Likud Shakeup
It looks like there's dissension in the ranks.
It'll be interesting to see how this goes. This no doubt has a lot to do with the Gaza pullout, which Netanyahu opposed fervently. A majority of the Israeli people backed the pullout, though it wasn't an overwhelming majority. I'll do my best to keep abreast of this situation.
JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Benjamin Netanyahu, the former Israeli finance minister who left the government in protest of the disengagement plan, says he will challenge Prime Minister Ariel Sharon for the Likud party leadership.
Netanyahu -- who made his announcement Tuesday during a nationally televised Tel Aviv news conference -- lashed out at Sharon, saying he has spurned the principles of Likud.
"The Likud today needs a leader who can unify the ranks, rehabilitate the ruins, and lead the Likud to victory, and who will then lead the state in the spirit of our principles," he said.
Netanyahu, 55, said he believes he is up to the task.
"Therefore, I today announce my candidacy for the leadership of the Likud, and for the premiership."
It'll be interesting to see how this goes. This no doubt has a lot to do with the Gaza pullout, which Netanyahu opposed fervently. A majority of the Israeli people backed the pullout, though it wasn't an overwhelming majority. I'll do my best to keep abreast of this situation.
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