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Last week's surrender unquestionably hurt Bonn's relations with Israel. Whether the release had helped West German relations with Arab nations was still unclear. Brandt seemed to think it had. In an oblique campaign statement last week, he challenged opponents to answer the question: "Do you wish to leave the representation of Germany in Arab states totally in the hands of East Germany?" Beyond German politics, however, there is a more terrifying aspect to the week's events: the success of the skyjacking will presumably inspire the fedayeen to other acts of blackmail, leading in turn to even more terrible retaliation by Israel.