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Article: Israel suspends land takeovers Action defuses government crisis
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- May 23, 1995
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JERUSALEM -- Israel suspended its decision yesterday to
expropriate land in East Jerusalem, ending a spreading crisis that
had threatened to topple the government and ruin its nascent ties
with the Arab world.
A parliamentary no-confidence measure was then withdrawn. An
Arab League meeting on the seizure, which had been planned for
Saturday, will probably be called off.
The government made its decision on Jerusalem at an emergency
Cabinet meeting yesterday, just before the Knesset, or parliament,
was to debate the no-confidence motion put forward by two left-wing
Israeli Arab parties over the expropriations.
The motion could have brought down the government, which relies
for its ...