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risks," said Pazner, "and they
themselves were almost hurt
in the disorders."
There were also "certain in-
cidents in which the presence
of journalists disturbed the
security forces." "It was
therefore resolved," he added,
"that the army would decide,
in every instance, on the
means to ensure, firstly, the
restoration of public order
and, secondly, media coverage
as well. I think that for the
sake of good coverage — and
for the sake of the journalists
themselves — it is a very good
idea to regulate the coverage."
In another interview this
week, the chief military
spokesman, General Ephraim
Lapid, said that "it's
difficult to carry out opera-
tions with media coverage on
top of you. Over the past few
days, dozens of foreign televi-
sion crews were running
around Judea, Samaria (the
West Bank) and Gaza. This
definitely has an effect on
military operations, and it oc-
casionally hinders them!'
According to Lapid, limita-
tions on the media must be
dictated by operational
necessities in the occupied
territories: "Bear in mind
that we are not attending a
show," he said. "The army is
there to ensure the well-being
of the population and to allow
a return to normal life. This
should be carried out with
media coverage, but in that
particular order: first
military operations, then
media coverage!'
In Israel itself, the media
has been criticized for its
uninhibited coverage of the
unrest.
Israel Broadcasting Author-
ity chairman Uri Porat com-
plained that his own Israel
Television was being used as
a platform for Arab incite-
ment, while General
Shomron pledged to deal with
"harmful reports" that had
been broadcast on the popular
Army Radio station.
Amid all the debate, the
Israeli media proved to be the
instrument of fresh embar-
rassment for the military
establishment.
Late last week, the Israeli
Army ordered an inquiry in-
to a member of the General
Security Services (Shin Bet),
Israel's internal intelligence
agency, who was photograph-
ed while apparently firing at
Palestinian demonstrators in
Gaza on Wednesday.
The agent, dressed in
civilian clothes, was iden-
tified after the incident was
screened on Israel Television
and the photograph published
in the daily papers.
While Israeli officials
vigorously insist that their
intention is to protect
reporters and ensure the effi-
ciency of their troops, there is
a deep suspicion that the real
intention is to limit media
coverage — and to control the
damaging political fallout
that this engenders abroad. ❑
Helen Davis
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no definitive demographics,
he said, but they include men
of all ethnic origins (Lev-Ari's
study showed 34 percent of
husbands and wives involved
in such cases were of
European-American extrac-
tion); they have all levels of
education and a sizable
percentage are professionals.
Some are religious and some
are secular. Some drink and
others never touch alcohol.
When asked to compare
Israeli wife batterers to their
counterparts in his home
state, he said that they are
not very different-. "There is
more economic stress in Israel
than in Minnesota, as well as
more explicit models for
violence!'
"Society is under much
more pressure in Israel," he
explained, "and there — as
everywhere — violence is not
psychopathic, but a learned
way of coping with stress.
Many grew up in homes
where their fathers beat their
mothers and, unless there is
intervention and new
behavior is learned, it is like-
ly their own sons will repeat
the pattern in their mar-
riages."
In Israel, some judges want
to refer wife batterers for
treatment and a few have
been using restraining orders.
But in the main, it is social
pressure from the community
that pushes the man to get
help in changing his behavior.
"The trick is to get him to
come that first night," Dr.
Edelson said. "We call them
`self-control groups' and we
hold the meeting in a place
that has social status. We use
various ways to get the men
to come!'
Domestic violence legisla-
tion is being written by the
Knesset, but because Israeli
law is written on a national
and not a state level or pro-
vincial level as in North
America, other issues such as
defense and economics take
precedence while this one
usually goes on the back
burner.
Copyright Leila Mustachi