Well duh. That was my point exactly in the 08:25 PM post, fer chrissake.

Likud is an extremist, pro-settlement right wing party and it's leaders for the better part of 2 decades have been Sharon and Netanyahu, peace wreckers both.

For the life of me, I will never understand why people delude themselves about history, just because the current official establishments of Europe, the US and Israel says Sharon is a admirable, security and peace loving "centrist" beloved by the Israeli people (and our studies prove our polling is accurate).