Rebuffed by Party, Sharon Presses on with Gaza Plan
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon vowed on Thursday to press ahead with his Gaza pullout plan despite his own party&#39;s humiliating rebuff of his bid to forge a coalition with the pro-withdrawal Labour Party.
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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 vowed on  Thursday to press on with his plan to pull Israeli settlers and  soldiers out of the Gaza Strip despite his party's rejection of  a partnership with the pro-withdrawal Labour 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 Aug. 19, 2004 - Embattled leaders Ariel Sharon and Yasser Arafat rebuffed demands from their backers Thursday, holding steadfast to positions posing great political risk: Sharon insisted he will
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  failed on Monday to persuade his security cabinet to speed up a  Gaza withdrawal agreed in principle by the government two  months ago, political sources said.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon survived  two no-confidence votes in Israel's parliament on Monday,  clinging to power as he seeks to push through a disputed plan  for withdrawal from some occupied territory.
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REFRESHED by a 10-day vacation, a feisty Ariel Sharon has told his cabinet he will push through his plan to evacuate Israeli settlements from the Gaza Strip despite attempts by his own Likud Party to block the move.
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Contend PM evading implementation of Road Map, say it only appears he is determined to continue destroying the Gaza Strip. Palestinian officials said that Prime Minister Ariel Sharonâs address at the Knesset yesterday contained nothing new.
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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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(CBS/AP) Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Thursday that he would push ahead with a withdrawal from the Gaza Strip despite a stinging setback to the plan from his Likud Party.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon vowed yesterday not to yield to pressure by Jewish settlers to give up his plan to withdraw soldiers and settlers from the Gaza Strip and a portion of the West Bank.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is vowing to press on with his plan to pull Israeli settlers and soldiers out of the Gaza Strip despite his party&#39;s rejection of a partnership with the pro-withdrawal Labour Party.
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Ariel Sharon, the Israeli prime minister, suffered a massive blow to his project to withdraw from settlements in the Gaza Strip last night when his party refused to allow him to invite new partners into the government who might have backed his plans.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  failed Monday to persuade his security cabinet to speed up a  Gaza withdrawal agreed in principle by the government two  months ago, political sources said.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's attempt to speed up a withdrawal from the Gaza Strip was undercut Monday by his main political rival, who called for a national referendum that could delay or even scuttle the pullout.
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JERUSALEM -- Embattled leaders Ariel Sharon and Yasser Arafat rebuffed demands from their backers yesterday, holding steadfast to positions posing great political risk: Sharon insisted he will press on with efforts to pull out of Gaza despite a stinging rebuke from his party, while Arafat refused to sign reform legislation.