Prime Minister Ariel Sharon decides on November…
November 2002 CE
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon decides on November 5 to hold new elections within ninety days, after an attempt to set up an alternative coalition with the far right fails.
Two weeks later, Haifa Mayor Amram Mitzna wins the Labor leadership primary and defeats Ben-Eliezer and Haim Ramon, chairman of the Knesset's foreign affairs and defense committee.
On November 28, Sharon easily staves off a challenge from former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the Likud leadership.
A general election is scheduled for January 2003.
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