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Germany Rejects Arab Demand to Discontinue Reparations to Israel

March 7, 1957
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The Bonn Government had rejected an appeal from the Arab League states to halt her shipment of reparations to Israel, it was reported here today. The Arabs threatened to “reconsider” their economic and political relations with West Germany, the report added

Large sections of the West German press today hailed the decision of Premier David Ben Gurion to pull Israeli forces out of the Akaba and Gaza areas. The newspapers expressed admiration for the Premier’s political courage and statesmanship.

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