Articles, radio broadcasts and television reports by Gideon Kouts. Search the texts and browse by media type, publication or station, year and topic.
Journalist Gideon Kouts reports to Channel 1’s Mabat program from Paris after returning from Damascus, where he was part of the press delegation accompanying French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Kouts describes being received as an Israeli journalist, the appearance of the city, the heavy security at Assad’s presidential palace, and the four-way summit held there.
An excerpt from the Mabat news programme on Channel 1, featuring a recorded report by the station’s Damascus correspondent, Gideon Kouts (from an interview with Oren Nahari on Reshet Bet). Kouts reports that the Syrian government and people want peace following the peace talks, but also describes a violent reception for him and another Jewish journalist.
A joint report from the Moscow summit on Gorbachev’s remarks about Soviet-American cooperation in the Middle East, an international conference, and the possibility of renewing relations with Israel. The headline presents differing reactions from Shamir and Peres; the rest of the article is not included in the file.
A satirical column about the integration of immigrants from Ethiopia into Israeli society, mentioning the telephone system, public transportation, bank shares, and queues at health clinics.
A collection of reports from France on Foreign Legion songs, tanks in a Claude Lelouch film, Mireille Darc’s support for Giscard d’Estaing, Rika Zarai’s performances, Pierre Cardin’s purchase of Maxim’s restaurant, photographs of men in IDF uniforms, Dalida, and Yves Montand’s return to the stage.
A report on the Reagan–Gorbachev meeting in Moscow: the Middle Eastern issue will be discussed later in their talks, and the Soviet Union stresses the importance of resolving it through an international conference. The subheading mentions the possibility of an upcoming meeting between Shamir and the Soviet foreign minister.
A Paris column reports on claims about the circumstances of Pope John Paul I’s death, the possibility of a visit to Israel by France’s New Right, French palm exports to Arab countries, Rothschild business interests, and news from French cultural and entertainment life.
Kouts calls for the Naqoura talks to be renewed, but proposes bringing Peres and Rabin together with Israel’s political forces in order to reach a solution that will end Israel’s presence in Lebanon.
A satirical column about the rivalry between Yitzhak Shamir and Shimon Peres, describing how Shamir imitates Peres’s moves during the rotation.
A Paris column featuring short pieces about a meeting with terrorist Kozo Okamoto in Ramla Prison; Bahrain’s refusal to admit visitors identified as Zionists; the disclosure of French public figures’ incomes; Marcel Dassault; Michèle Morgan and her birth date; a dolphin-and-striptease show; tourism for Gulf rulers; the screening of “Emmanuelle” in Yugoslavia; Ginger Rogers’s church visits; and attitudes toward the memory of Marshal Pétain.
A Paris column on the Raëlian movement and its plan to build an embassy in Israel for the gods from outer space, a doctorate in photography, musical preferences in France, a car powered by potato alcohol, Bokassa’s situation, and a French flight attendant’s accounts of life in Saudi Arabia.
A critical report on the distribution in France of an antisemitic book that presents conspiratorial claims about the Jewish identity of leaders and Jewish control of the world. The continuation column also contains short items about Ephraim Kishon and the weekly “France,” substantial portions of which are unreadable.