Shrugging Off Mutiny, Sharon Rejects Gaza Referendum
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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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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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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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JERUSALEM -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s Gaza Strip withdrawal plan and his very political future were in question last night after his right-wing Likud party voted to prevent him from forming a national unity government with ...
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s Likud party has voted to bar him from forming a coalition with the Labour opposition, an embarrassing blow that complicates his plan to withdraw from occupied Gaza.
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Tens of thousands of demonstrators opposed to the evacuation of Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip proposed by the Israeli prime minister, Ariel Sharon, turned out in a show of force across Israel last night.
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The Palestinians have decided not to bring a draft resolution condemning Israel&#39;s military operation in the northern Gaza
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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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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon rejected a demand Sunday by Jewish settlers that he hold a national referendum on his plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip.
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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
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ARIEL Sharon refused any compromise on his Gaza Strip withdrawal plan during a meeting with settler groups yesterday that left right-wing groups warning of the potential for civil war in Israel.
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Israeli PM Ariel Sharon defies opponents of his Gaza pullout plan, as he faces a crucial vote of his Likud party.
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Brushing aside mounting pressures for a nationwide referendum on his disengagement plan, a defiant Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon ruled out any such possibility along with calls for new elections.
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JERUSALEM -- Supporters and opponents of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon argued heatedly yesterday over the need for a national referendum on the government's plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  faced a surprise challenge on Monday to his plan to expedite a  pullout from Gaza when Benjamin Netanyahu, his main rival in  the Likud party, called for a referendum on the issue.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon acknowledged that Israel was not following the moribund Mideast peace plan, and said an Israeli pullout from the Gaza Strip was unlikely to revive it, according
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In a stinging rebuke, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's party voted Wednesday to bar him from adding the opposition to his government to bolster his Gaza pullout plan, Israel Radio reported.