Satisfaction was expressed here today in government circles, among the coalition parties and in the moderate opposition over the signing at Luxemburg today of a treaty under which the West German Republic will pay $715,000,000 in compensation to the State of Israel. They stressed the impact these payments will have on the economic development of the country.
A continued fight against the German-Israel agreement was pledged today by the right-wing Herut Party. Herut spokesmen said the party would launch a campaign, including a series of mass meetings, to protest against the agreement and to urge the boycott of German goods shipped to Israel under the agreement. They described the German reparations payments as “blood money.”
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