Sharon's Likud Rejects Coalition Bid--First Returns
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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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Israel has turned down Syrian President Bashar Al Assadâs peace proposal as Prime Minister Ariel Sharon wants to concentrate on his Gaza withdrawal plan and doesnât want to be diverted in a peace track with Damascus.
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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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Ariel Sharon, the Israeli prime minister, suffered a massive blow to his project to withdraw from settlements in the Gaza Strip last night when his party refused to allow him to invite new partners into the government who might have backed his plans.
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Aug. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon lost a Likud Party vote to continue talks aimed at bringing the Labor Party into the government and helping him move forward with plans to evacuate the Gaza Strip.
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TEL AVIV, Israel (CNN) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s Likud Party has rejected his request to form a new ruling coalition with the rival Labor Party to back his plan to withdraw unilaterally from Gaza and most of the West Bank.
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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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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 leader Ariel Sharon rejected  calls from within his divided cabinet on Wednesday for a  referendum on leaving Gaza after winning parliament's support  to uproot settlements from land claimed by Palestinians.
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JERUSALEM -- Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s ruling coalition was in tatters Wednesday night after he tossed his main political partner out of the government for defying him on a key budget measure.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon urged his Likud party on Thursday to vote for a governing alliance with the Labour Party, warning that failure to do so would force snap elections and derail his Gaza withdrawal plan. Internal polls predict victory for Sharon in a crucial ballot by the rightist Likud's Central Committee on whether to allow him to open talks with center-left Labour on joining a unity coalition to shore up his shattered government.
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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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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;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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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon today rejected calls from within his divided cabinet for a referendum on leaving Gaza after winning Parliament's support to uproot settlements.
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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, officials said.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will seek to bring Labor and other parties into his government to avoid early elections after dismissing a coalition partner who voted against the budget.
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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.