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Article: Crisis over as Livnat, Lieberman withdraw candidacies. Shoval elected World Likud chairman.
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- December 23, 1997
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MICHAL YUDELMAN, Itim contributed to this report.
Jerusalem Post
12-23-1997
The latest crisis in the Likud ended yesterday, when former diplomat Zalman Shoval agreed to serve as World Likud chairman after both Communications Minister Limor Livnat and Avigdor Lieberman withdrew their candidacies.
The compromise to settle on Shoval reduced the tension between the warring factions and enabled the resumption of the World Likud convention, which had erupted in violence and blows the previous day and was declared closed by outgoing chairman Ronni Milo.
Prior to choosing Shoval, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu rejected the proposal to appoint National Infrastructure Minister Ariel Sharon as ...