An aide to Ariel Sharon hinted that the Israeli prime minister could leave the Likud Party. Eyal Arad said Wednesday that if Sharon loses a Likud primary to his main rival Benjamin Netanyahu, it will signal a fatal schism in the party over the recent Gaza Strip withdrawal.
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