Israeli cabinet rejects withdrawal delay
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-07-03 20:20

Israel's Cabinet on Sunday rejected a proposal to delay the planned withdrawal from the Gaza Strip by six months.

Ministers voted 18-3 to turn down the proposed delay. The pullback will start, as planned, in mid-August. Israeli Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu voted in favor of a delay, challenging Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. Netanyahu and Sharon, both from the Likud Party, are bitter political rivals.

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, center, Vice Premier Ehud Olmert and Cabinet Secretary Israel Maimon, right, attend the weekly cabinet meeting at his Jerusalem office, Sunday, July 3, 2005. [AP]

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