Likud Panel Backs Sharon&#39;s Plan for Coalition Government
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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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The head of Israel&#39;s opposition Labor Party signaled Thursday that his party is not only willing but eager to join a unity government with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon because it backs his plan to pull out of Gaza and parts of
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Israel&#39;s security cabinet has unanimously approved Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s plan for a major military operation in the Gaza Strip.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s Likud party voted on Wednesday to bar him from forming a coalition with the Labour opposition, an embarrassing blow that complicates his plan to withdraw from occupied Gaza.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's  Likud party voted on Wednesday to bar him from forming a  coalition with the Labour opposition, an embarrassing blow that  complicates his plan to withdraw from occupied Gaza.
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Israel&#39;s opposition Labour party says it has set no conditions for joining Sharon&#39;s government, paving the way for a broad coalition that could pushthrough his Gaza withdrawal plan.
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TEL AVIV, Israel  - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel  Sharon's right-wing Likud party voted Wednesday to bar a  coalition with center-left Labor that he seeks to advance his  Gaza withdrawal plan, according to early returns.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  hopes to persuade his divided Likud party to back him on  Thursday in a vote on rebuilding the government, averting snap  elections and pushing through his Gaza withdrawal plan. In an  11th-hour challenge, Likud rebels opposed to ceding land to the  Palestinians filed a court petition against Sharon's bid to  bring the opposition Labour party into the coalition.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  marshalled support on Wednesday for a Likud party vote to bring  the Labour Party into government, a move that would avoid snap  elections and pave the way for a Gaza withdrawal next year.
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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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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  marshaled support for Thursday'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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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  marshalled support for Thursday'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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Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will seek support from his Likud Party today for his proposal to bring the Labor Party into the government and strengthen backing for his plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip.
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The Israeli prime minister is clearly determined to push through his plan. He told a convention of the Likud party: &quot;This plan will be applied, and that&#39;s it.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon clinched  a coalition deal with a key Israeli religious party on  Wednesday that he said would allow him within days to form a  government capable of pushing through his Gaza withdrawal plan.
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Jerusalem - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon vowed to forge a coalition with the opposition Labour Party on Tuesday, to save his ruined government and stave off snap elections that could stymie his Gaza withdrawal plan.
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The party of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon votes Thursday, on forming a new coalition government to advance plans for an Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.