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Israel's ruling party holds national primary
By ARON HELLER,Associated Press Writer AP - Friday, December 19
JERUSALEM - A new poll shows Israel's ruling Kadima party narrowing the gap with rival Likud as it held a primary election to choose its slate of candidates for Feb. 10 elections.
Results released Thursday had the centrist Kadima splitting its slots between hardline and moderate candidates, with a slight advantage for its hawkish wing.
Leading the list is Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, a pro-peace candidate who will face off against hardline former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the February vote.
In recent weeks, Netanyahu has surged ahead in the polls. However, a Maagar Mohot survey published Wednesday showed a Livni-led Kadima garnering 25 seats in the 120-seat parliament compared to 29 for Likud, which had been getting 35 seats or more in previous polls. Kadima currently has 29 seats in the Knesset, or parliament.
The poll forecast the once-dominant Labor, headed by Defense Minister Ehud Barak, winning just 10 seats and becoming just the fifth largest party in parliament. The poll surveyed 506 people and had a margin of error of 4.5 percentage points.
At stake is the future of peace talks with the moderate Palestinian leadership in charge of the West Bank. Livni has been leading the negotiations for the past year. Netanyahu has sent mixed signals over whether he would pursue the U.S.-backed talks.
Thursday's election results showed parliament speaker Dalia Itzik topping the Kadima list after Livni and Transport Minister Shaul Mofaz, who had been promised the second slot.
Around 80,000 members were eligible to vote for 85 candidates vying for a place on the Kadima list.
Wednesday's vote was the final primary election among major Israeli political parties.
Kadima was founded by former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in 2005, after he bolted the hardline Likud to create a centrist alternative that could carry out the withdrawals needed to make room for a Palestinian state.
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert took over a few months later, after Sharon suffered a massive stroke and was left incapacitated.
February's national elections are coming 18 months ahead of schedule after Olmert announced he would step down to battle corruption charges.
Despite the better showing for Kadima, the Maagar Mohot poll indicated Netanyahu would still be able to form a ruling coalition because of a strong showing by other hawkish parties. A victory for Likud would mark a stunning rebound for a party that looked to be on the verge of irrelevance after the 2006 elections.
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