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Article: Labor Party resists joining coalition government with Sharon.

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January 14, 2003
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Byline: Joel Greenberg

JERUSALEM _ The Israeli Labor Party announced on Tuesday that it would not join a government headed by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon if he won the elections on Jan. 28, dimming prospects that a stable ruling coalition could be formed after the vote.

"We will not be in a government led by Sharon, period," Amram Mitzna, the Labor leader and its candidate for prime minister, said at party headquarters in Tel Aviv. "It's us or him. Anyone who doesn't vote Labor is voting for Sharon."

The declaration apparently was intended to win over left-wing voters fearful that Labor might join forces with Sharon if he wins, as it did after ...

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