KADIMA, the centrist party led by Tzipi Livni, appears to have won the first battle of the Israeli election, over Likud, led by Binyamin Netanyahu.

在以色列大选的首轮回合中，齐皮•利夫尼（Tzipi Livni）领导的中间党派前进党（KADIMA）似乎打败了本雅明•内塔尼亚胡（Binyamin Netanyahu）领导的利库德集团（Likud）。

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With security as a major concern in the elections, polls have hardliner Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud party in the lead.

进行这次选举的主要忧虑是安全问题，民意调查显示强硬派候选人内塔尼亚胡及其利库德党居领先地位。

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At the weekly Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem,right-wing ministers condemned the army plan, including Silvan Shalom of Mr.Netanyahu's Likud party.

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A former Israeli ambassador to Washington and member of the ruling Likud party, Zalman Shoval, says the United States and Israel are patching up their differences.

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Mr Netanyahu, though sagging in the polls, still retains a tight hold on the Likud party machine.

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He became Israel's first Iranian-born president and the first from the Likud party.

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