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EDITORIAL: The muddlers
Generally speaking, although not as a rule, two distinct types of parties operate in liberal democracies: parties that care about ideas, and parties that care about government.
AMOTZ ASA-EL: Revisionism from within
The Likud party grapples with historic change and ideological schism. It does not take a historian to suspect that the cacophonous jeering with which hundreds of delegates greeted Ariel Sharon at last week's Likud convention heralds a potentially fateful moment in the annals of Israel's ruling party.
GIL HOFFMAN: Party-line interference
At least on paper, times have never been better for the Likud. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon led the party to 40 mandates, formed a coalition that he calls the easiest ever, and polls show that the party would maintain nearly all its power if elections were held today.
GIL HOFFMAN: The Feiglin phenomenon
When Education Minister Limor Livnat warned last week that a gang of right-wing extremists who have infiltrated the Likud, posed a serious danger to the state and its ruling party, she paid Manhigut Yehudit leader Moshe Feiglin the ultimate compliment.
SARAH HONIG: Jabotinsky who?
Betar alumnus Moshe Friedrich recalls visiting Haifa's Likud branch and overhearing a functionary there grumble about "this man Jabotinsky everyone talks about. Who is he? Why doesn't he ever show his face?" Little did the fellow realize that Jabotinsky's image wistfully surveyed the scene from the framed photo on the wall, directly overhead.
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