Historic pullout approved by Israel
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JERUSALEM -- Shattering decades of public policy, Israel&#39;s parliament -- for the first time in the nation&#39;s history -- approved a plan Tuesday night that would uproot Jewish settlements from some of the land claimed by the Palestinians for a future nation
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Tuesday&#39;s vote in the Israeli Knesset in favor of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s plan for unilateral withdrawal of settlers and soldiers from Gaza was a historic moment in the history of Israel.
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The Israeli Cabinet today approved a Bill to compensate settlers who are to be uprooted from their homes under Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s Gaza pullout plan, public radio reported.
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Israel's cabinet on Sunday approved the release of 500 Palestinian prisoners in what Prime Minister Ariel Sharon called a goodwill gesture to bolster new Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and build mutual trust.
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ARIEL Sharon won a striking victory yesterday when the Knesset approved his plan to evacuate Israeli settlements from the Gaza Strip by a 67-45 vote, a wider margin than supporters had hoped for.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon won a historic victory Tuesday when parliament voted to approve his plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank the first time lawmakers have authorized the removal of Jewish settlements from lands the
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THE Israeli parliament approved last night the controversial plan of Ariel Sharon, the Prime Minister, to withdraw all Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip and four isolated settlements in the West Bank.
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Israel's parliament on Wednesday approved a nearly $1 billion financial package to pay for withdrawing Israeli troops and Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip and part of the West Bank, delivering a major victory to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and his plan to vacate settlements for the first time in 23 years.
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Israel's divided parliament is widely expected to ratify Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Gaza withdrawal plan on Tuesday, a crucial step toward the first evacuation of settlers from lands Palestinians want for a state.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon won parliamentary approval for a unilateral plan that for the first time will remove Jewish settlements from the Gaza Strip and West Bank.
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The move marked a major agreement among the countryâs ethnic and sectarian political blocs on a highly divisive issue.
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The first group of Jewish settlers in the Gaza Strip have agreed to leave under Ariel Sharon&#39;s withdrawal plan. The Israeli prime minister intends to pull out about 8,000 residents
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Israeli leaders approved on Thursday  a troop pullback from West Bank cities and the release of 900  Palestinian prisoners, measures crucial to the success of a  summit with the Palestinians in Egypt next week.
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JERUSALEM -- Israeli Cabinet ministers accepted a plan yesterday to gradually withdraw soldiers from five West Bank cities and eventually release about 900 Palestinian prisoners as part of a package of measures to be presented to Palestinian leaders at a summit next week aimed at reviving the long-stagnant peace process.
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ISRAELâS security cabinet yesterday took the first step towards implementing prime minister Ariel Sharonâs Gaza withdrawal plan, agreeing to a massive compensation pay-out to Jewish settlers who would have to leave their homes.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon won a historic victory Tuesday when parliament voted to approve his plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank &#151; the first time lawmakers have authorized the removal of Jewish settlements from lands the Palestinians claim for a state.
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The Israeli Knesset Tuesday approved Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s plan to move Israeli settlers out of Gaza by a 67-45 vote, with seven abstentions.