On a long campaign trail
Meanwhile, three perilous months with a lame-duck government
FRENETIC electioneering is Israel's fate for the next three months. An election has been set for January, to be preceded by primaries in the two main parties: Labour on November 19th and Likud soon afterwards. To compound the tumult, Binyamin Netanyahu will be serving as foreign minister under the prime minister he proposes to dislodge, Ariel Sharon.
This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “On a long campaign trail”
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