New polls show Ariel Sharon widening his lead for the Likud Party leadership. According to the Israeli daily Yediot Achronot, 54 percent of Likud voters would keep the prime minister as Likud leader in the Nov. 28 primary, compared with 38 percent who favor Sharon’s challenger, Foreign Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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