Israeli lawmakers confirms Barak in post
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Israel's parliament on Monday confirmed the appointment of Ehud Barak as defense minister, consolidating the political comeback of the former prime minister at a time of heightened security concerns on Israel's southern and northern borders.
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Israel's parliament on Wednesday approved a nearly $1 billion financial package to pay for withdrawing Israeli troops and Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip and part of the West Bank, delivering a major victory to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and his plan to vacate settlements for the first time in 23 years.
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Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak faces a stiff challenge from a fellow former senior military officer in next week's runoff election for leadership of the Labour party, polls showed on Thursday.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon won an important victory within his party today that greatly improves the likelihood his faltering government will survive and proceed with a plan
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon won a historic victory Tuesday when parliament voted to approve his plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank &#151; the first time lawmakers have authorized the removal of Jewish settlements from lands the Palestinians claim for a state.
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Former Prime Minister Shimon Peres is to be formally inaugurated as the president of Israel.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, center, talks to Israeli Finance Minister Benjamin Netanuahu, right, and Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom during a session of the Knesset, Israel&#39;s parliament, in Jerusalem, Monday Oct 18, 2004.
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A long-awaited report on the Israeli prime minister's handling of the 2006 Lebanon War is out. And Olmert is breathing easier
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JERUSALEM - Shattering decades of public policy, the Israeli Parliament has, for the first time in the nation&#39;s history, approved a plan to uproot Jewish settlements from lands claimed by the Palestinians for a future state.
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Last week, for the first time since Ehud Barak defeated Benjamin Netanyahu in the contest for prime minister, the left wing was radiant with joy.
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Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Sunday he would not leave Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's government over its handling of the 2006 war against Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas, but would stay on to redress the problems in the military that the fighting exposed.
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Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak says he will not quit PM Ehud Olmert's coalition over the 2006 Lebanon war.
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Israel's parliament, the Knesset, is to hold a vote shortly to elect the country's new president.
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An Israeli-Arab legislator Friday helped negotiate an end to a standoff between Palestinians and police at a disputed Jerusalem holy site.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon won parliamentary approval for a unilateral plan that for the first time will remove Jewish settlements from the Gaza Strip and West Bank.
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JERUSALEM  - Israel was on the verge of a new coalition government after a deal was reached to install opposition leader Shimon Peres as Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s official number two.
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Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak took over as defense minister on Tuesday, an appointment that restored the job to a man with solid defense credentials at a time of heightened security concerns on Israel's southern and northern borders.