The Likud Party platform continues to negate a Palestinian state. The party's campaign office says that Prime Minister Sharon, whose position in favor of arrangements leading to a Palestinian state is well known, agreed to leave the platform as is. "Although he feels that there is no alternative other than the establishment of such a state," staffers said, "the matter is not practical now and therefore there is no reason to change the platform."
The Likud has sent out calming messages to the right-wing regarding a more immediate threat as well. Sharon has no intention of forming a government only with Labor and Shinui, said aides close to him today, even if those two parties alone give him a Knesset marjority. "We won't abandon our natural partners," they said.
The Likud has sent out calming messages to the right-wing regarding a more immediate threat as well. Sharon has no intention of forming a government only with Labor and Shinui, said aides close to him today, even if those two parties alone give him a Knesset marjority. "We won't abandon our natural partners," they said.