Ariel Sharon’s Cabinet voted down a bill to postpone the Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and northern West Bank. Sunday’s motion to postpone the move by three months, submitted by Agriculture Minister Yisrael Katz, was supported by only two other Cabinet members — Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Health Minister Dan Naveh.
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