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Israel Disputes Report
On Media Treatment
Tel Aviv (JTA) — Govern-
ment officials have denounc-
ed a report by a French
media rights group that
sharply criticizes Israel for
undemocratic treatment of
the media in the ad-
ministered territories as
well as inside Israel proper.
The report accuses Israel
of having the highest
number of detentions and
arrests of journalists, in ad-
dition to clashes with them,
in the democratic world.
While Israel disputes the
findings, representatives of
the Foreign Press Associ-
ation in Israel agreed with
much of the report, which
was produced by the French-
based Reporters Without
Borders, a group that moni-
tors media-state relations
around the world.
The accusations against
Israel came in the group's
1992 annual report, which
also complained about the
establishment of restricted
areas and military censor-
ship. The report also cites
incidents of reporters and
photographers being beaten
by soldiers and border police.
Uri Dromi, director of the
Government Press and In-
formation Office, told an
Israel Television inter-
viewer the report is one- sid-
ed and misleading. The
group failed to point out that
Israel is faced with special
problems not encountered in
the other democratic coun-
tries with which Israel is
compared, Mr. Dromi said.
Unlike Switzerland, for
example, Israel must deal
with an ongoing state of war,
with neighboring countries
encouraging the Palestinian
intifada and terrorist at-
tacks both in the ad-
- ministered areas and within
Israel proper.
Furthermore, Israel was
not given a chance to read
the charges and react before
publication, he said.
But the chairman of the
Foreign Press Association in
Israel, Conny Mus, a cor-
respondent for Belgian and
Dutch television stations,
said the report "accurately
reflects the situation here. It
is a good and detailed report.
"We have been saying
these things at the FPA for a
long time. Free press does
not exist in the occupied ter-
ritories," said Mr. Mus.
He added that he personal-
ly, and virtually all FPA
members, had experienced
the hostile attitude of army
and police officers.
Mr. Mus said that soldiers
often stopped their activities
by suddenly producing "a
piece of paper" and claiming
it was an official announce-
ment of the closure of an
area to the press, on the
grounds of "ongoing security
operations."
Mr. Mus claimed that
working journalists were
frequently roughed up by
soldiers and that equipment
was damaged.
"At least once a week
something is censored out of
at least one story," Mr. Mus
said.
Meanwhile, Prime Min-
ister Yitzhak Rabin this
week sent a cable to Cable
News Network head Ted
Turner complaining that the
network's coverage of Israel
is "biased, one-sided and
unethical."
Mr. Rabin complained that
CNN takes a stand on issues
and does not give Israel
equal time to respond to
allegations.
Mr. Rabin specifically
mentioned CNN's coverage
of the Palestinian deportees
encamped in Lebanon and a
story shown recently about a
Gaza family whose daughter
was wounded by army fire.
The network has not yet
responded to the protest.
Couple Survive
Arab's Attack
Jerusalem (JTA) — An Arab
gunman attacked a Jewish
couple here over the
weekend, in one of the few
such violent incidents since
the governMent banned Pa-
lestinians from the ter-
ritories from entering Israel
proper a month ago.
Sheftel Vinokurov, the 49-
year-old husband, was shot
in the shoulder while he and
his wife were out taking a
walk with their dog.
Mr. Vinokurov, who
emigrated with his wife,
Alvira, from Leningrad in
1977, said he normally takes
his gun with him on such
walks but neglected to do so
this time.
After the assailant shot
Mr. Vinokurov, he pointed
the gun at the woman, but
Mr. Vinokurov lunged
toward the attacker.
The attacker fired the gun,
but missed the woman and
fled.