title: The Reparation Negotiations in Israeli Politics. An Introduction by Yehiam Weitz
abstract: The Stage and the Cast The 1951-1952 debate on the entry of the Israeli government into direct negotiations with Germany on the issue of reparations, and on the very idea of demanding and accepting them after the Nazi atrocities against Jews, agitated the Israeli public for many months. Opposition to these negotiations was vehement, sometimes even violent.