Israel Battens Down Hatches for Volatile Gaza Vote
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Israel's parliament took  extraordinary security steps on Wednesday for a vote next week  on a Gaza pullout plan expected to spark Jewish settler  protests and heighten death threats against Prime Minister  Ariel Sharon.
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JERUSALEM -- Israeli officials said yesterday that they were prepared to remove soldiers and military checkpoints from the West Bank and Gaza Strip to make it easier for voters to take part in the Palestinian presidential election, slated for Jan. 9.
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JERUSALEM Aug 20 - Humiliated by his own party and under pressure from the opposition to call new elections, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon appears in no position to ensure the implementation of his Gaza pullout plan.
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JERUSALEM - The Israeli parliament gave a symbolic slap to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, voting against a statement defending his Gaza pullout plan, but he survived two no-confidence motions and pledged to bring the withdrawal itself to a vote in two weeks.    The maneuvering came Monday at the opening of the winter session of the Knesset, Israel's parliament, with Sharon heading a government that lost its majority over the Gaza pullout and is vulnerable to being toppled...
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Hamas is to halt attacks on Israelis in the run-up to elections for a successor to the late Yasser Arafat, a senior leader of the militant group said yesterday.
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Debate has resumed in the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, ahead of a vote this evening on Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s plan to withdraw Jewish settlers and troops from the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank.
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The Israeli public wants a tough response, and some fear another episode of brinksmanship is at hand
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The Israeli government was to approve Sunday a range of measures meant to ensure a smooth Palestinian presidential election, including granting Palestinians freedom of movement and allowing candidates to campaign in predominantly Arab east Jerusalem
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Ariel Sharon, the Israeli prime minister, was poised last night to win a critical vote in his Likud party, paving the way for withdrawal from Gaza next year.
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Israel has been stepping up its military raids in the Gaza Strip with its troops killing 12 Palestinians in the past two days. The action comes as Palestinian presidential contenders campaign for the January 9th elections.
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FURIOUS Jewish settlers besieged the Israeli parliament last night in a last-ditch effort to persuade wavering legislators to vote down Ariel Sharonâs controversial plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinians accused Israel  on Saturday of not carrying out a promised easing of its  military grip on the West Bank and Gaza for a presidential  election to pick Yasser Arafat's successor.
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JERUSALEM  - Israel was set to approve arrangements to ensure the smooth running of the upcoming Palestinian presidential election as candidates began pressing the flesh after the official launch of campaigning.
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Abu Mazen, the new PLO chairman, was seeking last night to secure a ceasefire during the planned Palestinian elections, a move which would add to pressure on the Israeli government
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JERUSALEM, Oct 21  - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon looked Thursday to maximise his majority in next week&#39;s crucial parliamentary vote on his Gaza pullout plan, buoyed by predictions that he was assured of victory.
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Israel's parliament, the Knesset, is to hold a vote shortly to elect the country's new president.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's  Likud party has dealt a serious setback to his plan to evacuate  occupied Gaza by voting to bar him from forging a broad  coalition with the Labour opposition.