The resignation from the Cabinet of Minister Without Portfolio Mordechai Ben-Por-at took effect Tuesday, at the end of the mandatory 48-hour period since he handed his letter of resignation to Premier Yitzhak Shamir. Ben-Porat has said that he remains a member of the coalition even though he has given up his Cabinet post and is asking the Knesset for recognition as a one-man faction.
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