Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has survived a no-confidence vote in the Knesset.
The vote took place while Olmert was in Paris attending the Mediterranean Union summit. The coalition won the vote by a 47-42 margin, although coalition partner the Labour Party voted against the embattled Israeli premier. The vote took place over a rather minor issue of appointing new tourism and absorption ministers, but at the request of the opposition the vote was deemed a de-facto confidence motion.
(Deutsche Welle)
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