Knesset Election 2003: Why Likud Regained Its Political Domination and Labor Continued to Fade Out
Author(s)
Peretz, Don; Kook, Rebecca; Doron, Gideon
Abstract
An analysis of the January 2003 elections for the Israeli Knesset that resulted in a resurgence of the Likud Party and electoral disaster for the Labor Party. The election was held in a climate of confrontation with the Palestinians and also represented a return to the selection of the prime minister from the dominant party, rather than by direct election. Ariel Sharon was trusted by the public to deliver security, and he was in effect unchallenged, as Labor lacked a charismatic leader. As a result, Likud won forty seats in the election and its allies a further 28.
