 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon stormed out of a top-level Likud Party meeting after his microphone was cut off twice before he could address the forum ahead of a crucial vote on his political future. Aides said opponents of the Gaza Strip pullout that Sharon championed and completed two weeks ago sabotaged the sound system, leaving the prime minister standing at the podium stern-faced and unable to be heard above the din at the Likud's Central Committee meeting. The 3000-member group is to vote on Monday on a motion by Sharon's rightist challenger, former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to bring the party's leadership election forward to November.
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