Yosef “Tommy” Lapid resigned from his Shinui Party. Lapid, a Holocaust survivor whose party rode a wave of anti-religious sentiment to become the Knesset’s third-largest faction after the 2003 election, said Wednesday that voter support was at a low. He blamed Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s formation of the centrist Kadima Party last year, which drew many Shinui supporters.
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