JERUSALEM, May 2 (Xinhuanet) -- Members of Israel's ruling Likud Party started voting on Sunday on Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's disengagement plan, which proposes to evacuate most of the Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip but keep populous ones on the West Bank.

    Latest opinion polls show that the plan will be rejected by Likud members during the party referendum. However, the vote, which began at 0500 GMT, is not legally binding. Enditem