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Registration Fee: $15.00 rou NO OTHER CHARGES MCUE INrCUMATION !PLEASE CALL 9C7-08818 or 9438-4825 Continued from preceding page the Arabs are talking about, they want, not just what they call the West Bank, but all of Israel. A few weeks ago an Arab moderate in the PLO published a poem which said to the Jews, 'Get out of the whole country, take your graves, we don't want any memory that there ever was a Jew in this country: " There's a saying that if you ask two Jews a question you get three opinions. But there is one thing most Israelis seem to agree on: They don't like the way the news media cover the rioting. But there are new efforts underway to do something about it. For ex- ample, a front page ad in the Jerusalem Post calls for spon- sors for professionally design- ed projects to improve Israel's media image. And then, there's David Biden. Biden, a Kalamazoo native, owns a private press agency, Israel Resource, whose sole purpose it is to enhance Israel's image. 113 do that, he spends countless hours with foreign correspondents, try- ing to soften them up and make them receptive to the Israeli point of view. He does this by inviting them into his home, especially during holidays, for dinners with his family. He also, on every Sun- day, presents for Jerusalem based reporters, a rundown of all the TV reports about Israel from around the world. They watch, compare and then discuss the differences in coverage from footage Biden pulls off the satellite each day. "We'll, for example, show them two versions of the same story," he says. "One will show Israeli soldiers beating Palestinians. The other will start the tape just a little bit earlier, showing the Palesti- nians first attacking the soldiers, provoking them. You can tell from some of the headlines and some of the editing of video that you have editors who enjoy Israel bashing?' The IDF press office is beginning to realize that it must do its part too and change its approach in deal- ing with the media. For exam- ple, when the CBS television program "48 Hours" went to Israel, the army invited the cameras along as soldiers went through the old city, prying padlocks off stores that had closed in support of West Bank rioters. IDF spokesman Major Ofra now says that was a mistake. "We still have much to learn about Gary Baumgarten reports for WWJ radio. He visited Israel earlier this month. dealing with the press," she acknowledges. George Rachman, an Israeli Arab, sits in his restaurant in the Arab village of Abu Ghosh, just a few kilometers outside of Jerusalem. He is lamenting about the current Arab-Israeli strife. Although most is centered in the West Bank and Gaza, it occasional- ly spills over into other areas. Just the night before my visit, there was some rock throwing on the highway alongside Abu Ghosh. Rachman is con- vinced it was the work of out- siders, but he concedes that the potential for copycat type violence exists in his town. "That would be very bad," he observes, "because it would bring the soldiers." But Rachman opposes such demonstrations for other reasons as well. Unlike the Palestinian Arabs, who feel disenfranchised, Rachman fits quite comfortably in Israeli society. His father and grandfather lived under Turkish rule. The British were in charge when he was born, and he even served in his Majesty's army. And now, with the Israelis in charge, he has adapted once again. "We have always gotten along well with our Jewish neighbors," he says. "But some of the young people 'don't know that history. All they know is rock throwing. But they don't even know why they throw the rocks." Abu .Ghosh looks nothing like the Palestinian refugee camps and Arab towns on the West Bank that are shown on the news. The village dates back some 500 years. Many of the homes are modest, but others are quite large and well maintained. Were it not for the mosque that dominates the center of the town, it could just as easily be a Jewish village. But seeds of discontent are slowly spreading in Abu Ghosh as well. The young people know when they grow up they can vote but they likely will never be prime minister. And in that respect, despite all their gains in the last 40 years, they are second- class citizens. The village was established by one family, and nearly everyone who lives there is related. Those of the older generation agree with Rachman. But Rachman fears for members of the younger generation growing up with hatred in their hearts. And he fears that when they become his age, they will not be as benign as is he toward their Jewish neighbors. ❑