The popular mayor of Tel Aviv announced that he would run against Benjamin Netanyahu for the post of Israeli premier in 2000. Roni Milo said he would quit the Likud Party and run as part of a new centrist party in order to provide what he called more moderate views on the peace process and to reduce the influence of religious extremists.
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