| Title: | Israel: World Investment Service |
| Price: | $575.00 |
| Publication Date: | May 17, 2008 |
| Source: | World Investment Data and Forecast |
| Brief Excerpt: | ...After emerging as the strongest party in the Knesset (parliament) in the #### generalelection, the right-wing Likud party, led by the then prime minister, Ariel Sharon, formed acoalition government. However, his policy of withdrawing unilaterally from the Gaza Strip and some small parts of the northern West Bank exposed deep rifts within Likud and eventuallyforced the collapse of the ruling coalition. Mr Sharon then split from Likud and formed a newparty, Kadima (Forward). However, before he could contest a hastily called election in March####, he suffered a series of strokes in January ####, which ended his political career. Thedeputy leader of Kadima and Israeli deputy prime minister, Ehud Olmert, subsequentlybecame leader of the party (and prime minister), and although Kadima emerged as the single largest party in parliament, with ## of the ### in the Knesset, this was not nearly sufficient to govern alone. By May Mr Olmert had managed to assemble a four-party coalition, which was formally... |
| Word Count: | 22310 |
| Length: | 48 Pages |
| Country: | Israel |
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