Knesset Inclined to Accommodate [Permit Refugees to Vote] Disengagement Evictees
Nat’l Union Unveils ‘Orange Now’ Election Campaign
Excerpt:
“… The purpose of the campaign will be to focus the political debate on the preservation of the ‘complete land of Israel,’ in opposition to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s possible intentions to carry out additional withdrawals similar to the disengagement from the Gaza Strip.”
Shalom Closing in on Netanyahu
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“Monday’s Likud leadership race could be closer than previously expected, according to polls of Likud members published Tuesday.”
Feiglin is standing at 14% according to a poll commissioned by Netanyahu, a Teleseeker poll shows him at 15.5%, both a Ma’ariv poll and a poll commissioned by Sylvan Shalom show him lower. MB
Peretz Pressed to Topple Sharon
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“Will Sharon be toppled? While Labor Party Chairman Amir Peretz repeatedly denies any intention to agree to a Likud initiative designed to obtain 61 votes in order to set up a temporary government until November, senior Labor members told Ynet two Knesset members with some pull in the party will try to convince Peretz not to rule out the idea.”