The General Zionist Party will vote against the Israel Cabinet’s request to Parliament for authorization to negotiate directly with Germany for reparations, it was decided here last night at a meeting of the policy-making body of the centrist party, the second strongest in the country. When the Ben Gurion government makes its request of Parliament next Monday it will meet a united opposition, consisting of the leftist Mapam, Communist, rightist Herut and centrist General Zionist parties.
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