Israeli Parties Seen Finalizing Unity Coalition
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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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JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Labour Party leader Shimon Peres reached a deal on Thursday that appeared to clear a final obstacle towards forming a unity government that would press ahead with a Gaza pullout.
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JERUSALEM  - Israel was on the verge of a new coalition government after a deal was reached to install opposition leader Shimon Peres as Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s official number two.
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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 Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has said he will complete his plan to disengage from Gaza next year, despite losing a key coalition partner.
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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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The Israeli prime minister's Likud Party  reaches a deal with the opposition Labour Party to form a coalition.
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Rivals Hamas and Fatah will present a national unity government to parliament for approval Saturday, in hopes of ending deadly internal fighting and leading the Palestinians out of international isolation.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s Likud party has agreed to a possible alliance with the opposition Labour group. The vote averts a snap election and strengthens Mr Sharon&#39;s controversial Gaza withdrawal plan.
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Ariel Sharon, Israeli prime minister, and Shimon Peres, Labour opposition leader, on Friday reached a deal on forming a new coalition early next week, their spokesmen said.
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JERUSALEM -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s Gaza Strip withdrawal plan and his very political future were in question last night after his right-wing Likud party voted to prevent him from forming a national unity government with ...
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The Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, is expected to open talks on forming a new coalition administration after he dismissed the junior partner in government.
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Israel's opposition Labour party has  clinched a deal with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Likud party  to join his coalition, a move that could push forward his Gaza  pullout plan, Israeli media reported on Friday.
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The planned coalition between Israel&#39;s two main political parties has been delayed by a disagreement in talks, the BBC reported.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon reached a deal with Shimon Peres on Thursday to name the opposition leader his senior deputy, clearing a key obstacle to a unity
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon clinched  a coalition deal with a key Israeli religious party on  Wednesday that he said would allow him within days to form a  government capable of pushing through his Gaza withdrawal plan.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Likud  party and opposition Labour haggled over power-sharing on  Sunday in a coalition deal crucial for pushing through an  Israeli withdrawal from the occupied Gaza Strip.