Sharon Rejects Army Bid to Wind Down Gaza Offensive
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Israel's Ariel Sharon has rejected  his army's request to scale back its Gaza offensive, seeking to  avoid any show of weakness after deadly bombings in Egyptian  resorts crowded with Israelis, security sources said.
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Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has rejected a Hamas ceasfire offer asserting that the army will continue operations in Gaza to insure the safety of Israeli citizens even as five Palestinians, including a Hamas militant, were killed in two
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said on  Sunday he was giving Israel's army free rein to battle  militants in Gaza, and the Palestinian leadership called for a  halt to attacks on Israelis.
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Israel announced on Friday it was winding down its 17-day deadly offensive in the Gaza Strip, after Prime Minister Ariel Sharon observed the army&#39;s warning that staying more than that in crowded Palestinian areas was too risky.
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JERUSALEM Aug. 19, 2004  Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Thursday that he would push ahead with a withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, despite a stinging setback to the plan from his Likud Party.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Thursday he opposed peace talks with Syria while it continued to host Palestinian militant groups in Damascus.
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Israel will not launch attacks or raids against Palestinians if the situation remains calm and it is not provoked, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Thursday.
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Ariel Sharon rejected calls by four Israeli Cabinet ministers for a referendum on his Gaza withdrawal plan. &quot;I will never give in to pressures and threats, nor accept any ultimatums,&quot; the Israeli prime minister
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon decided on Thursday that Israeli forces could withdraw from a teeming refugee camp in northern Gaza, media reports said.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has rejected a call from a key political rival from his own Likud Party for a national referendum on his plan to withdraw all Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip.
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JERUSALEM -- The Israeli Knesset last night dealt a staggering political blow to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, rejecting on a 53-44 vote his report on the activities of his government, foremost among them his plan to evacuate Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip and the northern areas of the West Bank.
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Israel will not unilaterally withdraw from any other territories after carrying out the Gaza disengagement plan, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon insisted Thursday, responding to comments to the contrary that Vice Premier Ehud Olmert made to The Jerusalem Post
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has agreed to scale back Israel&#39;s 2-week-old military offensive in the northern Gaza Strip, Israeli news media reported Thursday night.
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Israel will not participate in an international Mideast conference Britain is considering hosting, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said today.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said  Sunday he was giving Israel's army free rein to battle  militants in Gaza and accused the new Palestinian leadership he  now shuns of doing nothing to stop attacks on Israelis.
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Israel began scaling back its 17 day offensive in the Gaza Strip today after Prime Minister Ariel Sharon heeded the armyâs warning that an extended stay is too risky and the US called for a quick withdrawal.
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Israeli PM Ariel Sharon says he will achieve his plans to disengage from Gaza, despite losing key support.