Capping a month of political upheaval in Israel , Shimon Peres announced Wednesday that after more than four decades of membership he was leaving the Labor Party and would back Prime Minister Ariel Sharon 's new centrist party in parliamentary elections in March .
Shimon Peres
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Ariel Sharon
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LOCATION
Israel
PERSON
Shimon Peres
ORGANIZATION
Labor Party
PERSON
Ariel Sharon