The Cabinet agreed tonight on a formula to end the coalition crisis that brought the 19-month-old unity government to the brink of collapse. Under the agreement, Moshe Nissim, the Likud-Liberal Justice Minister, will trade portfolios with Yitzhak Modai, the Finance Minister, whose remarks in published interview last week sparked the coalition crisis.
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