Israel’s Labor Party is abstaining from no-confidence votes against the Sharon government. The pro-Sephardi Shas Party, the liberal Yahad bloc and the Israeli Arab parties urged the Knesset on Monday to vote no-confidence in the government over a funding crisis in Israeli municipalities, but the motions were unlikely to pass without Labor support.
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