Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak’s government survived its first no-confidence motion in the Knesset. By a vote Monday of 63 to 31, the Parliament easily defeated a no-confidence motion submitted by the Likud Party over Barak’s handling of coalition negotiations.
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