Final Vote: Knesset Votes to Disperse 84:0
In First of 4 votes, Knesset Okays Dissolution
Line score 84-10 in preliminary vote, as Knesset races to beat Presidential dispersal which would enable Sharon to re-shuffle cabinet. MB
Likud Begins Purging Party Members Loyal to PM Sharon
Likud Wants Restraining Orders Against PM, Cohorts
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“‘The democratic process and reason do not permit the Likud to allow people with interests against the Likud in its proximity. The Likud will protect itself and its identity,’ said Katz.”
Earlier Monday, Sharon convened the first meeting of the National Responsibility party shortly after submitting his formal resignation from the Likud. MB
PM Sharon Quits Likud, Holds First Meeting of New Party
Ezcerpt:
“The meeting, which was closed to the media, was attended by 12 Likud members: Ministers Tzipi Livni, Ehud Olmert, Avraham Hirschon and Gideon Ezra, as well as by Likud MKs Omri Sharon, Marina Solodkin, Roni Bar-On, Ruhama Avraham, Eli Aflalo and Ze’ev Boim.”