Olmert's centrist party drops in polls

The centrist Kadima Party dropped in opinion polls today, a day before Israel’s elections, a sign acting that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert might have difficulty forming a coalition that will back his plan to withdraw from parts of the West Bank and draw Israel’s final borders by 2010.

Kadima still holds a strong lead over the left-centre Labour Party and the hawkish Likud Party.