Israeli Labour party set for leadership run-off after Peretz loses vote
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Likely cabinet reshuffle may shake up politics after former PM and newcomer knock out current leader.
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Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak won on Tuesday the first round of the Israeli Labour Party's leadership election and will face an ex-security chief in a runoff vote next month, official results showed.
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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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Former premiers Ehud Barak and Shimon Peres are tapped for Labor chief, president.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  marshaled support for Thursday'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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JERUSALEM -- A prosettlement party said yesterday that it plans to quit Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's coalition government over his plan to pull out of the Gaza Strip and part of the West Bank, further eroding his hold on power.
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The head of Israel&#39;s opposition Labor Party signaled Thursday that his party is not only willing but eager to join a unity government with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon because it backs his plan to pull out of Gaza and parts of
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South African president likely to lose party leadership to man he sacked as deputy president, Jacob Zuma
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Facing a major parliamentary vote next week on a plan for Israelis to withdraw from the Gaza Strip, Israeli opposition leader Shimon Peres
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon,  his government in ruins, vowed Thursday to rebuild it by  recruiting the Labor Party to stave off snap elections and  carry out his Gaza withdrawal plan on schedule in 2005.
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Labor Party members cast ballots Monday for their leader, a contest that could have serious implications for the makeup of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's governing coalition and his own political survival.
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Former Israeli PM wins first round of elections for leadership of second-largest party in ruling coalition.
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Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak was leading a close race for the leadership of Israel's Labor Party on Tuesday, television exit polls showed.
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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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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  crashed to defeat in a parliamentary budget vote on Wednesday  likely to shatter his coalition and endanger his plan to  withdraw from occupied Gaza.
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Israel&#39;s Labour Party lashed out Wednesday at a Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s aide who said the Gaza pullout plan was aimed at freezing the peace process.
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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.