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(9 Feb 2003) ** Voiced by Vera Frankl **


00:00 Wide shot Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and President Moshe Katsav enter room
00:10 Close-up of Sharon
00:13 Pull out from Sharon and Katsav to wide
00:20 Sharon and Katsav shake hands
00:34 Cutaway of official
00:36 SOUNDBITE: (Hebrew) Ariel Sharon, Israeli Prime Minister
00:48 Cutaway cameramen
00:51 Wide shot of Sharon and Katsav shaking hands and walking away
01:04 Ends

STORYLINE:

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon accepted the task of forming a new government on Sunday, and called on his defeated dovish rivals to join him in a broad-based government.

But since being crushed by Sharon's Likud in last month's vote, leaders of the opposition Labor Party have shunned his overtures.

They insist the retired general had no plan for restarting peace talks and that they wouldn't provide cover for his crackdown on the Palestinians.

But the unity idea is extremely popular in Israel, where polls show a solid majority does not want Sharon to establish a coalition with his natural allies - nationalist and Orthodox Jewish parties opposed to Palestinian statehood and territorial concessions.

VOICE-OVER:

00:02 Prime Minister Ariel Sharon faced the nation, accepting the task of forming a new government from Israeli President Moshe Katsav.

This was only a formality after Sharon's Likud party came out top in recent elections.

Sharon has 42 days to negotiate a future coalition.

The shape of his new team could directly affect the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Hawkish parties want to rule out creation of a Palestinian state, others want peace negotiations now.

In his acceptance speech Sharon called for national unity and a broad-based government to face the crisis of Mideast violence.

00:37 SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Ariel Sharon, Israeli Prime Minister:

00:40 The Prime Minister said the new government will have to expel terrorists and at the same time work towards a peace agreement.

00:49 He also talked tough:

He said he would only deal with an alternative Palestinian leadership and not with Yasser Arafat.

Sharon has long said he cannot do business with the Palestinian leader.

01:04 Ends

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