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Sharon-Netanyahu party showdown too close to call

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and rival Benjamin Netanyahu are neck-and-neck in a Likud party ballot next week that could redefine Israeli politics after the withdrawal from Gaza, a poll showed on Thursday. The Likud executive, which opposed the pullout for defying the party’s traditional rightist ideology, votes on Monday on Netanyahu’s motion to advance a leadership primary to November in an extraordinary move to oust a popular serving premier. Full Story