The oddest Likud primary ever may be symbolized today by the ballot box set up in Eilat's Neptune Hotel - for the convenience of the vacationing masses of party members.

Why just Eilat? Why not place a ballot box at Ben-Gurion Airport by the duty-free shops? Or by the entrance to a vacation club in Turkey? Not that it matters - Moshe Feiglin has already won.

The man who in Ariel Sharon's days was seen as an outlandish wacko managed to plunge the Likud into a frenzy. Because of him, the ballot boxes will be open until nearly midnight (at first they even considered holding a two-day election). Benjamin Netanyahu, who usually cuts back on interviews as befitting a candidate for prime minister, has been scurrying from one television and radio station to another, giving interviews and pleading with party members: go vote!