Israel coalition talks 'impasse'
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Israel's ruling Likud party and opposition Labour struggle to agree over the state budget,  according to reports.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon renewed efforts yesterday to expand his embattled coalition government, declaring the current political deadlock untenable after his Gaza pullout plan suffered an embarrassing blow in parliament.
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Indications emerged Wednesday that an impasse had developed among members of the Shiite Muslim coalition that won the most votes in last month's National Assembly election, as party functionaries and representatives of Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani tried for another day to apportion leadership positions in the next government.
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Hoping to turn the page on six years of stalled Mideast negotiations, the U.S. instead found itself boxed in Sunday by a characteristically complex political impasse involving ally Israel and the Palestinians.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met on Sunday for talks that seemed likely only to highlight their divisions over a Palestinian unity government whose formation appears imminent.
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Israel&#39;s two leading rival political parties worked Saturday toward finalizing details for a new coalition government that would empower Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to pursue
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JERUSALEM The former Labor prime minister, Shimon Peres, once famously said that there are no real negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians, but only among Israelis themselves, about what is safe to concede.
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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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Jewish organizations and leaders in the U.S. are divided over Israel&#039;s plan to redraw the country&#039;s borders on its own if it cannot quickly negotiate peace with the Palestinians, and are giving the White House conflicting advice about whether to support or fund the effort.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s shaky coalition Tuesday faced collapse in a row over the 2005 budget, raising the prospect of early elections that would endanger his plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip.
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Israeli Labour leader Shimon Peres  said on Saturday coalition talks between his party and Prime  Minister Ariel Sharon could be resolved in days and were vital  to speed up a Gaza pullout and bring Middle East peace.
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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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Israel's opposition Labour party starts late-night coalition talks with the governing Likud party.
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Israeli and Egyptian leaders discuss the Gaza withdrawal plan as doubts mount over the survival of Israel's government.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's  biggest coalition partner threatened on Monday to quit,  deepening a political crisis over the 2005 state budget whose  passage is crucial to the government's survival.
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Israeli Labour leader Shimon Peres said on Saturday coalition talks between his party and Prime Minister Ariel Sharon could be resolved in days and were vital to speed up a Gaza pullout and bring Middle East peace.
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Ariel Sharon, Israel&#39;s prime minister, faces a cabinet crisis despite winning a vote on the withdrawal from all settlements in Gaza and parts of the West Bank.