Ariel Sharon still enjoys majority support in Israel’s ruling Likud Party, despite infighting, a poll found. According to a survey published Tuesday in Israel’s daily Ma’ariv, 61 percent of Likud members would vote for the Israeli prime minister if a party primary were held today, while only 25 percent would back his main rival, Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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