Israel's Likud Rejects Sharon Coalition Bid
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's  right-wing Likud party voted on Wednesday against his bid to  form a coalition with center-left Labour he seeks to advance  his Gaza withdrawal plan.
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The Israeli parliament has voted against Prime Minister Ariel Sharon government&#39;s 2005 budget, plunging the ruling coalition into turmoil.
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JERUSALEM, Aug. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon insisted Wednesday evening that he would not accept the automatic disqualification of parties or personalities, with whomhe wished to conduct coalition negotiations, local newspaper ...
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s Likud party voted on Thursday in favor of his bid to bring opposition Labour into government, averting an election and boosting his Gaza pullout plan, initial results showed.
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JERUSALEM -- Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel rejected calls from within his Cabinet yesterday for a referendum on leaving Gaza after winning parliament's support to uproot settlements from land claimed by Palestinians.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's  Likud party has dealt a serious setback to his plan to evacuate  occupied Gaza by voting to bar him from forging a broad  coalition with the Labour opposition.
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Israeli right-wingers on Wednesday continued to oppose Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s disengagement plan after the Knesset&#39;s (parliament) approval.
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JERUSALEM Aug. 18, 2004  Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Wednesday rebuffed rebellious members of his own Likud Party and signaled he would seek an alliance with the opposition Labor to gain support for his plan for pulling out of the Gaza Strip.
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TEL AVIV : Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told critics in his own Likud party he will continue forging a coalition with the opposition Labour party as hardliners sought to derail his Gaza pullout plan.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  hopes to persuade his divided Likud party to back him on  Thursday in a vote on rebuilding the government, averting snap  elections and pushing through his Gaza withdrawal plan. In an  11th-hour challenge, Likud rebels opposed to ceding land to the  Palestinians filed a court petition against Sharon's bid to  bring the opposition Labour party into the coalition.
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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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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has rejected calls from Jewish settlers to hold a countrywide referendum on his plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip.
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Israel's Ariel Sharon has rejected  his army's request to scale back its Gaza offensive, seeking to  avoid any show of weakness after deadly bombings hit Egyptian  resorts crowded with Israelis, security sources said.
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Israel's parliament on Monday voted to reject a session-opening speech by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, dealing a symbolic setback to his disputed plan to withdraw from some occupied territory.
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ARIEL Sharon refused any compromise on his Gaza Strip withdrawal plan during a meeting with settler groups yesterday that left right-wing groups warning of the potential for civil war in Israel.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Tuesday rejected a call from Benjamin Netanyahu, his main rival in the Likud party, to put his Gaza withdrawal plan to a referendum and vowed to carry it out on schedule.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told Likud faction supporters that the party members who oppose his Gaza plan will be targeted with sanctions after they failed to vote in support of his address to the opening session of the Knesset winter