1.   Leaders of all three coalition factions then joined Sharon and other opposition figures outside Parliament in a rally with protesters from the Golan Heights.

2.   A senior opposition figure, Labor Party legislator Eli Goldschmidt, met with the leaders of coalition factions to discuss the possibility of early elections.

3.   Chiefs of a coalition rebel faction were unable to agree on a nominee to a transitional council that is supposed to govern the country during disarmament and elections.

4.   Straw polls of the coalition factions in parliament early Friday indicated Schroeder likely would win.

5.   The UDF is currently considering a more centralised party structure to replace its current loose grouping of splinter coalition factions.