38 Friday, February 3, 1984 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Israel's Arabic Radio Broadcast Is Heard Throughout Middle East 1/4 Where The Action Is! ir liP l i r JAKK'S _ RESTAURANT & COCKTAILS 4 - ....-- " ' 1 IP DANCING TUES.-SAT. With The Legendary GREENFIELD AT 10 MILE 967-3922 0 VALENTINE tap PARTY FEB. 14, 9 to ? • • QUARTET LADIES 2 FOR 1 AE ,,,, . sr • ‘: F I 1.k i „a t. 1 1 II;': \ , BILLY ROSE - r I I 6/1/ 6/1 giv - By CARL ALPERT HAIFA — Anyone seek- ing radio news and views on the Middle East has his choice of no less than 53 sta- tions broadcasting in Arabic. Of these, 52 are op- erated by our neighbors, near and far, and one is in Jerusalem. Eighteen hours a day, seven days a week, the Jerusalem program comes on loud and clear: "Huna Sawt Israil — This is the Voice of Israel." The trans- missions, with 1,200 kilowatts of power, can eas- ily reach the USSR in the north, Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia in the south, Jor- dan, Iraq and the Persian Gulf area to the east. 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Private parties at the Top of the Pontch are truly in a class by themselves. Your guests will enjoy the delicious food and beverages, elegant surroundings and attentive service. For arrangement assistance, please call Food & Beverage Director, Shiomo Pelman: 965-0200. hotel Ls_ii Pontchartrain TWO WASHINGTON BOULEVARD • ON DETROIT'S RIVERFRONT ACROSS FROM COBO HALL Detroit's tO5D Hotel •• ) The evidence that Sawt Israil has a large audi- ence is very clear. For one thing, Arab papers in some countries from time to time publish articles or editorials taking issue with the broadcasts from Jerusalem. This would appear to indicate that they are aware of the lis- tening habits of their own people. At any rate, such attacks on our broad- casts, no matter how vit- riolic, are received with great glee by the staff here, for they provide additional publicity and stimulate more curious listeners. Further evidence is to be found in the steady stream of mail which Sawt Israil receives. We sat in the broadcasting office in Jerusalem and looked over a sheaf of this week's mail. Letters from Egypt come di- rectly, since there is postal communication between the two countries. Letters from Jordan are carried across the Jordan bridges and mailed within Israel. Others, coming from every corner of the Arab world, go to the post office box number in Geneva, which is repeated frequently on the air. Edmond Sehayek, an Iraqi-born Jew, who has been with the Israel Broad- casting Service for the past 11 years, and is now its di- rector general, told us that some of the letters are anti- Israel. Others ask for in- formation, or request that favorite records be played. Not uncommon are appeals for medical help. Sehayek pushed a letter across the desk. It came from a physician in Amman who asked the Voice of Is- rael for help in having one of his patients admitted to an Israeli hospital for a deli- cate operation. He attached a full medical diagnosis. Such requests get prompt cooperation. A hospital is contacted, usually the Hadassah Hospital, and ar- rangements made. The Red Cross handles for- malities of the entry into Israel, and the Israeli government is extremely lenient. The visitors pay all their own costs. The broadcasts run about half and half music and talk. The latter deals with Arab culture, full sports coverage, family and social problems, review of the Arabic and world press and, of course, commentary on political issues. There are certain basic principles which the broad- casts adhere to steadfastly, Sehayek told us. They always tell the truth. The reputation of the programs rests on their re- liability. This is in great contrast to most of the competitive" stations which seldom enjoy the con- fidence even of the citizens of their own country. Political presentations " are made in low key, soft-spoken and in quiet tones. This too is in con- trast to the bombastic sh- outing which char- acterizes so much of the Arab propaganda on the air. The calm and delib- erate note of the Israeli presentation seems to in- furiate the Arab spokes- men. The purpose is to promote peace, not to aggravate further hostility, hence there is nothing antagonis- tic, even in addressing enemies. Tomorrow King Hussein may sit down and talk to us, as did Sadat, so every effort is made to preserve a receptive atmos- phere. Admittedly the tone is somewhat different in attitudes to Assad of Syria and Qaddafi of Libya, both of whom are avowed and in- tractable enemies. The news about Israel emphasizes the positive and constructive. Flaws and problems are not ignored, but they are not the fea- tured material as in so much of Israel's domestic television and radio broad- casts. In this sense, it has been said, the Arabic Sawt Israil is much more "Zionist." Many of the things re- ported do not always make headlines at home. If some- one should throw a stone at a bus in Hebron, Sehayek said, provoking reaction by Jewish settlers, it makes headlines and soon gets re- flected in the foreign press, and one would get the im- pression that genocide is going on. But when the Is- rael government spent 32,000,000 shekels ($300,000) to build a road to El Birah, of use only to the Arabs, no newspaper paid any heed. Sawt Israil makes sure that things like these are reported. In addition to the staff announcers, prominent Arabs both from Israel and from the adminis- tered areas are also given a voice. They are even free to criticize Israeli policies, so long as they express themselves in dignified and civilized fashion. This too con- tributes to the credibility of the Israel broadcasts since such freedom of ex- pression would never be permitted in any Arab country in the world. That is why uncounted and uncountable Arabs throughout this vast area listen with some respect when the announcer says: "Huna Sawt Israil." 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