Israelis Back Gaza Pull-Out, Want Referendum
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(CPOD) Sept. 16, 2004 - Many residents of Israel believe their prime ministerâs proposal to reduce the number of Israelis living among Palestinians should be put to a nationwide vote, according to a poll by TNS/Teleseker.
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Tel Aviv: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s proposal to pull out of the Gaza strip received a major boost on Friday when he won approval from his Likud party to form a broader coalition with opposition parties.
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JERUSALEM -- Prime Minister Ariel Sharon yesterday rejected calls from Jewish settlers to hold a countrywide referendum on his plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip, escalating an increasingly bitter dispute with former allies who now accuse him of leading
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As the Knesset vote on disengagement from the Gaza Strip approaches, the American Jewish Committee sent a letter of support on Sunday to Ariel Sharon to express support for the prime minister&#39;s plan.
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JERUSALEM -- Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel rejected calls from within his Cabinet yesterday for a referendum on leaving Gaza after winning parliament's support to uproot settlements from land claimed by Palestinians.
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JERUSALEM -- The Israeli Knesset appeared set today to approve a historic withdrawal of Jewish settlers from the occupied territories following an emotional appeal yesterday by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and a major strike against Palestinian militants in the southern Gaza Strip.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has won parliamentary endorsement of a plan to remove all 8,000 Israeli settlers and the troops who protect them from the Gaza Strip.
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Palestinians in the Gaza Strip voted in  their first-ever municipal elections on Thursday in a test of  support for President Mahmoud Abbas and rival Islamist groups  ahead of Israel's withdrawal from the occupied territory.
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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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Tuesday&#39;s vote in the Israeli Knesset in favor of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s plan for unilateral withdrawal of settlers and soldiers from Gaza was a historic moment in the history of Israel.
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The Israeli parliament is set for a second tempestuous day of debate ahead of a vote on whether to withdraw from the Gaza Strip. Monday saw Prime Minister Ariel Sharon urge the Knesset to back the planned
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Sunday rejected calls from Jewish settlers to hold a nationwide referendum on his plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip, escalating an increasingly bitter dispute with former allies who now accuse him of leading Israel toward civil war.
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Flushed from his victory in the parliamentary debate endorsing Israel&#39;s withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has repeated his opposition to holding a referendum on the issue, the Ha&#39;aretz daily reported yesterday.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon asked Parliament to approve a unilateral Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank in a turbulent session on Monday.
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Israeli leader Ariel Sharon rejected  calls from within his mutinous cabinet on Wednesday for a  referendum on leaving Gaza after winning parliament's support  to uproot settlements from land claimed by Palestinians.
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The Israeli parliament, the Knesset, is preparing to vote tonight on a controversial plan to withdraw Jewish settlers from the Gaza strip.
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Facing a major parliamentary vote next week on a plan for Israelis to withdraw from the Gaza Strip, Israeli opposition leader Shimon Peres