Shaon asks Likud to OK talks with Labor
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has asked his party&#39;s Central Committee to approve co-opting the Labor, Torah Judaism and Shas parties into the coalition.
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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 on Friday invited the opposition Labor Party into the government, officials said, seeking to shore up his coalition as Israel's plans to pull out of the Gaza Strip move into high gear.
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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 his government.
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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.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon phoned the leader of the Labor Party, Shimon Peres, this morning and asked him to begin talks on forming a coalition government, Israel Radio reported.
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Israel's ruling Likud party and opposition Labour struggle to agree over the state budget,  according to reports.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s Likud party and opposition Labour have haggled over power-sharing in a coalition deal crucial for pushing through an Israeli withdrawal from the occupied Gaza Strip.
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The central committee of Israel&#39;s Labour party on Saturday decided to open talks with the ruling Likud party of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon aimed at joining a national unity government, a spokesperson said.
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JERUSALEM, June 25 -- Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, in an audiotape aired on Israeli television on the first anniversary of his seizure by Hamas-affiliated militias, warned Monday that his health is deteriorating and asked the Israeli government to free Palestinian prisoners to win his release.
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Israeli government officials were meeting here on Tuesday afternoon with the representatives of Histadrut labor federation in efforts to bring an end to a nationwide strike which started Tuesday morning.
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THE Israeli Labor party leader Shimon Peres, who is due to begin negotiations today over forming a coalition with the ruling Likud party, believes that Ariel Sharon will eventually be prepared to withdraw from more West Bank land than the small amount
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Israeli Labour leader Shimon Peres  said on Saturday coalition talks between his party and Prime  Minister Ariel Sharon could be resolved in days and were vital  to speed up a Gaza pullout and bring Middle East peace.
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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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JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon stepped up efforts on Friday to overcome resistance in the ranks of his right-wing Likud party to an enlarged government coalition with the centre-left Labour, ahead of a decisive party meeting.
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Labour Party chief Shimon Peres  appealed to hard-liners in Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Likud  on Friday to drop their opposition to forging a unity coalition  seen as vital to keeping Israel's Gaza withdrawal on track.
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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.