FOREIGN MINISTER SILVAN SHALOM CAMPAIGNS OUTSIDE A POLLING STATION IN JERUSALEM

Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom campaigns outside a polling station in Jerusalem, December 19, 2005 as voters cast their ballots to choose a successor to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon who left the Likud to start his own Kadima party. Polls show a close race for the party's candidate for prime ministership between former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom. (UPI Photo/Debbie Hill)