Netanyahu lifts threat to resign
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Israeli Finance Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has lifted his threat to resign over plans to withdraw Jewish settlers from Gaza. Mr Netanyahu has been a fierce critic of the plan championed by Likud party rival Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, facing a  party mutiny over his plan to quit the Gaza Strip, has approved  1,000 more Israeli settler homes in the West Bank in a move  that drew a cautious response on Tuesday from Washington.
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Anti-disengagement plan leaders took Olmert&#39;s word that the government intends to carry out more pullouts from the West Bank after the Gaza and northern West Bank disengagement plan is implemented.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon faced threats on Thursday from inside and outside his already shaky coalition that could bring down the Israeli government, force early elections and delay his Gaza withdrawal plan.
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Israel&#39;s military is worried significant numbers of soldiers will heed a call by prominent rabbis to refuse orders to evacuate Jewish settlers, officials said on Tuesday, and
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Israel threatened again on Thursday  to "remove" Palestinian President Yasser Arafat.
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Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Monday warned the United States against a quick departure from Iraq, saying it would lead to instability in the region and undermine Washington's ability to deal with emerging threats.
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JERUSALEM: Israeli military authorities have launched a fierce counter-attack to calls by right-wing rabbis who have urged soldiers to disobey any orders to uproot settlers from the Gaza Strip.
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Jerusalem - The Israeli cabinet approved guidelines Sunday to compensate settlers uprooted by Ariel Sharon&#39;s Gaza withdrawal plan, giving the prime minister a welcome boost ahead of a parliamentary showdown this week.
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Colin Powell, the US secretary of state, won an assurance from Israel yesterday that it would ease its grip on the occupied territories and allow greater freedom of movement before the Palestinian presidential election in January.
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Israeli Finance Minister Benjamin  Netanyahu said on Tuesday he and three other cabinet members  from Ariel Sharon's Likud would quit unless the prime minister  agreed to hold a referendum on a pullout from Gaza.
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A Supreme Court order and a rare admonition from the attorney general increased pressure on Israel to reassess its West Bank security barrier Friday as a senior government official said the country would have ...
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Israeli Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday he and three other cabinet members from Ariel Sharon's Likud would quit unless the prime minister agreed to hold a referendum on a pullout from Gaza.
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JERUSALEM -- Responding to death threats against government ministers, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon ordered law enforcement agencies yesterday to crack down on Jewish extremists opposed to the planned withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.
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JERUSALEM Sept. 13, 2004 - Israel will offer large cash advances on compensation to Jewish settlers to entice them to leave their homes, Cabinet ministers said Monday, a day after tens of thousands demonstrated
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Responding to death threats against government ministers, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon ordered law enforcement agencies Sunday to crack down on Jewish extremists opposed to the planned withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Victory by an advocate of  non-violence in Palestinian presidential elections stirred  hopes Monday for new peace talks, but Israel demanded the  Palestinians move first by cracking down on militants.