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Introduction
Following is the Likud party list for the Knesset elections of March 28, 2006. This list is being published as a matter of public reference. Lists of candidates of other parties will be fielded when they are published. Commentary is by IMRA News service, modified by ZIIC.
Ami Isseroff
January 13, 2006
1) Likud Chairman Binyamin Netanyahu - Supported Disengagement until the week before
implementation, when he left the government in protest.
2) Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom - Supported Disengagement from beginning to end, though came out against the
abandonment of the Philadelphi Corridor between Gaza and Egypt.
3) MK Moshe Kahlon - One of the less outspoken Likud 'loyalists,' though he voted consistently against disengagement and
is a close associate of MK Dr. Uzi Landau.
4) MK Gilad Erdan - Opposed the Disengagement.
5) MK Gideon Sa'ar - Likud's coalition whip, who maintained good relations with both camps in the Likud, was
outspoken in favor of a referendum on disengagement, and mainly voted against it.
6) MK Michael Eitan - Supported the Disengagement, but also fought on behalf of residents' and activists' legal rights
in Knesset Legal Committee.
7) Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin - Opposed the Disengagement.
8) Health Minister Dan Naveh - Supported the Disengagement.
9) MK Yuval Shteinitz - Supported the Disengagement, but opposed the abandonment of Philadelphi Corridor.
10) Minister Limor Livnat (received enough votes for the 11th slot, but was bumped up because the 10th slot is reserved
for a woman) - Supported the Disengagement.
11) Natan Sharansky - Resigned from government prior to implementation of Disengagement, but declined to join the
pitched struggle against its implementation.
12) Minister Yisrael Katz - Opposed the Disengagement.
13) MK Chaim Katz - Opposed the Disengagement.
14) MK Uzi Landau - Considered the head of the Likud "loyalists", resigned the government long ago in protest of the
Disengagement. He backed out of the primaries for head of the party and backed Netanyahu.
15) MK Yuli Edelstein - Opposed the Disengagement.
16) MK Daniel Benlulu - Opposed the Disengagement.
17) MK Leah Ness - Opposed the Disengagement.
18) MK Naomi Blumental - Opposed the Disengagement (accused of primary election irregularities by Israeli police --ZIIC)
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