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NEWS
UTJ No-Confidence Motion Over Beitar Illit Construction
Freeze Rejected
By Eliezer Rauchberger
The Knesset plenum rejected a no-confidence motion sponsored
by UTJ and HaIchud HaLeumi-NRP over the construction freeze
in Beitar Illit.
Thirty-five MKs from UTJ, the Likud, Yisrael Beiteinu and
HaIchud HaLeumi-NRP backed the motion, while 54 MKs from
coalition parties — Kadima, Labor, Shas and Pensioners
— voted no, with three MKs from Arab parties
abstaining.
Shas explained that it backed the government because PM Ehud
Olmert promised them there is no construction freeze in
Beitar Illit and none is slated, and in fact building tenders
would soon be issued.
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