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Article: Forward ... or back? before the massive stroke that ended his political career, Ariel Sharon abandoned Likud to form the Kadima (Forward) party, which looked set to make a significant impact at the upcoming March elections. However, with the demise of the old warhorse Sharon, whether the new centrist party can go forward, or not, remains uncertain.(CURRENT AFFAIRS)
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- The Middle East
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- February 1, 2006
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ARIEL SHARON HAS LAID DOWN THE REINS OF power. Bidding farewell to the warrior-come-statesman who led Israel for the past five years, longer than any other prime minister in recent times, marks the end of a chapter in Israel's volatile history.
Sharon's departure from politics will further complicate a political map, redrawn twice in the past few months by two political coups, on the left and right. First, when a Safardi trade unionist, Amir Peretz ended the Ashkenazi dominance of the Labour party by beating respected elder statesman Shimon Peres to the leadership. Secondly, when Sharon himself abandoned Likud the party he helped to create three decades before to ...