Israeli Parties Seen Finalizing Unity Coalition
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Israel's ruling Likud and opposition Labour parties plan to seal a deal on Saturday to forge a unity coalition seen as crucial to carrying out Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Gaza pullout plan, party officials said.
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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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Labour Party chief Shimon Peres  appealed to hard-liners in Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Likud  on Friday to drop their opposition to forging a unity coalition  seen as vital to keeping Israel's Gaza withdrawal on track.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  Friday invited the opposition Labor Party to begin talks to  form a unity government, a move that would avoid early  elections and pave the way for a withdrawal from Gaza.
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JERUSALEM  - Israel inched closer to a new coalition government that will enforce next year&#39;s planned pullout from the Gaza Strip, where nine Palestinians were killed in an upsurge of violence.
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Coalition negotiating teams of the Likud and Labor Parties agreed today that Peres will become Israel&#39;s first-ever &quot;Associate Prime Minister&quot; and the senior minister in the government after the Prime Minister.
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Hamasâs move is part of a deal to form a Palestinian unity government that will also include the Fatah faction.
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Israel's opposition Labour party is likely to join Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's coalition next week, a move that could promote his Gaza pullout plan and avoid early elections, Sharon's spokesman said on Friday.
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Israel's opposition Labour party has  clinched a deal with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Likud party  to join his coalition, a move that could push forward his Gaza  pullout plan, Israeli media reported on Friday.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's  Likud party and opposition Labour were working to iron out last  minute hitches to forging a unity coalition crucial to carrying  out Sharon's Gaza pullout plan.
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Israel's Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is to name opposition leader Shimon Peres as his deputy in a coalition deal.
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A hawkish faction in Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's coalition pulled out of the government on Wednesday, weakening him at a time when he needs broad support to reach a peace deal with the Palestinians by the end of the year
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The formation of Ariel Sharon&#39;s new &quot;unity&quot; coalition with the opposition Labour Party was threatened with delay last night after an unexpected hitch.
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Jerusalem -- Israel inched closer yesterday to a new coalition government that would enforce next year&#39;s planned pullout from the Gaza Strip, where five Palestinians died in an upsurge of violence.
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JERUSALEM  - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s Likud party and the opposition Labour agreed to form a national unity government, while at least eight Palestinians were killed during an Israeli army incursion in southern Gaza.
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The Israeli prime minister's Likud Party  reaches a deal with the opposition Labour Party to form a coalition.
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The two main political parties in Israel have hit a stumbling block in negotiations on forming a government of national unity. A deal was expected to be finalised yesterday between Ariel Sharon&#39;s Likud party and the opposition Labour party.