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| By: israelinsider staff |
| Published: January 24, 2007 |
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Likud MK Yisrael Katz revealed Tuesday that 12 of Kadima's MKs signed a petition of 61 MKs he drafted opposing any future withdrawal from the Golan Heights. This move signals the growing disorder within Olmert's party. Only 10 of Kadima's 29 MKs are needed to break off into a separate faction.
Many of the MKs who signed the petition are considered people who might join other parties in the future, but the list also included some MKs who are considered the most loyal to the Prime Minister. Some of the Knesset Members included were faction chairman Avigdor Yitzhaki, Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee head Tzahi Hanegbi, Shai Hermesh, Yoel Hasson, and Otniel Schneller.
"Almost everyone from Kadima who signed has a Likud orientation," Yisrael Katz said to The Jerusalem Post. "If one third of Kadima leaves, we will consider the situation in the Likud." Katz added that the fact that some Kadima members rejected the petition because they did not want to be considered "rebellious" was a serious sign Kadima could crumble in the near future. He said, the MKs signatures "say a lot about Kadima, a party without a leadership or a direction." |
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