Israeli Labor to open talks on coalition government
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The Labor Party Central Committee on Saturday decided to open talks with the ruling Likud of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon about forming a new coalition government, an Israeli TV channel reported.
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The Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, is expected to open talks on forming a new coalition administration after he dismissed the junior partner in government.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has asked his party&#39;s Central Committee to approve co-opting the Labor, Torah Judaism and Shas parties into the coalition.
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Israel's ruling Likud and opposition Labour parties plan to seal a deal on Saturday to forge a unity coalition seen as crucial to carrying out Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Gaza pullout plan, party officials said.
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Israel's opposition Labour party authorises its leader to begin talks on joining a national unity government.
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The chairman of the Labor Party&#39;s negotiation team and Knesset whip, MK Dalia Itzik, on Friday called on party chairman Shimon Peres to join forces with Shinui in bringing about early elections.
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The Israeli cabinet met on Sunday as Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s Likud Party and opposition Labour Party worked to finalise their pact to form a coalition government.
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Israel's opposition Labour party is  likely to join Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's coalition next  week, a move that could promote a Gaza pullout plan and also  avoid early elections, his spokesman said on Friday.
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Reeling from a parliamentary defeat,  Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon prepared on Thursday to  open coalition talks to save his shattered government and avoid  early elections that could stall his Gaza withdrawal plan.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is to begin lobbying Sunday to win the Likud&#39;s backing for a unity government with the Labor, a key step toward advancing the disengagement plan, the Ha&#39;aretz newspaper reported.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will seek to bring Labor and other parties into his government to avoid early elections after dismissing a coalition partner who voted against the budget.
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Labor will enter a coalition government with the Likud to make sure Prime Minister Ariel Sharon can carry out his disengagement plan, Opposition leader Shimon Peres said Monday.
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The Labor opposition party has already hammered out a preliminary agreement with the prime minister that would call for Labor remaining in a Likud-led coalition until November 2006, the scheduled date for national elections.
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Israel's governing Likud Party and opposition Labour Party are due to sign an agreement to form a coalition.
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Israeli Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose Likud party is trying to rebuild the coalition government, said any political party seeking to join will have to agree to his economic plans and the 2005 budget.
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JERUSALEM -- Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel asked the Labor Party yesterday to join his ruling coalition, a move that would bolster his chances of carrying out a withdrawal from the Gaza Strip next year.
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Israel&#39;s two leading rival political parties worked Saturday toward finalizing details for a new coalition government that would empower Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to pursue