THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 8 Friday, December 16, 1983 NOTICE TO OUR CUSTOMERS: FLOOR COVERINGS NOW SERVING YOU AT OUR NEW LOCATION 10721 W. TEN MILE RD. BETWEEN COOLIDGE AND WOODWARD ?Mil• Phone 548-7884 Featuring CABIN CRAFTS CARPET 411111! I' 1 1'1111' 11'11111 I i 1111111 I I I1111 1111 1111 1111111111 1 II III 11 1111 1 111 1 1111111111111 Perceptive Media in M.E. Sought By DAVID FRIEDMAN (Copyright 1983, JTA, Inc.) WASHINGTON — Is- raeli President Chaim Her- zog, in his address to the National Press Club Nov. 23, made a specific appeal to American journalists to achieve some "perspective" in their coverage of the Middle East. He was speci- fically aiming at the obses- sion with the Arab-Israel conflict and the little atten- tion given the other major problems in that region. Except for the Soviet Union and related East- West issues, no other foreign policy issue receives as much coverage as does the Mideast. Most of the dip- lomatic reporters in Wash- ington consider themselves experts on the region. Yet a lot of nonsense, much of it anti-Israel, appears. This is not specifically due to bias, although there is some of that as witnessed in the reporting of the Is- raeli invasion of Lebanon. It is due more to a lack of his- torical knowledge and ina- bility to put events in a regional or even global perspective. This is what Herzog was aiming at in his speech. "I have always main- tained, and nothing has happened to modify my views, that one of the problems we have when explaining to the world the Israeli-Arab conflict Unforgettable, yet affordable. r• GORNBEINO JEWELERS A. Unique freshwater pearl earrings. 14kt. Made in our own shop. B. Striking amethyst and diamond bracelet with matching earrings. 18kt. C. Delicate pave diamond sliding heart: 14kt. Made in our own shop. D. Contemporary onyx earrings. 14kt. Made in our own shop. E. Handsome men's chanel set diamond ring. 14kt. F. Graceful diamond earring jackets. Many styles available. 14kt. Some made in our own shop. Open Mon.-Fri. 9-5, Sat. 10-4:30 . We repair watches on our premises. Free gift wrapping, of course. We will turn your ideas into jewelry. Cash refunds. GORNBEIN JEWELERS Fidelity Bank Bldg. 24901 Northwestern Highway Southfield, MI 48075 357-1056 , is the lack of perspective on the part of those who deal with the subject," Herzog said. "Their whole picture is out of focus. The correct proportions are absent. As a result, both governments and the media, who have been covering the area, awoke one bright morning on more occasions than one to the surprise of develop- ments which they had never anticipated. The Khomeini revolution in Iran, the Soviet invasion of Af- ghanistan, the Iran-Iraq war come to mind. "One of the major prob- lems attending the ap- proach to our region has been the tendecy to view our problem divorced from the general picture in our area. I think it is right to say that public opinion in the world has to a great degree been misled by an overemphasis on the Arab-Israel conflict in the context of all that is happening in the Middle East. I am not in any way suggesting that the Arab- Israel conflict is not an im- portant one. Of course it is, and merits a determined ef- fort toward resolution. But it appears to draw an obses- sive interest, to the exclu- sion of far more important issues in the Middle East. "The ominous develop- ments which have been, and are occurring in the Middle East, and which threaten the peace of the world and the security of our Western society, have nothing to do with the Arab-Israel con- flict. What is at stake in our area is surely emphasized by the sinister develop- ments over recent years in Afghanistan, parallel to the ominous developments in Iran which blossomed into a major revolution undermin- ing vital positions of the West in the Middle East. "The dangers inherent in this situation for the West are far-reaching in- deed, and that is, if any- thing, an • understate- ment. Observe the situa- tion all around us — Af- ghanistan, Iran, the on- going civil war in Leba- non for the last eight years, Oman, the Horn of Africa, Yemen, Chad, the Western Sahara, all un- connected with our dis- pute with the Arab coun- tries — and then perhaps you might give the cor- rect perspective to the political picture in our area. "The Israel-Arab conflict is not, in my view, the cen- tral problem in the Middle East, as far as world peace is concerned. Those who point to it as such are wilfully, or because of lack of under- standing of the issues and their implications, mislead- ing the public and indeed world opinion and ignoring a situation fraught with danger for the world." Herzog's remarks should be given serious considera- tion in the editorial offices and television newsrooms of this country.