Trying A Tougher Tone: Sharon landslide kills Oslo, mars 'unity' chance, leaves Labor in disarray

Jewish Week, The, February, 2001 by Ain, Stewart

Ain, Stewart The Jewish Week 02-09-2001 Trying A Tougher Tone: Sharon landslide kills Oslo, mars `unity' chance, leaves Labor in disarray. STEWART AIN STAFF WRITER Although he was swept into office Tuesday with an unprecedented 25 percent margin of victory, Likud Party leader Ariel Sharon quickly found his dream of a unity government imperiled by the equally stunning resignation of the man he ousted, Prime Minister Ehud Barak, as leader of the Labor Party. With the Labor Party in disarray, Sharon's campaign chairman, Silvan Shalom, said Sharon might be forced to form a narrow coalition government of right-wing religious parties to ensure passage of the country's budget. The failure to adopt a budget by March 31 would automatically trigger new elections for...

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