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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.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Thursday won permission from his conservative Likud Party to invite the left-leaning Labor Party and smaller religious parties into
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The ruling Labor Party opened its annual meeting yesterday with elections looming next year, the opposition gaining favor in polls and Prime Minister Tony Blair eager to head off a rebuke over Iraq from his party&#39;s left wing.
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Aug. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon lost a Likud Party vote to continue talks aimed at bringing the Labor Party into the government and helping him move forward with plans to evacuate the Gaza Strip.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  Friday invited the opposition Labor Party to begin talks to  form a unity government, a move that would avoid early  elections and pave the way for a withdrawal from Gaza.
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Tel Aviv: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s proposal to pull out of the Gaza strip received a major boost on Friday when he won approval from his Likud party to form a broader coalition with opposition parties.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon marshalled support for Thursday&#39;s Likud party vote to bring the Labor Party into a government that would block snap elections and pave the way for a Gaza withdrawal next year.
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Premier Sharon has already begun to initiate coalition negotiations with Labor, UTJ and Shas, following his significant victory at last nightâs Likud convention vote, which overturned a previous decision by the central committee nixing a coalition with
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's  Likud party voted on Thursday in favor of his bid to bring the  opposition Labour party into government, said Army Radio citing  an initial ballot count.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's  Likud party voted on Thursday in favor of his bid to bring the  opposition Labour party into government, officials said.
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JERUSALEM - Israel&#39;s prime minister stepped up efforts yesterday to overcome resistance within his right-wing Likud party to include Labour in an enlarged government coalition, ahead of a decisive party meeting next week.