Benjamin Netanyahu’s lead over Ariel Sharon for the head of the Likud Party shrunk. A Ha’aretz survey of Likud voters published Tuesday showed that Netanyahu, who quit as finance minister to protest Israel’s withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, now enjoys 44 percent support to the prime minister’s 33 percent.
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