Israeli Leaders Approve West Bank Pullback
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Israeli leaders approved on Thursday a troop pullback from West Bank cities and a plan to release Palestinian prisoners, measures crucial to the success of an Israeli summit with the Palestinians in Egypt next week.
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Israel approves a plan to free hundreds of detained Palestinians and to pull troops out of West Bank cities.
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After two days of discussion, the Knesset approved Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s withdrawal plan yesterday. The plan envisages the Israeli army&#39;s withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and four settlements in the West Bank.
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JERUSALEM -- Israel's Cabinet approved compensation yesterday for settlers who will be uprooted by Ariel Sharon's program to withdraw from the Gaza Strip and part of the West Bank, handing the prime minister an important victory two days before a showdown in parliament over the pullout.
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JERUSALEM -- The Israeli Knesset last night approved Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's proposal to evacuate Jewish settlements from the Gaza Strip and northern areas of the West Bank, but only after tough political infighting that indicated Sharon's political survival is at risk if he continues his current approach to the pullback.
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Israeli army officials said that they had stopped most search-and-arrest operations against Palestinian militants and were easing security restrictions in the West Bank and Gaza Strip to allow Palestinians greater freedom to vote Sunday for a new president.
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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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The Israeli people, by a two-thirds majority, support Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s plan to close Israeli settlements in Gaza and the northeast corner of the West Bank.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, won a victory with the Knesset&#39;s approval of his plan to withdraw from 21 Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip and four settlements in the West Bank, but is now being threatened by internal and external forces.
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THE Israeli parliament approved last night the controversial plan of Ariel Sharon, the Prime Minister, to withdraw all Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip and four isolated settlements in the West Bank.
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Israel's divided parliament ratified  Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Gaza withdrawal plan on Tuesday,  a pivotal step toward the first evacuation of settlers from  occupied territory Palestinians want for a state.
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JERUSALEM - Israel on Sunday approved the release of dozens of Palestinian prisoners in a goodwill gesture meant to promote reconciliation with Egypt and the new Palestinian leadership, officials said.
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Israel will have to carry out a wider withdrawal from the West Bank after the initial pullback planned for 2005, Israel&#39;s Vice Premier said in an interview published Thursday.
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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 announced on Friday it was sharply reducing its military operations in the West Bank and Gaza Strip in response to efforts by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to end attacks on Israelis.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's  Likud signed agreements with left-of-center Labour and an  ultra-Orthodox party on Thursday, giving his coalition a  parliamentary majority to allow a planned Gaza withdrawal.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, facing a  party mutiny over his plan to quit the Gaza Strip, has approved  1,000 more Israeli settler homes in the West Bank in a move  that drew a cautious response Tuesday from Washington.