Haaretz (Sunday): Sharon disappointed with results of vote

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From Haaretz (Tel Aviv)
Dated Sunday May 2 21:06 GMT (2:06 pm PDT)

PM disappointed with results of vote, but will accept them
By Mazal Mualem, Gideon Alon and Aluf Benn, Haaretz Correspondents, and Agencies

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in an initial response to the resounding defeat of his disengagement plan in a Likud Party referendum on Sunday said he was disappointed with the results, but would respect them.
"I know that much of the Israeli public supports my plan. I know that they feel, as I do, disappointment with the results of the referendum. We have difficult days before us where difficult decisions need to be made," he said in a statement.
Sharon said he would not resign, but would consult the Likud ministers, the Knessest faction and his coalition partners to decide what steps to take.
Sharon is expected to respond publicly to the final results of the poll on Monday afternoon in a meeting of the Likud faction in the Knesset.

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From the BBC Online
Dated Sunday May 2 21:06 GMT (2:06 pm PDT)

Israel thrown into political crisis

The rejection by Israel's governing party of the prime minister's plan to withdraw from Gaza leaves Israel in turmoil, writes the BBC's David Chazan in Tel Aviv.
Israeli media are already calling the Likud party ballot one of the most humiliating political defeats of Ariel Sharon's career.
But the combative prime minister has indicated that he intends to live up to his nickname, the Bulldozer, and try to push the Gaza withdrawal plan through anyway.
He may still submit the plan to his cabinet and to parliament, where it is likely to be ratified.

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