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First the government moved some of its smaller departments from the capital of Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Then the Knesset (parliament) itself quit the Tel Aviv movie theater where it had been meeting, and moved to Jerusalem, even though Jerusalem is on the fringe of the country. In 1950, the Knesset proclaimed Jerusalem Israel's capital...
...wasn't quite. The Knesset hesitated to move the Foreign Ministry to Jerusalem lest foreign diplomats, abiding by the U.N. resolutions, refuse to follow. That would raise the question of Israel's legal right to take over the Holy City...
...Orthodox faction demanded that education in the immigrant camps be turned over to the rabbis, Socialist "B.G." exploded, sought new elections. He hoped to win an absolute majority for his Mapai party (ideological twin of the British Labor party) which held only 46 seats of the 120 in the Knesset...
Last week the squabble reached a breaking point again. In the Knesset, the religionists took up their old demand for control of the religious education of immigrant children. The public galleries were filled with the bloc's supporters, mostly bearded, black-hatted Jews in caftans and side curls...
...vote went 49 to 42 against the government. Having expected no less, Ben-Gurion resigned, prepared for new elections in May or June. He believed that he might find a new and more compatible partner in the moderate right-wing General Zionist Party, which now has only seven Knesset seats, but has shown up-&-coming strength in recent municipal elections and may well increase its ballot. Once more President Weizmann went through the motions of peacemaker. It seemed no use. Ben-Gurion wanted a new political bride...