Jordan's prime minister escaped a
**-confidence vote by parliament Tuesday that was motivated by his government's allegedly weak response to the killing of a Jordanian judge by Israeli soldiers. The 150-member lower house renewed its confidence in Prime Minister Abdullah Nsur by an 81-29 vote,
with 20 abstentions and 20 MPs absent. Incensed by the shooting death of judge Raed Zeiter at a border crossing last week, MPs had demanded the government expel the Israeli ambassador and release Jordanian soldier Ahmad Dakamseh, who shot dead seven Israeli schoolgirls in the 1990s. They have also demanded the government recall the Jordanian ambassador to Israel.
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