Peres &amp; Sharon Seeking an Anchor
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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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The race for the Israeli presidency has taken on a high-profile buzz, driven by rape allegations against the sitting president and elder statesman Shimon Peres' campaign to cap his six-decade government career with a term in the president's mansion.
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Weymouth: What made you decide to lead the country in a new direction and disengage from Gaza? Sharon: I believe we have to find a solution to the situation here.
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Comment is free: Shimon Peres: As president I intend to serve with courage and kindness, and to pursue peace within Israel and with our neighbours.
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Opposition leader Shimon Peres voiced fears today that Israeli extremists may try to assassinate Prime Minister Ariel Sharon because of their anger over his plan to withdraw settlers from the Gaza Strip.
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He&#39;s called on Palestinians to back the leading contender, Mahmoud Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen. Middle East Correspondent Jane Hutcheon reports from Jersualem.
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JERUSALEM -- Nobel peace laureate Shimon Peres was sworn in as Israel's president yesterday and pledged to seize the opportunity to encourage long-delayed efforts to achieve a diplomatic resolution to conflict in the Middle East.
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As Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and the Palestinians alike are struggling with issues of political life and the forming of functioning governments, it is the former who may offer a lead to elements of the latter.
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A new Mideast radio station is attracting both Palestinians and Israelis. How a format created during South Africaâs apartheid era is offering a fresh forum in a troubled region.
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JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was seeking to nail down support for his Gaza pullout plan on Wednesday ahead of a crunch vote in parliament as one of his top ministers held talks with the spiritual leader of the main ultra-Orthodox party.
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The opposition Labour Party in Israel has begun coalition talks with the Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s Likud Party. Labour leader Shimon Peres says negotiations to establish a coalition government could be completed within a few days.
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JERUSALEM -- Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel reached a deal with Shimon Peres yesterday to name the opposition leader his senior deputy, clearing a key obstacle to a unity government able to abandon the occupied Gaza Strip.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has reached out to his opposition rival with an invitation to enter discussion on forming a new coalition government.
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Hope and skepticism as Israel and the Palestinians try again
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Senior members of Israel's ruling Kadima party on Monday called on Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to give more detail of his rapprochement efforts with the Palestinians ahead of a U.S.-sponsored conference on statehood.
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The next few weeks may reveal whether or not Prime Minister Sharon will succeed in cobbling together a government that will implement his Gaza withdrawal plan. It is disconcerting to see how difficult he is finding it to ...
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Seven months ago, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s astonishing announcement of a plan to withdraw all the Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip ignited a tiny spark of hope among people searching for some way out of another ghastly intifada.