Wednesday, May 22, 2002

Israel Approves Emergency Economic Budget Plan
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon won a budget vote in parliament on Wednesday, but the victory left his coalition stripped of its clear majority and vulnerable to collapse.

Sharon won leadership points for sticking to his decision to dismiss the representatives of two key parties from his governing team after they refused to back the budget cutbacks bill in an earlier vote. The dismissals of ministers and deputy ministers from two Orthodox Jewish parties, Shas and United Torah Judaism, were to go into effect early Thursday.

If the two parties leave the coalition, Sharon's team will command only 60 of the 120 seats in parliament. A vote of 61 would bring down Sharon's government in a motion of no confidence.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Israel-Politics.html

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