The Knesset, as expected, defeated a motion of no-confidence in the government Wednesday for its exchange of 76 imprisoned terrorists for one captured Israeli soldier last March. The motion was submitted jointly by Yigal Allon of the Labor Party and Shmuel Toledano of the Shai faction.
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