Budget flap jeopardizes Sharons pullout plan
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is facing threats from inside and outside his largest coalition partner that may bring down the Israeli government, which would force the country to hold early elections and suspend his Gaza withdrawal plan.
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TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, intent on launching his plan for unilateral withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and northern West Bank, faces a challenge from Finance Minister Binyamin Netanyahu.
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JERUSALEM -- Thousands of Israelis demonstrated across the country yesterday against Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip and a small part of the West Bank, hours after Sharon declared the pullout would begin in June.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's own party handed him a stinging rebuke, banning him from adding the moderate Labor Party to his government to bolster a Gaza pullout plan &#151; a move that endangered the proposed withdrawal.
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Ariel Sharon, Israel&#39;s prime minister, is fighting to save his government - and Gaza withdrawal plan - after a split in his coalition over his budget plan.
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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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JERUSALEM - Israeli Cabinet ministers approved cash advances Tuesday of up to $115,000 to Jewish settlers willing to leave their homes in the Gaza Strip and West Bank - the first concrete step toward carrying out Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's contentious pullout plan.    In a sign of growing tensions, Israeli police said Sharon and an official planning the withdrawal have been the targets of death threats by Jewish extremists...
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The Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, is facing growing pressure to call a referendum on his plan to withdraw Israeli troops and settlers from the Gaza Strip.
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JERUSALEM - Israel&#39;s parliament voted against the state budget yesterday, triggering a political crisis that could topple Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s government.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has received a surprise challenge to his plan to expedite a pullout from Gaza after Benjamin Netanyahu, his main rival in the Likud party, called for a referendum on the issue.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon sacked ministers from the Shinui party after they voted against a 2005 state budget in its first reading Wednesday.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's government could fall after his budget is vetoed by parliament.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, won a victory with the Knesset&#39;s approval of his plan to withdraw from 21 Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip and four settlements in the West Bank, but is now being threatened by internal and external forces.
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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.
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JERUSALEM  - Israel&#39;s beleaguered Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was scrambling to find a parliamentary majority for the 2005 state budget after warning that he is prepared to call fresh elections.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is desperately trying to save his government after he sacked his main coalition partner yesterday.
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Israel&#39;s Labour Party lashed out Wednesday at a Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s aide who said the Gaza pullout plan was aimed at freezing the peace process.