Most members of the Likud Party support Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s plan for Israeli disengagement from the Palestinians. Commissioned by Israel Army Radio and released on Thursday, the poll projected that 57.5 percent of the Likud’s 200,000 members would approve the plan in a party referendum May 2.
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