Article: Likud, Labor Maneuver For No-Confidence Vote; Shamir Refuses to Compromise on Talks

Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir ruled out compromise with the Labor Party on the role of East Jerusalem in peace talks as his Likud Party campaigned today for a test of strength with Labor in the Israeli parliament.

The parliament is to vote Thursday on no-confidence motions in Shamir's skeleton government following the departure from the cabinet Tuesday of Labor's ministers. If a motion succeeds, the government will be ended and a new round of coalition bargaining will begin among Labor, Likud and the parliament's 12 smaller parties.

Although the left-wing Labor Party, a partner with the right-wing Likud in coalition governments since 1984, is backing the no-confidence motions, it is not ...

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