Israel Prime Minister Ariel Sharon remains unconscious, but three ministers – Agriculture Minister Yisrael Katz, Education Minister Limor Livnat and Health Minister Danny Naveh have resigned from the Israeli Government on the orders of the leader of right-wing Likud party Benjamin Netanyahu.
However, they defied their leader by delaying overnight while fourth minister, who is Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom agreed to resign from the government after initially refusing to quit until Sunday.
Netanyahu had argued that they should no longer serve in a Government dominated by Kadima, the party formed last November when Sharon quit Likud last week.
The resignations, however will have no effect on the viability of Israel’s caretaker government, headed by interim Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, but added to a sense of politics as usual before the March 28 general election, where Sharon was widely expected to win the general election but his anticipated departure from the political scene has turned attention to other key figures.
Nevertheless, the more important question to ask is, how will the "possible departure" of Sharon is going to affect the pro-longed Middle-East peace proces since the early 1990s?
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