Likud voters want Sharon to pursue coalition: poll
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JERUSALEM: Most members of Israel&#39;s ruling Likud party want Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to press on with talks to widen his coalition despite a vote by the Likud executive barring any such move, a poll showed on Friday.
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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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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is willing to lose Wednesday night&#39;s vote on the first reading of the 2005 budget bill in order to prove to his Likud colleagues that the formation of a national-unity government is required to prevent early elections, sources
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon,  unmoved by tens of thousands of people rallying against his  Gaza pullout plan, faced a vote Monday by a traditional  political ally over whether to desert his minority government.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Likud  party and opposition Labor haggled over power-sharing on Sunday  in a coalition deal crucial for pushing through an Israeli  withdrawal from the occupied Gaza Strip.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's right-wing Likud party voted Wednesday to bar a coalition with center-left Labor that he seeks to advance his Gaza withdrawal plan, according to early returns.
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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 marshalled support for Thursday&#39;s Likud party vote to bring the Labor Party into a government that would block snap elections and pave the way for a Gaza withdrawal next year.
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Labour Party chief Shimon Peres appealed to hard-liners in Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Likud on Friday to drop their opposition to forging a unity coalition seen as vital to keeping Israel's Gaza withdrawal on track.
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TEL AVIV, Israel  - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel  Sharon's right-wing Likud party voted Wednesday to bar a  coalition with center-left Labor that he seeks to advance his  Gaza withdrawal plan, according to early returns.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has reached out to his opposition rival with an invitation to enter discussion on forming a new coalition government.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  urged his Likud party on Thursday to vote for a governing  alliance with the Labor Party, warning that failure to do so  would force snap elections and derail his Gaza withdrawal plan.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has approached the opposition Labor party with a tentative offer to join his coalition in hopes of avoiding early elections and saving his Gaza withdrawal plan.
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The opposition Labour Party in Israel has begun coalition talks with the Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s Likud Party. Labour leader Shimon Peres says negotiations to establish a coalition government could be completed within a few days.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon appealed to his Likud Party to support a crucial proposal Thursday that would let him broaden his coalition to ensure the survival of his
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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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JERUSALEM  - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has called opposition Labour party leader Shimon Peres to start talks on forming a coalition government, a government source says.