Prime Minister Ariel Sharon sent a letter to Chairman of the Likud Central Committee Tzachi Hangebi on Monday afternoon informing him that he was quitting the party.More about:Likudfunction initServerVars() {_headup.clientHost = 'http://newstopics.jpost.com';_headup.termsFromServer = 'Likud';_headup.annotatedTerms = 0;_headup.widgetMode = 'snippet';_headup.snippetButtonStyle = 'banner';_headup.blackListedUrl = false;}