The German-Arab Friendship Association has called on the Nobel Committee in Stockholm to revoke the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Israeli Premier Menachem Begin in 1979 for his role in negotiating the peace treaty with Egypt. Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was the corecipient.
The pro-Arab group said in a cable to Stockholm that Begin forfeited the prize because he was responsible for the fatal shooting of Arab demonstrators during recent clashes with Israeli security forces on the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
The Friendship Association, which includes members of all three political factions in the Bundestag, also attacked the Reagan Administration for supporting Israel. In a press release published here, the Association said Israel could not have carried out its policies without American consent.
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