Israel’s Likud Party voted against the creation of a Palestinian state. Sunday night’s vote of the party’s Central Committee was seen as a defeat for Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and a victory for former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, widely believed to be positioning himself for a political comeback.
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