Netanyahu, at a press conference at which he announced his candidacy for head of the Likud party, said that he would carry out a referendum before making any territorial concessions as prime minister.He said the Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who currently heads the party and who is expected to be running opposite Netanyahu, “has abandoned the principles of the party.”
While making his speech, a protester shouted, “You returned Hebron, what about the Golan Heights?” The man was evicted from the press conference.