Original sentence: Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and three other cabinet ministers from Sharon's ruling Likud government threatened to resign unless Sharon agreed to hold a national referendum on the plan within 14 days.The bill was introduced by a group of Likud MKs who wanted to force a referendum on the pullout
Edited sentence: (As of August that plan had been accepted by the cabinet in principle), but his party has consistently rejected such moves.Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and three other cabinet ministers from Sharon's ruling Likud government threatened to resign unless Mr.Sharon agreed to hold a national referendum on the plan within 14 days.The bill was introduced by a group of loyalist Likud MKs, who want to force a referendum on the pullout