The government, as presently formulated, does not include three important members of the nationalist camp: the National Religious Party, David Levy\'s Gesher, and the newly-right wing Center Party. The Center Party, which originally numbered six MKs, split down the middle between right and left, now numbers 5 MKs - all former members of right-wing parties; of the three left-wing members, two have resigned from the Knesset, and one - Dalia Rabin-Pelossof - has become a one-MK faction named the New Way.
Ha\'aretz quotes anonymous Likud members who predict that leaving out the NRP and others marked \"the beginning of the end of the Sharon government.\" The sources said, \"It won\'t take long for problems to appear between Sharon and Peres, and in a matter of months Labor could pull out of the government. Who is Sharon going to turn to then? To the NRP, Center and Gesher. But after what he has done, they\'ll be in no mood.\"
Ha\'aretz quotes anonymous Likud members who predict that leaving out the NRP and others marked \"the beginning of the end of the Sharon government.\" The sources said, \"It won\'t take long for problems to appear between Sharon and Peres, and in a matter of months Labor could pull out of the government. Who is Sharon going to turn to then? To the NRP, Center and Gesher. But after what he has done, they\'ll be in no mood.\"