and Mofaz. Sharon's new Kadima
Party also faces a challenge from
the left, from Labor Party leader
Amir Peretz. A former trade union
chief with little experience in
making war or peace, Peretz was
quick to call for an "all-out crack ,
down on terror." But he also has
appealed to Israeli doves by vow-
ing that, if he's elected prime min-
ister, he'll withdraw from. large
areas of the West Bank.
Sharon has a strong lead in
popularity polls, thanks in large
part to his alliance with veteran
diplomat Shimon Peres, who left
Labor last week after losing a
leadership primary to Peretz.
When he was Labor chairman,
Peres helped Sharon push through
the Israeli withdrawal from the
Gaza Strip this summer, a move
intended to kick-start moribund
peace efforts with the
Palestinians.
• But there have been two suicide
bombings since the pullout, as
well as salvoes of rocket fire from
Gaza at Israeli border towns.
On Dec. 3, two rockets struck
Shuva, a moshav five miles from
the Gaza boundary that had not
been hit until now. Mofaz ordered
a resumption of air strikes aimed
at killing Palestinian terrorists
involved in producing and
launching rockets. LJ

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