Israel's Labour, Likud Work to Close Coalition Deal
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Likud  party and opposition Labour haggled over power-sharing on  Sunday in a coalition deal crucial for pushing through an  Israeli withdrawal from the occupied Gaza Strip.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon struck a deal with the opposition Labor Party tonight to join his Likud government, which is likely to insure that Mr.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's  Likud party voted on Wednesday 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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All of the downfalls and the resurgences of Ariel Sharon pale in comparison to the battle awaiting him on Thursday, when the Likud conference votes on whether to hold coalition talks with Labor.
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A right-wing party quit Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's coalition government on Wednesday, condemning his peace efforts with the Palestinians in a move that still left him with a parliamentary majority.
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The two main political parties in Israel have hit an obstacle in their talks on forming a government of national unity. Israeli officials had expected a deal yesterday between the Likud Party of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and the Opposition Labour Party.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s Likud Party voted to support talks to bring Labor and other opposition parties into the coalition to keep the government afloat after it lost its last remaining partner a week ago.
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Israel&#39;s opposition Labour party is likely to join Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s coalition next week, a move that could promote his Gaza pullout plan and avoid
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Israel&#39;s ruling Likud and opposition Labour parties plan to seal a deal to forge a unity coalition seen as crucial to carrying out Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s Gaza pullout plan, party officials say.
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A hawkish faction in Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's coalition pulled out of the government on Wednesday, weakening him at a time when he needs broad support to reach a peace deal with the Palestinians by the end of the year.
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JERUSALEM  - Israel inched closer to a new coalition government that will enforce next year&#39;s planned pullout from the Gaza Strip, where nine Palestinians were killed in an upsurge of violence.
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Israeli and Palestinian officials are  trying to work out a deal to end Israel's biggest Gaza  offensive in four years of conflict in return for stopping  rocket fire into the Jewish state, security sources said.
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Israel&#39;s two leading rival political parties worked Saturday toward finalizing details for a new coalition government that would empower Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to pursue
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Israel's opposition Labour party starts late-night coalition talks with the governing Likud party.
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Labor Party leader MK Shimon Peres reiterated his position today, believing a coalition agreement to join a Likud-led government remains a possibility.
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TEL AVIV : Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told critics in his own Likud party he will continue forging a coalition with the opposition Labour party as hardliners sought to derail his Gaza pullout plan.
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Israel&#39;s governing Likud party is due to sign an agreement on Sunday with the opposition Labour Party to form a new coalition government.