(IsraelNN.com) The Knesset easily defeated two motions of no-confidence in the government on Monday.
One by the Kadima party, accusing the government of leading Israel into international isolation, only got 31 votes, compared to 52 votes against and one abstention.
The other, proposed by the predominantly Arab parties over what they called continued construction in Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, was defeated by a margin of 55-11, with 16 abstentions.
