Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak’s government was saved from collapse when the fervently Orthodox Shas Party withdrew its resignation from the governing coalition. While agreeing to remain in the government less than an hour before the resignation was to take effect, Shas officials made it clear that they would not automatically back Barak in the peace process.
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