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Wednesday, 29 January, 2003, 12:22 GMT
In pictures: Sharon's triumph
Ariel Sharon's victory and the Labour Party's defeat were largely a foregone conclusion, but the results of the Israeli election still kept audiences glued to their screens from the West Bank to New York City.
![]() For Palestinians, the familiar face of arch-enemy Ariel Sharon is set to be a regular feature on their TV screens again.
![]() With war looming in the Middle East again, Jewish communities across the world followed the election anxiously.
![]() The grins on the faces of Ariel Sharon and his hardline Likud allies said it all.
![]() No less happy was Tommy Lapid of the secular party Shinui after it more than doubled its seats in the Knesset.
![]() Shinhui appears to have edged out the ultra-Orthodox Shas party as Israel's parliamentary king-maker.
![]() For Amram Mitzna of the opposition Labour Party it was no longer possible to shrug off poor ratings in the opinion polls.
![]() Labour's hard-fought campaign on a peace platform had failed and the defeat was bitter for many.
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