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18% of Likud Central Committee Votes on Amendments

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“On December 20, Likud chairman Binyamin Netanyahu’s first day on the job, he announced that he was embarking on a quest to rid the party of ‘criminal and negative elements.'”

“Two weeks later, the former mobsters are still in the Likud central committee and neither Feiglin nor any of his allies have been banished from the party.”

“The central committee voted on Sunday to prevent a Likud member who has been convicted of a crime and sentenced to at least three months in jail from running for the Likud’s Knesset slate and party institutions in the future, but the proposal had no immediate impact.” read more

Weekly Commentary: Former Shin Bet Chief Avi Dichter Squanders His Integrity for Shot at Being a Minister?

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“Yes. Shin Bet Chief Avi Dichter knew full well that one has to consider considerably more than a few months of ‘numbers’ in order to get an indication if the retreat policy is panning out.”

“But politician Avi Dichter apparently has more important things to concern himself with than the truth. Things like not offending the man who will decide Dichter’s placement in the Kadima list or what cabinet post Dichter will get if Kadima’s performance at the ballot box comes close to its performance in the recent polls.” read more

Gaza Evacuee on Qassams: I Told You So

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“I warned that the disengagement would blow up in our faces, says Avi Farhan, a former resident of the Ele Sinai settlement in Gaza, which was evacuated last summer.”

“Terrorists have been firing Qassams from the Ele Sinai area toward Ashkelon, and Qassam attacks from Beit Hanun and Beit Lahiya have been targeting Sderot, Farhan’s current home.”

“I call Sharon to be the man that I knew 40 years ago.”

Steinitz: You’re too Absurd for Words! read more

Senior Hamas Operative Crosses Into Gaza Strip

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“Fadel Zahar is the first high-ranking Hamas official known to return to the Gaza Strip since the border crossing was reopened last Friday. His brother, Mahmoud Zahar, is the top leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip.”

“Fadel Zahar was deported from the Gaza Strip in 1991 along with three other top Hamas operatives: Imad Alami, Mustafa Kanu, and Mustafa Liddawi. Since then Zahar has been living in Sudan and Syria, where other Hamas leaders are located.” read more

Vote on Knesset Dispersal Bill to be Held Wed.a>

Interesting political editorial. Will there be Peretz’s sequal in Likud — a Feiglin victory in a Sharon-less Likud? Stay tuned! MB

Lieberman Urges Right to Unite to face Sharon

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“National Union leader Avigdor Lieberman proposed Saturday afternoon that Likud, National Religious Party and the National Union merge into a single right-wing bloc in the upcoming general elections, if Prime Minister Ariel Sharon decides to quit Likud.” read more

Sharon to Decide This Weekend Whether He Will Quit the Likud

Yedioth Ahronoth Poll: 28 Seats to Sharon Party

Aaron Lerner’s Commentary: For Democracy’s Sake – A Breakaway Sharon Party

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“In the coming days Ariel Sharon is expected … to present what are ostensibly his plans for the future.”

“That’s ‘ostensibly’ because when he did this before the last elections and asked for the public’s support he then turned around and did virtually the exact opposite.” read more