Israeli parties can join government
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Thursday won permission from his conservative Likud Party to invite the left-leaning Labor Party and smaller religious parties into
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Israel&#39;s opposition Labour party began talks on Saturday with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s Likud party on joining his coalition, a partnership aimed at promoting a planned Gaza withdrawal.
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Israeli opposition leader, Shimon Peres, has agreed to adopt the third tier role of deputy prime minister in Ariel Sharon&#39;s new coalition government.
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Israel&#39;s ruling Likud bloc and the opposition Labor Party are set to meet Saturday on final details of a national unity government.
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Israeli PM Ariel Sharon's Likud party is to  vote on whether to invite the opposition Labour Party into the coalition.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's  Likud party voted on Thursday in favor of his bid to bring the  opposition Labour party into government, said Army Radio citing  an initial ballot count.
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WHAT HAPPENED: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Likud Party approves inviting the dovish Labor Party into a coalition government.
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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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Israel&#39;s Opposition Labour Party leader Shimon Peres has responded positively to an invitation by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to form a unity government.
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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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Israel&#39;s opposition Labour party has authorised its leader to begin talks on joining a national unity government. Shimon Peres was to begin the talks immediately, one of his aides said.
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JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon stepped up efforts on Friday to overcome resistance in the ranks of his right-wing Likud party to an enlarged government coalition with the centre-left Labour, ahead of a decisive party meeting.
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Ariel Sharon, the Israeli prime minister, yesterday invited Shimon Peres - an old friend but sometimes a political adversary - to join his government as the two grand old men of Israeli politics prepared to unite to see through a plan to move Jewish
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon Friday invited the opposition Labor Party to begin talks to form a unity government, a move that would avoid early elections and pave the way for a withdrawal from Gaza.
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The leaders of Israel's Labour Party back plans for a coalition with Ariel Sharon's Likud but it may not be formed for weeks.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  marshalled support on Wednesday for a Likud party vote to bring  the Labour Party into government, a move that would avoid snap  elections and pave the way for a Gaza withdrawal next year.
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Israel's Labour party is choosing a new leader in a  vote that could determine the government's fate.