MILES O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: Amid new Palestinian street demonstrations in the West Bank, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak is struggling for his political survival. Polls show him now far behind his chief opponent in Tuesday's election, the Likud Party's chief, Ariel Sharon. We get more on this from CNN's Fionnuala Sweeney in Tel Aviv.</s>FIONNUALA SWEENEY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, thank you, Miles. Yes, just three days to go before the election for Israel's next prime minister and Ehud Barak, as you say, trailing in the polls behind Ariel Sharon. And his campaign continues to be hampered by the fact of there is sporadic violence taking place. Overnight, there was heavy gunfire traded between Palestinian gunmen and Israeli security forces in the West Bank town of Hebron. No injuries were reported, but a curfew was put in place and there have been heavy security checkpoints throughout the West Bank this day. Also, we are hearing of three people wounded in Gaza, three Palestinians, two at Carney (ph) crossing point and one other critically wounded near the Jewish settlement of Kafar Darom (ph). And as I say, all this hampering Ehud Barak's campaign to be reelected prime minister. He has been saying that he is the only man who can bring peace with the Palestinians and as you mentioned there are the opinion polls showing Ariel Sharon, his right-wing rival, something like 21 percentage points ahead of him in the opinion polls. Between now and Tuesday, Ehud Barak's task is trying to try and get as many disaffected left-wing voters as he can to actually go out and vote for him. But he faces an uphill task -- Miles.</s>O'BRIEN: All right, that's CNN's Fionnuala Sweeney in Tel Aviv. We'll be checking in with our folks in Tel Aviv all throughout the morning and the weekend. Thanks very much.
Ehud Barak Struggles for Political Survival Days Before Israeli Election