L . _ ....,•-•••= -." • ' C • 4 GRAND OPENING NEWS Israel, Egypt Continue Fight Over Taba Beach Friday, July 5, 1985 3 c1. 1, THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS : ; a r 1 L 1 OSAKA SPA . JEWELRY APPRAISALS AT VERY REASONABLE RATES CALL FOR AN APPOINTMENT BY LAWRENCE STONE Jerusalem — A tiny desert paradise is at the, center of a tense political tug-of-war be- tween two old Middle East foes, Israel and Egypt. The 100-yard strip of beach at Taba, claimed to be "holy Egyptian soil" by one side and a pleasure paradise by the other, has become one of the hottest pieces of real estate in the world. Taba has soured relations be- tween Egypt and Israel, who signed a peace treaty just six years ago, but that is a price the Israelis seem willing to pay to keep this small stretch of beach. When Israel pulled out of the Sinai Desert following the peace treaty, it stopped just short, keeping for itself the sliver of land at Taba, which now forms the international border be- tween the two countries. Danny Eitan, who is responsi- ble for keeping the peace on the beach at Taba feels that "Poli- tics is a dirty word here, it would be a big mistake to give Taba to the Egyptians. It will not buy us peace." That feeling is shared by Rail Nelson, father of the Taba "tribe" of funseekers who set up his desert oasis 15 years ago. Since then his private stretch of beachfront, known as Nelson's Village, has become a major tourist attraction with a worldwide reputation. Nelson's Village and the Taba skyline are dominated by the five-star Aviya Sonesta Hotel, which was built by a consortium of local businessmen after the peace treaty was signed. Irish-born Frank White at 24 is a Taba veteran. He has been living on the beach for three years — making and selling jewelry. Now he has been joined by his Israeli girlfriend, Dorora Halili, who has just completed her army service. "The Israelis lost a lot when they gave back the Sinai — this is all that's left. There's nothing for the Egyptians here," he says an- grily. "They're not interested in Taba. Only in a moral victory over Israel." That's an option shared by 22-year-old Israeli Aviad Aha- roni. He says: "The Egyptians tell us Taba is the answer to peace. It's not. They've got a great sense of humor and it's time our politicians realized it." Aviad, who was wounded during his army service in Lebanon, fears there is a growing feeling among young Israelis that an- other war with its Arab neighbors is inevitable. "We don't want it. But until they realize Israel cannot be pushed into' the sea, there is potentially a very dangerous situation," he adds. LAWRENCE M. 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This is Yosef Bar-El's assess- ment of the impact made by Is- rael Television's 'Arabic- language broadcasts on the Arab world. Bar-El, director of Arabic-language Television, es- timates his potential audience as nine million viewers in an area extending to Beirut, Damascus, Amman and Cairo; and including, Israel and the territories. Ninty-five percent of the possible Israeli-Arab households tune in, Bar-El maintains, as well as .40 percent of the Jewish homes. Bar-El's audience is a loyal •one, considering he broad- casts only 14 hours of pro- gramming a week, and not at peak viewing hours. This is be- cause Arabic television must share Israel's single channel with twd other Israeli television services. In the hours allotted to him Bar-El transmits news, current events, - children's programs, family entertainment and films. However, as the Arabic- language voice of the Jewish state, Arabic Television is more than a source of news and entertainment: "We are trying to improve the perception of Is- rael in the eyes of the Arabs around us," Bar-El explains. , "We want to show the real Is- rael, the everyday Israel, in order to counter-balance Arab propaganda." It isn't necessary to spell the message out in words, he be- lieves, and it is this creative ap- proach to programming that won Bar-El the Israel Prize. This marks the first time that an Arabic-language medium won this honor. On one of the most novel pro- grams broadcast on the Arabic- language Service, answers are given to mailed queries on polit- ical issues. "We get 200 letters a day just from hostile countries alone," says Edmond Sehayek, director of Kol Yisrael's (Israel Radio) Arabic Service. 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