Sharon emerges victorious after internal opposition
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Jerusalem: Despite several defeats on the battlefield, Ariel Sharon, the former general turned Israeli prime minister, has finally won the war to implement his Gaza pullout plan after neutralising his internal enemies.
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JERUSALEM: Israeli PM Ariel Sharon was savouring a dramatic victory for his Gaza pullout plan on Wednesday after MPs gave the green light to the first ever evacuation of occupied Palestinian territory.
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On a day Israeli forces attacked targets in Gaza, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon reached agreement with the Labor Party on a national unity government -- strengthening his plan to disengage from the Palestinians.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon presented his new center-left government Monday, with a solid majority favoring his Gaza pullout plan, but approval from the Israeli parliament was not automatic.
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ISRAELâS opposition Labour Party last night clinched a deal with Ariel Sharonâs Likud Party to join his coalition, a move that could ease the planned withdrawal from Gaza.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon won a critical vote in Israel&#39;s parliament Wednesday in favor of his plan to withdraw Israeli settlers and soldiers from the Gaza Strip.
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It is the Iraqi people who come best out of the end of the Najaf siege. This has been a triumph for the moderate majority who until yesterday felt themselves powerless to influence the wretched course of events in their own country.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon won a historic victory yesterday when parliament voted to approve his plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank - the first time that legislators have authorized the removal of Jewish settlements from
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Israel's Prime Minister Ariel Sharon wins the backing of a small religious party and appears ready to form a unity government.
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After four years of fighting between Israelis and Palestinians, Israel has established dominance on the battlefield and advanced its own agenda for the West Bank and Gaza Strip, according to officials and analysts from both sides.
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The center-left government of Premier Romano Prodi easily won a vote of confidence in the lower house of Parliament Tuesday, finally allowing it to move ahead with running the country.
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AL QUDS, Dec 10: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon moved swiftly on Friday to forge a national unity government after winning approval to reshape his coalition and crushing internal opposition to his Gaza pullout plan.
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Mahmoud Abbas's victory Sunday gives new impetus to negotiation with Israel.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat both confronted challenges from within their own ranks yesterday in speeches that aimed to quash growing internal rebellions over their leadership and policies.
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THE Israeli prime minister, Ariel Sharon, reached a deal with Shimon Peres yesterday to name the opposition leader as his senior deputy - clearing a key obstacle to a unity government able to abandon the occupied Gaza Strip.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has won the approval of his party&#39;s Central Committee to allow talks to bring the opposition Labor Party into his government.
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In a much-noted speech last week, Israelâs Prime Minister Ariel Sharon ostensibly made a dramatic reversal in course. But I am wondering whether to take his shift at face value.