Israel Accelerates Settlement Drive As Sharon Pushes On With Gaza ...
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The Israeli government was accelerating its settlement program Monday with plans to build hundreds of new homes in the West Bank, bolstered by a US softening of opposition to new construction projects.
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The number of Jewish settlers in the  Gaza Strip has grown by 9 percent in the past year despite  Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan to evacuate them, government  figures showed on Sunday.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon wants all 21 Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip evacuated at the same time instead of in three stages, officials said Monday, reflecting a major shift in tactics in his pullout plan.
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Description: NPR&#39;s Sheilah Kast talks with NPR&#39;s Julie McCarthy about Israel&#39;s ongoing offensive in the Gaza strip. Is really Prime Minister Ariel&#39;&#39;s around today called for an expansion of an army operation
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Palestinian gunmen took up positions and Israeli tanks massed along the border with the Gaza Strip today as Israel pushed ahead with a massive military operation in the stripâs largest refugee camp.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s controversial plan to pull out of the Gaza Strip has taken another step forward as MPs approved a multi-million dollar bill to compensate uprooted settlers.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon pledged Sunday to escalate a broad Israeli offensive into northern Gaza, saying troops will remain in the area until Palestinian rocket attacks are halted.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon today said he has ordered the army to step up its war on Palestinian militants ahead of a planned withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Sunday he would push ahead with the army&#039;s widescale offensive in the Gaza Strip, saying the fight to free an abducted soldier and stop militant rocket fire would last for a &quot;long time.&quot;
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has formally asked parliament to approve his Gaza withdrawal plan, saying it will strengthen Israel and will move the Jewish state forward &quot;on the road to peace.
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Israelâs Gaza pullout plan, threatened by settler resistance, received a major boost when a small Jewish settlement agreed to move as a unit to a village inside Israel.
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Israel steps up its thrust into Gaza's Jabaliya refugee camp as four Palestinians and an Israeli soldier die in clashes.
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Israeli PM Ariel Sharon gives the green light to 1,000 new homes in settlements in the occupied West Bank.
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JERUSALEM - Senior Israeli Cabinet ministers Tuesday approved the payment of cash advances to Jewish settlers who will be removed from their homes under Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan to leave the Gaza Strip - the government's first concrete step toward withdrawal.    The 9-1 vote in the Security Cabinet gave a boost to Sharon, who faces growing opposition...
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JEBALIYA REFUGEE CAMP, Gaza Strip Oct. 2, 2004 - More troops poured into the Gaza Strip on Saturday as Israel expanded its offensive to counter Palestinian rocket fire, one of the largest incursions in four years of fighting.
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Israeli leader Ariel Sharon vowed on  Sunday to widen an offensive into Gaza which has killed over 50  Palestinians until militants stop firing rockets that have  fueled criticism of his plan to quit the occupied strip.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has approved bids for construction of 1,000 homes in Jewish West Bank settlements after freezing them earlier this month, amid growing friction with the United States over continued settlement expansion.