<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Israeli Likud Party: News &amp; Videos about Israeli Likud Party - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Israeli_Likud_Party</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Israeli Likud Party from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:33:28 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Israeli Likud Party: News &amp; Videos about Israeli Likud Party - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Israeli_Likud_Party</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Israeli Likud Party from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Olmert Faces Probe of Apt. Deal</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1664996,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1664996,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>A real estate scandal puts Israel's Prime Minister in the legal cross hairs again, but his political rivals may not take advantage of it
</description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 22:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hospital: Sharon taken to intensive care</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/26/sharon/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/26/sharon/index.html</guid><description>Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was transferred to the intensive care unit of Sheba Hospital in Tel Aviv Wednesday, a hospital spokeswoman said.</description><pubDate>Wed, 26 Jul 2006 11:38:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hospital: Sharon's condition worsens </title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/23/sharon/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/23/sharon/index.html</guid><description>Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has taken a turn for the worse in recent days, a hospital spokesman said Sunday.</description><pubDate>Sun, 23 Jul 2006 17:13:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Israeli stocks down after election</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/03/29/news/international/markets_israel.dj/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/03/29/news/international/markets_israel.dj/index.htm</guid><description>Israeli stocks traded lower on Wednesday after the centrist Kadima Party won the most seats in Israel's parliament, but captured fewer seats than markets had expected.</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Mar 2006 11:11:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Olmert vows to seek compromise with Palestinians</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/29/israel.election/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/29/israel.election/index.html</guid><description>Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is promising to work toward a compromise with the Palestinians after his Kadima party led parliamentary elections, but he warned: "We will not wait forever."</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Mar 2006 06:59:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Israeli media: Kadima wins at polls</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/28/israel.election/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/28/israel.election/index.html</guid><description>Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's 4-month-old centrist Kadima party took the largest share of parliamentary seats in elections Tuesday, according to Israeli media.</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Mar 2006 08:20:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Comatose Sharon has stomach drained</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/22/sharon.procedure/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/22/sharon.procedure/index.html</guid><description>Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon underwent a procedure Wednesday to remove excess liquid from his stomach, a hospital spokeswoman said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2006 01:08:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Raz: Who will crack first, Israel or Hamas?</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/21/otsc.raz/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/21/otsc.raz/index.html</guid><description>New faces are being put on old problems -- creating new tension but perhaps also options -- for Israel and the Palestinians, says Guy Raz, CNN's Jerusalem correspondent.</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2006 18:08:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Sharon undergoes brain scan</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/12/sharon.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/12/sharon.main/index.html</guid><description>Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon underwent a brain scan Thursday that revealed he no longer needs a tube to drain excess blood from his brain, his doctors said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2006 07:29:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Likud chief: Time for 4 ministers to quit</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/11/israel.politics/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/11/israel.politics/index.html</guid><description>Four Cabinet ministers from Israel's conservative Likud Party have been told to submit their resignations ahead of elections scheduled for March, party leader Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2006 02:33:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Sharon slightly improved Wednesday</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/11/sharon.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/11/sharon.main/index.html</guid><description>A week after suffering a major stroke, doctors saw "slight improvement" Wednesday in Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's condition, according to a statement released from Hadassah Hospital.</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2006 13:31:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Sharon moves left hand, showing improvement</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/10/sharon.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/10/sharon.main/index.html</guid><description>Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon continued to show improvements as he recovers from a major stroke, moving his left hand, his doctors said Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2006 05:02:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Doctor: Sharon slightly moves right arm, leg</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/09/sharon.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/09/sharon.main/index.html</guid><description>Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, recovering from surgeries after a major stroke, responded to pain stimulus Monday by slightly moving his right arm and leg, Hadassah Hospital officials said.</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2006 05:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Doctors decide to awaken Sharon</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/08/sharon.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/08/sharon.main/index.html</guid><description>Doctors at Jerusalem's Hadassah Hospital have decided to begin trying to bring Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon out of a medically induced coma on Monday.</description><pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2006 05:05:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Doctors consider waking Sharon </title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/07/sharon.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/07/sharon.main/index.html</guid><description>Doctors treating Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon say they will meet Sunday at Hadassah Hospital to discuss plans to reduce anesthesia so he can slowly wake up from a medically induced coma.</description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2006 11:16:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Sharon's stroke prompts questions for 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And that's what happened. Not in the United States. But still the political Play of the Week.</description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2005 23:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Raz: Peres' move could help peace process</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/30/otsc.raz/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/30/otsc.raz/index.html</guid><description>Veteran Israeli politician and former prime minister Shimon Peres has left his Labor Party and offered support to former rival Ariel Sharon. 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Party, Israeli Channel 10 reported Tuesday night.</description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2005 11:38:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>New Israeli party lays out principles</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/28/israel.politics/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/28/israel.politics/index.html</guid><description>The new party created amid political upheaval in Israel will support the creation of a peaceful Palestinian state, giving up some land to ensure Israel's Jewish majority and maintaining all of Jerusalem under Israeli control.</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2005 22:22:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Sharon names new party 'Forward'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/24/sharon.kadima/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/24/sharon.kadima/index.html</guid><description>Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's new political party registered Thursday morning under the name Kadima, Hebrew for "Forward."</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2005 17:52:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Sharon to knock dust off 'road map'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/22/israel.politics/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/22/israel.politics/index.html</guid><description>A well-known hawk appeared to spread dovish wings this week as Prime Minister Ariel Sharon abandoned his Likud Party, saying it is unable to lead the country to its "national goals," a move that triggered early elections here.</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2005 08:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Sharon shakes up Israeli politics</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/21/israel.politics.1520/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/21/israel.politics.1520/index.html</guid><description>Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon,  announced Monday the formation of a new "liberal movement" after resigning from the right-wing Likud Party he helped create, saying it could not achieve Israel's national goals.</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2005 20:20:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Labor pulls out of Sharon government</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/20/israel.politics/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/20/israel.politics/index.html</guid><description>Israel's Labor Party voted Sunday to withdraw from Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's ruling coalition, a move that is expected to force the dissolution of Israel's parliament and leave Sharon poised to leave the right-wing Likud party to form a more moderate political organization.</description><pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2005 18:46:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Sharon's son pleads guilty in fund-raising scandal</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/15/omri.sharon/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/15/omri.sharon/index.html</guid><description>Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's son Omri pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges in connection with a campaign fund-raising scandal, Israel Radio reported.</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2005 09:14:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Sharon fends off Likud challenge</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/09/26/israel.likud/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/09/26/israel.likud/index.html</guid><description>Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon won an internal party procedural vote Monday seen by many political observers as a referendum on his leadership and his decision to pull settlers and troops out of Gaza.</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2005 23:48:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Netanyahu to challenge Sharon leadership</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/30/israel.netanyahu/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/30/israel.netanyahu/index.html</guid><description>Benjamin Netanyahu, the former Israeli finance minister who left the government in protest of the disengagement plan, says he will challenge Prime Minister Ariel Sharon for the Likud party leadership.</description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2005 12:28:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Israeli PM's son indicted on corruption charges</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/28/israel.indictment/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/28/israel.indictment/index.html</guid><description>Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's son Omri has been indicted on corruption charges, according to Israel's Justice Ministry.</description><pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2005 09:14:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Both sides skeptical on Gaza pullout</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/16/gaza.reaction/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/16/gaza.reaction/index.html</guid><description>Former Israeli Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Tuesday bemoaned the impending removal of settlers from Gaza as "good intentions badly played out," while a senior Palestinian legislator expressed skepticism mixed with hopefulness.</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2005 22:30:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Israel's Netanyahu resigns post</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/07/netanyahu/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/07/netanyahu/index.html</guid><description>Israeli Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday resigned from the Cabinet just minutes before it approved the plan to withdraw all troops and settlements from Gaza, political sources said.</description><pubDate>Sun, 07 Aug 2005 13:54:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Parliament backs Sharon's new coalition</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/10/israel.government/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/10/israel.government/index.html</guid><description>A new Israeli governing coalition that favors Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's disengagement plan was narrowly approved Monday by Israel's parliament.</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2005 20:40:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Sharon strikes coalition deal with Labor</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/17/mideast/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/17/mideast/index.html</guid><description>On a day Israeli forces attacked targets in Gaza, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon reached agreement with the Labor Party on a national unity government -- strengthening his plan to disengage from the Palestinians.</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2004 20:34:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Sharon invites Labor to join government</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/10/israel.government/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/10/israel.government/index.html</guid><description>In a move to avert early elections, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Friday invited the Labor Party to join a new coalition government, a Sharon spokesman said.</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2004 08:27:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Sharon party agrees coalition plan</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/09/israel.government/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/09/israel.government/index.html</guid><description>The central committee of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's ruling Likud party has voted to allow Sharon to form a new government that would include the opposition Labor Party.</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2004 15:59:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Israel's Labor chief: Party willing to join Sharon</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/02/israel.government/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/02/israel.government/index.html</guid><description>The head of Israel's opposition Labor Party signaled Thursday that his party is willing to join a unity government with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon because it backs his plan to pull out of Gaza and parts of the West Bank.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2004 12:24:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Palestinians cool to apparent softening by Sharon</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/19/mideast/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/19/mideast/index.html</guid><description>Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon apparently has softened his stance that Palestinians must crack down on militants before he will restart peace talks, but Palestinian leaders on Friday said Sharon should go further and drop all conditions.</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2004 15:54:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Tens of thousands protest Israeli withdrawal plan</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/09/12/mideast/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/09/12/mideast/index.html</guid><description>Tens of thousands of people gathered in downtown Jerusalem on Sunday to protest Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan to withdraw from Gaza and parts of the West Bank by the middle of next year.</description><pubDate>Sun, 12 Sep 2004 21:46:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sharon presents plan for Gaza withdrawal </title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/08/31/sharon.gaza/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/08/31/sharon.gaza/index.html</guid><description>Speaking to members of his Likud party, a determined Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon presented a timetable Tuesday for legislation that would lead to the withdrawal of the country's troops and settlers from Gaza.</description><pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2004 13:41:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sources: Israelis have plans for more housing units</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/08/23/mideast/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/08/23/mideast/index.html</guid><description>Israeli officials, who are already seeking bids to build 1,001 new housing units in the West Bank, have plans for another 450 units, government sources said Monday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2004 17:14:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sharon bid for coalition fails</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/08/18/sharon.israel/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/08/18/sharon.israel/index.html</guid><description>Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Likud Party has rejected his request to form a new ruling coalition with the rival Labor Party to back his plan to withdraw unilaterally from Gaza and most of the West Bank.</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2004 01:45:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Labor to join talks on forming new Israeli coalition</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/12/israel.politics/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/12/israel.politics/index.html</guid><description>Israeli Labor Party chief Shimon Peres said Monday that his party will enter talks to form a national unity government with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, an alliance that would carry out Sharon's plan to withdraw from Gaza and parts of the West Bank.</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2004 09:37:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cabinet approves Israeli pullout in principle</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/06/mideast/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/06/mideast/index.html</guid><description>Israel's Cabinet voted 14-7 to approve in principle a withdrawal from Gaza and four isolated settlements in the West Bank, Israeli Cabinet ministers said Sunday.</description><pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2004 12:24:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sharon proposes revised withdrawal plan</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/23/israel.sharon/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/23/israel.sharon/index.html</guid><description>Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will ask his government to approve a new plan for an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and parts of the West Bank, he announced Sunday.</description><pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2004 20:46:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sharon cancels U.S. visit to work on withdrawal plan</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/09/sharon/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/09/sharon/index.html</guid><description>Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon canceled a trip to Washington to allow him to rework his plan to pull Jewish settlements out of Gaza and parts of the West Bank, his office said Sunday.</description><pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2004 12:57:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sharon tries to regroup after plan's defeat</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/03/sharon.referendum/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/03/sharon.referendum/index.html</guid><description>A day after his own party voted down his disengagement plan in a nonbinding referendum, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Monday that he will consult with his Cabinet, his party and other parties on how to proceed.</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2004 04:24:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sharon attempts to regroup after defeat</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/02/sharon.referendum/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/02/sharon.referendum/index.html</guid><description>Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon -- a day after his own party voted down his disengagement plan in a non-binding referendum -- said Monday he will consult with his Cabinet, his party and other parties on how to proceed.</description><pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2004 06:27:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sharon faces key party test</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/01/sharon.referendum/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/01/sharon.referendum/index.html</guid><description>Members of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's right-wing Likud party have begun voting on his plan to withdraw Israeli troops and settlers from Gaza and parts of the West Bank.</description><pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2004 00:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sharon: Elections likely if disengagement fails</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/30/sharon.referendum/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/30/sharon.referendum/index.html</guid><description>Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Friday that if a referendum on his plan to disengage from the Palestinians fails, Israel probably will face new elections.</description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2004 20:04:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Big win for Israel's Sharon</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/04/16/sharon/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/04/16/sharon/index.html</guid><description>This week, the White House press corps tried to get President Bush to admit he had made mistakes. They failed. Bush said he couldn't come up with one.</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2004 19:54:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush apparently shifts Mideast policy</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/04/14/bush.sharon/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/04/14/bush.sharon/index.html</guid><description>"I've been proud to call the prime minister my friend," President Bush said as he offered visiting Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon what appears to be a major shift in long-standing U.S. policy on two of the most sensitive issues in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2004 20:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sharon calls for party's vote on disengagement</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/30/mideast/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/30/mideast/index.html</guid><description>JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon proposed that his Likud party hold a referendum on his plan to disengage from the Palestinians, which includes removing almost all of the Israeli settlements in Gaza, party sources said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2004 13:56:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Report: Prosecutors recommend charging Sharon</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/27/israel.sharon/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/27/israel.sharon/index.html</guid><description>An Israeli television network reported Saturday that prosecutors have decided to recommend indicting Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon over a bribery scandal involving a real estate developer.</description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2004 18:27:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Sharon says he won't resign amid bribery scandal</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/22/israel.bribery/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/22/israel.bribery/index.html</guid><description>Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is flatly rejecting calls for him to resign after an announcement by prosecutors that they have indicted an Israeli businessman whom they accuse of bribing Sharon.</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2004 08:07:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Sharon may face legal challenge</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/21/israel.bribery/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/21/israel.bribery/index.html</guid><description>Prosecutors will decide "within weeks or months" whether to indict Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in a scandal involving alleged bribes from an Israeli businessman in the late '90s, Israeli Justice Ministry sources said Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2004 15:47:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>