Barak poised to gain Israel defense post
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The Israeli Cabinet on Friday approved the appointment of Ehud Barak as defense minister, an Israeli official said, capping the political comeback of the former prime minister six years after a humiliating election defeat.
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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 interim Palestine Liberation  Organization (PLO) leader hopes to persuade militants in talks  on Tuesday to halt attacks on Israel to allow a smooth election  for a successor to Yasser Arafat next year, officials said.
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Israel held firm Thursday to its policy of not admitting it possesses nuclear weapons, in the face of an acknowledgment from the incoming U.S. Defense Secretary that Israel has the bomb.
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Israel's Minister for Internal Security said Monday he would recommend the arrest of a Jewish right-wing activist, invoking a rarely used legal provision to deal with a wave of threats to government supporters of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Gaza disengagement program.
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Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak won the leadership of Israel's Labour Party on Wednesday, putting him in an influential position to decide the fate of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and his coalition government.
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Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak was leading a close race for the leadership of Israel's Labor Party on Tuesday, a television exit poll showed.
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Israel&#39;s Shin Bet service on Wednesday surrounded Prime Minister Ariel Sharon with an unprecedented number of bodyguards and bolstered protection for lawmakers ahead of a parliamentary vote next week on the planned withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.
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JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon stepped up efforts on Friday to overcome resistance in the ranks of his right-wing Likud party to an enlarged government coalition with the centre-left Labour, ahead of a decisive party meeting.
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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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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, convening his cabinet for the first time since the burial of his life nemesis Yasser Arafat, hinted at a measure of flexibility this week, signaling that Israel might allow East Jerusalem Arabs to vote in elections for a
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Israelâs Shin Bet security service has tightened protection of the prime minister, MPs and parliament ahead of next weekâs crucial vote on a Gaza withdrawal.
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SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt  - Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak made a fence-mending visit to Egypt on Wednesday after Israel's foreign minister accused Cairo of risking stability by not stopping arms smuggling into Gaza.
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Israel's Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is to name opposition leader Shimon Peres as his deputy in a coalition deal.
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Deflated Israeli expectations and expressions of U.S. goodwill are expected to be the hallmarks of Ehud Olmert&#039;s first visit to Washington this week as Israel&#039;s prime minister.
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Israel prepared to lift its sea blockade   of Lebanon on Friday after an Italian admiral assumed control   of an interim maritime task force to deploy off the Lebanese   coast.
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Former prime minister Ehud Barak was sworn in as Israel's defense minister on Monday in a cabinet shakeup rushed through in response to violence in Gaza.