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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Netanyahu snubs Kadima coalition
2006-03-13
Benjamin Netanyahu, leader of Israel's right-wing Likud party, has ruled out joining Ehud Olmert, the interim prime minister, in a future government. The statement on Sunday has increased speculation that Olmert's centrist Kadima party, expected to win elections on 28 March, would team up with centre-left Labour for a coalition robust enough to leave occupied land despite Jewish ultranationalist opposition.

Netanyahu resigned from the cabinet of Ariel Sharon, the prime minister who remains in a coma in hospital, in protest at the withdrawal from the Gaza Strip last year. Netanyahu called the withdrawal a capitulation to Palestinian violence. Olmert, who assumed prime ministerial powers after Sharon had a stroke on 4 January, has promised similar moves in the West Bank should peace talks remain stalled.
Posted by:Fred

#2  Perhaps horns is not a good word.
Posted by: Perfesser   2006-03-13 12:57  

#1  Hooray!! Hold your ground Ben, We all know the big chair is yours to cull, grab destiny by the horns and usher us into the next phase!!
Posted by: smn   2006-03-13 02:30  

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