mea culpa!

.....a major split in 2005 saw Likud leader Ariel Sharon leave to form the new Kadima* party.

* 'Kadima's plan was devised by Sharon but Olmert must carry it out
Kadima was founded on the premise that Israel's long-term survival depends on safeguarding its Jewish majority and preventing Palestinian Arabs becoming the majority at any time in the future.'

BBC report 2006