Ariel Sharon To Form New Party, Dissolves Parliament

Israeli Prime Minister has left his party, feeling it was too hard-line (such as their opposition to the Gaza pullout), and is forming his own party. He has also asked Parliament be dissolved. A bold move, for sure. A good one? Well let's certainly hope so. That region could use all the good news it can get.

Sharon Asks for Parliament's Dissolution

In a bold gamble, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon asked Israel's president Monday to dissolve parliament, pushing for a quick March election just hours after deciding to leave his hard-line Likud Party and to form a new centrist party.

Sharon's decision to leave Likud sent shock waves through Israel, redrawing the political map, finalizing his transformation from hard-liner to moderate and boosting prospects of progress in peacemaking with the Palestinians...