The Teflon Is Wearing Off
Sharon’s attempts to defend himself didn’t help: a Supreme Court judge ordered Sharon’s live nationally televised press conference to be pulled off the air, citing a violation of the broadcasting law forbidding the airing of “election propaganda” within a month of the country’s Jan. 28 national election. Sharon’s Likud party–itself besieged by accusations of party corruption–is suddenly fading fast. The latest polls show Likud taking 27 seats in the 120-member parliament, down from a projected 40 just two months ago....