There is no reason for Jewish communities and Jewish organizations to “shake hands” with Germany because that country and Israel reached a reparations agreement, R.N. Carvalho, president of the Anglo-Jewish Association, declared last night at a meeting of the organization.
It was “quite natural” for Jews to be “sensitive” about the many signs that Nazism was not yet dead in Germany, he said. Despite the fact that some of Germany’s representatives were “fine men” who might have opposed the Nazis, this did not change the attitude of Jewish groups to the situation, he indicated.
In reference to Israel, Mr. Carvalho said that British Jews are concerned with the many serious problems facing Israel, and “it is the fervent hope of all of us that this coming year we shall see an easing of tension in the Middle East and a satisfactory and permanent armistice between Israel and its neighbors.”
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