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/ 2 September 2004
Israel threatened to launch a military attack against Syria on Thursday, accusing Damascus of being directly implicated in a double Hamas suicide attack. As Israel’s top diplomats pressed their case that Damascus should pay the price for sheltering Hamas leaders, Deputy Defence Minister Zeev Boim hinted a strike on Syrian targets could be imminent.
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon appeared determined on Thursday to plough on with his Gaza pull-out plan after his party shot down his ambition to bring the opposition Labour party into a new coalition. ”The prime minister will pursue the application of his plan with the same timetable,” a senior official said.
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was tinkering with his "disengagement" plan on Tuesday to scale down the evacuation of Jewish settlements after his ruling Likud party rejected his original, United States-backed proposal. The watered-down plan could be proposed by Sharon in an effort to win the approval of the government and Parliament.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon renewed his threats against Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat on Monday, risking more international criticism, as security forces went on high alert for Passover. Sharon was slapped down last week by his allies in Washington after giving an interview in which he warned that Arafat is a ”marked man”.
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was to meet three top United States envoys on Wednesday in a bid to pin down Washington’s support for his Gaza pull-out plan after warning that ”dangerous initiatives” could be forced on Israel unless the deadlock in the peace process is broken.