US backs Israel&#39;s Gaza withdrawal
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THE White House has given its backing to the Israeli parliamentâs approval to withdraw Jewish settlers from Gaza. The United States government said the controversial move was a step forward in peacemaking with the Palestinians.
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Israelâs Gaza pullout plan, threatened by settler resistance, received a major boost when a small Jewish settlement agreed to move as a unit to a village inside Israel.
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The Bush administration expressed confidence Thursday that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon intends to &quot;move forward&quot; on peacemaking with the Palestinians after he withdraws Jewish settlers and Israeli troops from Gaza.
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Israel's plan to withdraw from some occupied land aims to rule out a Palestinian state indefinitely, with full U.S. approval, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's chief of staff said on Wednesday.
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Quotes from the debate in Israel&#39;s Knesset on the Israeli plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip and four small West Bank settlements.
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US officials are given assurances over comments by an aide to the Israeli PM on the Gaza withdrawal.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon won a historic victory yesterday when parliament voted to approve his plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank - the first time that legislators have authorized the removal of Jewish settlements from
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NEW YORK - At the request of the US administration, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has agreed to consider removing Israeli security forces from Palestinian population areas to facilitate Palestinian elections in the next two months, the New York
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As the Knesset vote on disengagement from the Gaza Strip approaches, the American Jewish Committee sent a letter of support on Sunday to Ariel Sharon to express support for the prime minister&#39;s plan.
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Any Israeli withdrawal from land that may one day be a Palestinian homeland is long overdue. For that reason, we should all applaud Prime Minister Ariel Sharonâs recent victory in the Knesset that will close Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip.
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JERUSALEM : The Israeli cabinet approved a bill to compensate settlers who are to be uprooted from their homes under Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s Gaza pullout plan, public radio reported.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon won a critical vote in Israel&#39;s parliament Wednesday in favor of his plan to withdraw Israeli settlers and soldiers from the Gaza Strip.
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Israel's parliament on Wednesday approved a nearly $1 billion financial package to pay for withdrawing Israeli troops and Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip and part of the West Bank, delivering a major victory to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and his plan to vacate settlements for the first time in 23 years.
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JERUSALEM -- Israel's Cabinet approved compensation yesterday for settlers who will be uprooted by Ariel Sharon's program to withdraw from the Gaza Strip and part of the West Bank, handing the prime minister an important victory two days before a showdown in parliament over the pullout.
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Israel backs the release of 250 Palestinian prisoners in a show of support for Palestinian president Abbas.
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Washington -- The Bush administration, moving to lend political support to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at a time of political turmoil, has signaled approval of growth in at least some Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, American and Israeli
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has won parliamentary endorsement of a plan to remove all 8,000 Israeli settlers and the troops who protect them from the Gaza Strip.