Articles, radio broadcasts and television reports by Gideon Kouts. Search the texts and browse by media type, publication or station, year and topic.
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 Paris column about Roman Polanski and his relationship to Judaism, footballers in the oil states, a visit by the Batsheva company, a poll on willingness to make sacrifices, and the transformation of the Les Halles district. Another piece describes the Palace club and Fabrice Emaer’s disco ventures.
A story about a Saudi driver who saved an awkward diplomatic visit with an improvised tour of Paris; it is followed by passages about a hashish-smuggling affair and circles of the French New Right.
An article about Iran's rise as a source of drug supplies to Europe, and the connection between the ban on drug use in the country and their export.
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.
A Paris news column on the Saudi oil minister’s holiday, embezzlement at the Iraqi embassy, the mystery of David Carr’s death, a dispute over street theatre, changing names in Belgium, nudists and sharks on the French coast, and Woody Allen’s visit to Paris.
Dispatches from Paris on a Jewish-Arab music festival that encountered political threats and a small audience, a firefighter suspected of arson, Metro robberies, an unofficial telephone network, and a blind violinist playing “Hatikvah.”
Four dispatches from Paris: recollections by one of Madame Claude’s girls about the Shah and King Hussein; restaurants that joke at their customers’ expense; a pleasure trip by train to a summer disco; and a review of Ariane Mnouchkine’s play “Mephisto.”
A column from Paris with short pieces on President Giscard’s appearance alongside Elliott the Dragon, security checks at a department store, businessman Philippe Bidermann, prostitutes’ discussions on regulating their profession, a new reader-owned weekly, and a dispute over the French Communist Party’s ties to a Soviet bank.
A column from Paris with reports on the use of radioactive materials for threats and revenge, rivalry in the Servan-Schreiber family, a philosophical conversation in a café, a Mother's Day gift connected with Israel, and a Saudi prince's collection of French art.
Three pieces from France: the controversy over abortion in Simone Veil’s campaign for the European Parliament and her press conference; the Queen of Jordan’s shopping visit to Paris accompanied by her guards; and conflicting reports in weekly magazines about a student from Tunis and her relationship with Gaddafi.
A column from Paris with items on the French president appearing alongside a Disney dragon, security arrangements at a department store, the industrialist Bidermann, prostitutes’ discussions on institutionalizing prostitution, the establishment of a reader-owned newspaper, and financial ties between Soviet institutions and the French Communist Party.