Sharon likely to get backing for new coalition
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Ariel Sharon, the Israeli Prime Minister, has today made a last-minute appeal for his party to back his plan to bring the main opposition Labour party into a new coalition.
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Israel's opposition Labour party is likely to join Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's coalition next week, a move that could promote his Gaza pullout plan and avoid early elections, Sharon's spokesman said on Friday.
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Ariel Sharon, Israel&#39;s prime minister, pledged on Thursday to forge a new national unity government with opposition parties after parliament&#39;s overwhelming rejection of his budget shattered the existing coalition.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is to begin lobbying Sunday to win the Likud&#39;s backing for a unity government with the Labor, a key step toward advancing the disengagement plan, the Ha&#39;aretz newspaper reported.
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Israel's ruling Likud and opposition Labour parties plan to seal a deal on Saturday to forge a unity coalition seen as crucial to carrying out Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Gaza pullout plan, party officials said.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said he'll turn to his old rivals in the Labor Party to save his shattered coalition and get the support he needs to leave the Gaza Strip.
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Israeli Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave his support Tuesday to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on his plan to invite the Labor Party into a unity government, Ha&#39;aretz reported, citing an aide of Sharon.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has won the approval of his party&#39;s Central Committee to allow talks to bring the opposition Labor Party into his government.
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Party MKs argue abstention would suffice. Meanwhile, Sharon headed for defeat of 2005 state budget, will likely use loss to try and persuade Likud to approve alliance with Labor.
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After months of bullying and subterfuge to keep his contentious Gaza withdrawal plan alive, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is hoping for solid approval in Israel&#39;s parliament to finally give it the legitimacy it needs.
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Fresh from a painful parliamentary defeat, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Thursday he'll turn to his old rivals in the Labor Party to save his shattered coalition and get the support he needs to leave the Gaza Strip.
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ISRAELâS opposition Labour Party last night clinched a deal with Ariel Sharonâs Likud Party to join his coalition, a move that could ease the planned withdrawal from Gaza.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  said Thursday he would seek a coalition with Shimon Peres's  Labor Party and pledged to press ahead with a planned Gaza  pullout.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon invited the Labor Party into his governing coalition on Friday, a day after winning approval from the ruling Likud Party to bring its traditional rival back into the government, a Labor spokesman said.
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JERUSALEM : Beleaguered Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon persisted with plans to form a new government including the main opposition Labour party, bolstered by Washington&#39;s backing for the expansion of West Bank settlements.
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Fresh splits threaten Israeli PM Ariel Sharon's coalition as he seeks parliamentary backing for his budget.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Thursday he would seek a coalition with Shimon Peres's Labor Party and pledged to press ahead with a planned Gaza pullout.