38 Friday, February 3, 1984

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

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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.
With so many other sta-
tions to listen to, why
should Arabs anywhere
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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

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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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