<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - U-Erdan wakhethwa okokuqala ukuba abe yilungu leKnesset le-16 okhethweni lwango-2003. Ngesikhathi sakhe sokuqala eKnesset, u-Erdan wayengomunye wabaphikisi abaqine kakhulu becebo lokuhoxiswa kweGaza Strip  <response>: eholwa uNdunankulu u-Ariel Sharon weLikud. NgoNovemba 2005, ebhekene nokuphikiswa okunzima kwecebo lakhe, uSharon washiya iLikud namanye ama-MK amaningi, futhi wasungula iqembu elisha, iKadima. U-Erdan wahlala eLikud futhi ngemuva kokuwina indawo yesine kuma-primaries ephathi, wagcina isihlalo sakhe ku-17th Knesset okhethweni lwango-2006 yize iLikud yawa isuka ezihlalweni ezingama-40 yaya kweziyi-12 eKnesset. U-Erdan waphinde wakhethwa ukuba abe yilungu le-18th Knesset ngo-2009. 