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| Feb.1 |
Israel |
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Barak, Sharon square off
| Feb.2 |
Israel |
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Barak aims at undecided voters
| Feb.3 |
West Bank |
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Gunfire during campaign break 3 Palestinians wounded in the West Bank during clashes. Both Barak and Sharon each says he will bring peace
| Feb.4 |
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Barak tries to coax Israeli Arabs Trailing badly before elections, Prime Minister tried to keep Israeli Arabs from sitting out the vote
| Feb.5 |
Israel |
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Palestinians vow to fight Sharon
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Israel |
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Palestinians declared day of rage
| Feb.6 |
Israel |
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Mild turnout at election 43 percent had cast ballotspolls and lower-than-normal turnout apparently favor Sharon
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Sharon wins by landslide Sharon led Barak, 62.6% to 37.2%. Barak will leave politics. Sharon spoke about a new path of security and true peace | |
| Feb.7 |
Israel |
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Sharon looking to unite Israel He needs to attract Labor Party to his cabinet to avoid relying on a government made up of extreme right
| Feb.8 |
Jerusalem |
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Car bomb injures 2 Bomb exploded in a Jewish suburb of western Jerusalem
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Israel |
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No peace talks
| Feb.9 |
Israel |
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Sharon offers Barak top spot
| Feb.10 |
Israel |
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UN launches abuse inquiry
| Feb.11 |
Israel |
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Violence flares An Israeli civilian was killedt and 4 Palestinians were wounded. Barak said Sharon won't be bound by peace offers
| Feb.12 |
Israel |
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Coalition talks amid clashes Sharon is set to meet Barak. Troops shot and killed 2 Palestinians
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Likud, Labor head for agreement
| Feb.13 |
Israel |
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Car hit by helicopter rockets Israeli official defended mission as a defensive act but Palestinians said that the attack was unnecessary
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Tel Aviv |
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Bus attack kill 8 Bus drove into a queue of military and civilians in Tel Aviv | |
| Feb.15 |
Israel |
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To stop cooperation with Arafat Israel's President called for a non-cooperation with Palestinian leader. 8 Israelis killed by a bus driver were laid to rest
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Israel |
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Barak accepts Sharon's offer Prime Minister has conditionally accepted an offer for Labor Party to join a unity government | |
| Feb.17 |
Israel |
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Israel supports attack on Iraq Israel worry about Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction. Palestinians denounce air attacks
| Feb.19 |
Israel |
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Official Inquiry Into Arab Deaths Tribunal was appointed by Barak ordered an investigation into the killing of 13 Israeli Arabs by police in October.
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Israel |
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Israelis to get gas masks Iraqi threats prompt 10,200 people came to the country's 27 gas mask distribution
| Feb.20 |
Israel |
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Labor delays unity Cabinet Labor in-fighting is thwarting efforts by Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon to form a coalition government
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Israel |
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Barak Quits He will not serve in Sharon government, steps down as leader of the Labor Party and resigns from the Knesset | |
| Feb.21 |
Israel |
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Sharon offers Peres defense post Prime Minister-elect has offered Labor Party patriarch the post of defense minister in a unity government
| Feb.23 |
Gaza |
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Palestinian shot dead Another critically wounded in Gaza. Israel splits Gaza in half to limit travel
| Feb.24 |
Israel |
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Powell visits Middle East Powell met with Mubarak, Barak and Russian Foreign Minister Ivanov and is preparing for meetings with Sharon and Arafat
| Feb.26 |
Israel |
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Labor Party in disarray Nomination of Peres as leader postponed
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Israel |
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Labor Party to join Likud coalition Party voted to join with Sharon to form a unity government. Peres to be foreign minister | |
| Feb.28 |
Israel |
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Palestinian girls latest victims Palestinian gunfire wounded a young girl traveling in a car bearing Israeli license plates
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