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NESSA:Who do you trust?

Who is Kasim's father?

NESSA:How do you know?

By how they appear?

Stop looking for him , let the police do it!

(GU NSHQT)

NESSA: What they do ?

(CLAPPl NG l N Tl ME TQ EQLK TU NE)

(Sl NGl NG)

The seeds of our educatioDal iDvestmeDt programme

are fiDally begiDDiDg to flourish ,

whilst our dear frieDd Shlomo Zahary is about to roll out phase one

of our telecommuDicatioDs Detwork

which will liDk it all together.

NESSA: We all have secrets.

The PalestiHjaH Authorjty,

who claim to have Heqotjated the release of the lsraeli soldjer,

iHsjsted that the haHdover was a unilateral qesture of qoodwill.

(CH EERl NG)

We have no plaD to put an eeDsion .

Yes! Yes. We doDated a 1 .5 million dollar grant towards it.

They thiDk l think there's beeD corruption .

Yes.

We caDDot be compromised .

Don't be so Daive.

You want to go to Gaza?

CaD you get me in there?

- (RAPl D GU NEl RE) - (SCREAM l NG)

NESSA:So, when you thjnk about jt ljke that...

You waDt aDy chance of getting out of this mess,

theD you do Deed to tell someone everything you know...

...and that someone is me.

...itfs a wonder we trust aHyoHe at all.

EIGHT YEARS AGQ

And you swam over from WashingtoD?

It iDcreases blood volume.

Why don't you step iD and put your feet up?

What is it you waDt to talk about?

Ephra SteiD.

EPHRA: Modeh aHj lefanecha.

A TIKA:Don 't be afraid.

KASIM: l'm safe.

NESSA:l caH ft do this.

A TIKA: lf itfs the prjce for a HatjoH.

(MAN SPEAKS ARABIC)

She has agreed .

JU LIA: And how much?

1 .5 million dollars.

ChaDDelled through Ephra Stein's educatioD charity to an iDstitute in Gaza.

But iD reality a payment to secure the release of an lsraeli soldier.

Which it got.

Secured by Ephra SteiD.

- ADd the lsraelis? - KDow Dothing .

As sooD as they agreed to withdraw from Gaza, they couldn't get involved .

The moDey came from Harold Parr.

The American?

He's Al PAC.

Big-time, and a huge RepublicaD donor.

But you know the rugged iDdividualists, always a law unto themselves.

And why you?

I was approached through the WashingtoD Bureau .

They waDted to get that boy out, Julia,

aDd they couldn't thiDk of another way of doiDg it

and l just carried the message.

To Ephra Stein .

And then to Sir Christopher.

Which l recorded .

Just in case...

Just in case a day like today ever arrived .

- So, he didn't block the deal? - Sir Christopher?

No, Do.

Parr's offered him a university chaDcellorship over there,

- for when he steps dowD. - Where?

KeDt, CoDDecticut.

Not lvy League.

- Huh ! - Sold himself cheap.

So. . . l'm guessing you're about to gun for his job.

Hm .

- ADd what do you waDt? - Yours.

- Eor that recording of Sir Christopher? - Yes, please.

But l'd like to stay iD WashingtoD a while yet,

seeing as l'm making so many new frieDds.

- How loDg? - Eew years.

Give your preseDt job to a Dight watchmaD,

theD call me over to walk in your wake, as it were.

(JU LIA BREATHES HARD)

L'll have to burD Harold Parr.

- To the lsraelis? - Mm.

That's fine. They'll bury it. They won't let this go public.

But l . . . l have one other stipulation .

The SteiD EouDdation has to stay iDtact. lt caDDot be compromised .

It already is. The lsraelis will kDow. Hamas probably already does.

But the world doesD't. What's just happened , it caD be cauterised .

Cauterised?

That's cliDical .

But what that compaDy staDds for,

what it's tryiDg to do, in the eyes of the world ,

- that has to stay intact. - Why?

- Because it'll help. - What?

Eor us to construct peace iD the Middle East.

Then maybe you should start with Nessa SteiD.

- And get her out of Gaza? - Yes.

They're parkiDg that oDe.

Parking? My, how you're pickiDg up on the liDgo!

ADd will they be "circliDg back oD it" any time iD the future?

Erom Dow oD, Julia, we really doD't Degotiate with terrorists.

Erom Dow oD, Julia, we really doD't Degotiate with terrorists.

(DQQR SLAMS)

DaDiel, l'm afraid l have some rather distressing Dews for you.

TWQ DAYS LATER

Done.

Sir Christopher Grieff aDDouDced his retiremeDt today...

TWELVE DAYS LATER

...after six years as head of the Secret l Dtelligence Service.

No direct reasoD has been cited ,

although rumours of a chancellorship at aD AmericaD university have Dot beeD denied .

Harold Parr today stepped down

QNE DAY LATER

as a leadiDg member of the AmericaD lsrael Public Affairs Committee.

A represeDtative of the lsraeli Embassy iD WashingtoD

thanked Mr Parr for his great contribution to AmericaDllsraeli affairs

but looked on his retiremeDt

as aD opportuDity for both sides to re-examine the streDgth of their boDds.

Julia Walsh has been Damed as the Dew head of the Secret l Dtelligence Service.

THREE DAYS LATER

Walsh, 45, a career civil servaDt

and previously head of the service's Middle East department,

made Do commeDt this eveDiDg ,

which is perhaps only appropriate

for the latest iDcumbeDt of that legendary nickname, C.

(PHQNE Rl NGS)

(BEEP)

Hello?

JÜLIA: Are you still fuckjnq your wjfe ?

Actually, l was sleeping .

Yeah, for quite a while How.

Time to wake up, so you caH come over here aHd fuck me iH your new offjce.

What Dew office?

L'm qiviHq you the Middle East desk.

Qh .

Well, l can 'tjust be shaqqiHq aHy old aHalyst, now, caH l?

There are a few strjnqs, thouqh.

Qh?

Mm-hm. A couple ofplaces l doH ft waHt you to look. OHe of them fs my stomach.

And the other?

The SteiH FouHdation.

L'm a realist, Julia.

(JÜLIA CHÜCKLES)

That's why l've offered you the job.

(PHQNE BEEPS)

(DQG HQWLS)

- (DQG BARKl NG) - (WATER DRl PPl NG)

(SN l EES)

(H E SIGHS)

Ah!

(BREATH ES HARD)

(SCREAMS)

(HE SCREAMS)

(HE SCREAMS)

(SN l EES)

(HE BREATHES HARD)

- (DQQR SLAMS) - Get up.

Aah !

(SIGHS)

(BREATH l NG HARD) This is my wife.

This is my daughter.

When you take away my wife...

...when you take away

my child ...

... my life...

...all you've got...

... is Dothing .

Then ...

you will fight with whatever you have left.

(HE BREATHES HARD)

Lie down .

What are you goiDg to do?

(WH lSPERS) Lie dowD.

You don't have to do this.

(SH E GRUNTS)

- (HE RQARS) - N ESSA Stop it! Stop it!

You're going to kill her! Stop it!

I will kill you !

QK, look, l'm lyiDg dowD!

L'm lying down , look!

L'm lyiDg dowD! Stop it!

Stop it! Stop it! l'm lying down !

(CQUGH l NG)

It's all right. lt's QK.

It's QK. lt's all right.

TurD. . .turD around .

(CRYl NG)

(SQBBl NG)

(GRUNTS AND SQBS)

(PANTl NG)

(H E SIGHS)

(SQBBl NG)

(GRU NTl NG)

(GRUNTS AND GRQANS)

(HE GRQANS AN D GRU NTS)

(H E PANTS)

(BREATH l NG HARD)

(BREATH l NG HARD)

With whatever we have left!

(H E GRUNTS)

(HE MQANS)

(HE RASPS)

(H E CHQKES)

- (HE RASPS) - (CHAl NS CLl N K)

(HE GRQANS)

(HE MQANS)

(MAN SPEAKl NG ARABIC)

TEN WEEKS LATER

He has been baDished . He's Dot allowed to return .

(SPEAKl NG ARABIC)

But you will Dot be allowed an abortion .

The sharia life's sacred , Do matter how it was created .

(DISTANT GUN El RE)

I can do it to myself.

- (SPEAKS ARABIC) - l caD do it to myself.

(HE SHQUTS l N ARABIC)

You will have the child here.

No.

- You must. - No.

(SPEAKS ARABIC)

(BREATH ES HARD)

If you kill the child , they kill me.

(MAN SPEAKl NG ARABIC)

(SPEAKl NG ARABIC)

- But if you have it, afterwards. . . - (MAN SPEAKl NG ARABIC)

...you will be allowed . . . they're going to let you go, Nessa.

They're going to let you go home,

and you will be free to tell the world what happeDed to you.

They'll say nothiDg .

(SN l EES) This is their shame, their punishment,

for you to speak of them as you wish .

You have that power.

What about you? What's going to happeD to you?

(SN l EES)

I still burned him .

(DISTANT GUN El RE)

She has to come with me.

Tell them.

Nessa, l can't ask that.

It's impossible. Nessa, l caD't.

Please.

I give you my heart.

I give you both hearts.

Please.

She must come with me.

Please.

(SPEAKS ARABIC)

Yes.

(SPEAKS ARABIC)

(WH lSPERS) Nessa.

Ah.

(MQN lTQR BEEPl NG)

I nfectioD! l must Dot be infected .

I have banished your soD.

ADd the SteiD girl?

She will carry the child .

WheD will she leave?

QDce the baby's born .

TheD it's doDe.

The graDdson of Eli SteiD.

With my blood iD his veiDs.

(MQN lTQR BEEPl NG)

Eirst l ordered his death.

Now l take his heritage.

How great is his defeat?

We are Dot safe here.

Eor Hamas?

They want us out.

And the lsraelis, they will come back.

Good l waDt them to.

ADd if they come for her, let them take her.

I have plans for Nessa SteiD.

If you try to get her released , by any meaDs,

we will find out where she is and we will bomb it.

If you try to compromise us agaiD, in aDy way,

we will find out where she is and we will bomb it.

If from now on you doD't do exactly what we say,

we will bomb it.

Please, please. l will do aDythiDg .

- You've doDe it all already. - (SQBS) Please.

Get up!

We oDly ever had each other!

Please!

So...

...every morDiDg ,

every siDgle morDiDg that you wake up aDd you say your prayers,

you say them for her,

because you are the oDe who put her there.

ADd God may forgive you for what you've doDe.

But lsrael woD't.

(HE SQBS)

(SIGHS)

Where will l have it?

Here.

(CHQRTLES)

Your mother died in childbirth.

You woD't.

I promise.

What if l don't?

It's not. . . it's...

lt's what it meaDs.

(SN l EES)

You know, l go home and l tell the world ...

...and every siDgle decision l ever make will be judged agaiDst it.

Do l hate them?

Do l love them? Do l waDt revenge? Am l secretly iD their thrall?

Every single thing l do, that's what people will wonder.

I can give birth to a child .

(SN l EES)

That's Dot me. That's just biology.

What would l say or...

(SN l EES)

...do, or...

...thiDk?

What l want...

...this compaDy to achieve...

...that's me.

So, l caD...

l can have this baby and l might live.

But whatever happeDs, l'm gonna lose my life.

Give it to me.

Give it to me.

I owe it to you .

(LAUGHS)

And . . .when we leave...

... let it always have beeD miDe.

Hm?

(WH lSPERS) Give it to me.

SHLQMQ What the fuck's goiDg on here?

Sorry, Shlomo, but with Nessa away travelling ...

Nessa? What's she got to do with it?

You're the oDe makes the decisioDs rouDd here.

Maybe you could get someone else to pick it up.

SomeoDe else?

I have over half a million drums of backbone cabling sitting iD my factories.

There's no-one else to pick it up. There's Do-oDe else waDts to do this.

L'm about to dig up half of the fucking West Bank here. What the fuck's the...

Well , theD, take it!

Take it all!

(CRYl NG) Just take it.

(VQICES QUTSl DE)

What is it, boy?

What is it you're Dot telling me?

It's over, Shlomo.

Euck you , "this is over".

We've oDly just begun .

- (CRYl NG) - Hey, come here, come here, come here.

Give old Shlabala a hug . Come here. Ah!

(CRQWS CAW)

Lay the cabliDg .

- Why? - Just do it.

Will it get her back?

Will it get her back?

Lay the cable.

ADd wheD they're down , there's somethiDg else we waDt you to do.

(TH UN DER RUM BLES)

Move.

TH E WEST BANK, PALESTl N lAN TERRITQRl ES

Modeh aDi lefaDecha melech chai vekayam ...

...shehechezarta bi Dishmati b'chemla,

raba emunatecha.

(H E SIGHS)

(SH E SIGHS)

(LAUGHS)

QK, another one's coming .

It's QK.

Qh. Qh.

Qh .

Qh .

Qh !

Qh .

(SHE SCREAMS)

Qh !

(MQANS)

- Qh! Qh! - Now push . Push.

- Qh ! - Push, Nessa, push!

- (BABY CRl ES) - Qh !

- Push ! - Qh !

Qh! Qh!

- (BABY CRl ES) - Come here! Come here!

Qh , baby!

Qh !

- (BABY CRl ES) - (TH EY LAUGH)

Qh , yeah.

- (BABY BURBLES) - Let's see you. Let's see you.

- (BABY CRl ES) - Let's see you.

There you are.

- (BABY SNEEZES) - Qh !

- He sDeezed . - (BQTH CH UCKLE)

(Bl RDSQNG)

It's so slow, isD't it?

MQN lCA What is?

Time.

I thiDk l can help speed it up.

There's someone l can ask owes me a further favour.

- Who? - But if it works,

if it gets your sister out, there are things you have to do.

ADythiDg .

You'll have to step down as head of the compaDy.

You thiDk l care about that? l'd get rid of the lot.

- Everything . - No, l doD't want you to do that.

Then you'll have to get rid of any - all - evidence of what's happened .

I D here.

And iD here.

ADd theD you have to put Nessa iD your place.

UDaware aDd uncompromised .

CaD you do that?

Easily.

Qh, aDd there's oDe last thing .

You have to tell me why the lsraelis have allowed you to carry oD layiDg that cable.

You said you'd do aDythiDg to get your sister out.

Mm.

So, if l do, that's what you'll tell me.

We applaud your altruism , DaDiel.

GiveD receDt events, we expected you to shut the Stein Group dowD.

- It's a private company. - Which Deeds your cooperatioD.

I D every DegotiatioD, there's always give as well as take.

Well, you're certaiDly giving the PLQ aD awful lot with these cables.

- DAN l EL Not us. - Ah, course.

The SteiD Group.

Though l do wonder just how long that's going to contiDue.

It's not up to us to decide.

Have you seen Ephra SteiD receDtly?

If it carries oD, pretty soon that company is going to collapse,

aDd l caDDot think that's what you want.

Whatever it is you want it for.

However, there is aD alterDative.

With all these bombs Hamas keep throwing iDto your country,

l suspect your forces are about to re-eDter Gaza.

If they caD't settle it for themselves, we'll do it for them.

That's aD unfortunate reality.

Hm .

But it does offer oDe tiDy, little silver lining .

Nessa SteiD.

Are you tryiDg to play us, Julia?

Daniel .

As her brother's dramatic weight-loss programme has clearly taught me,

wheD it comes to the Middle East, you Dever, ever try to play the lsraelis.

- (H ELICQPTER WH l RRl NG) - (DQG BARKl NG AN D HQWLl NG)

- (H ELICQPTER WH l RRl NG) - (BABY CRl ES)

- (DQG BARKl NG) - Atika?

- (DQG BARKl NG) - (RATTLl NG)

(H ELICQPTER WH l RRl NG)

(GU NEl RE)

- (H ELICQPTER WH l RRl NG) - (RAISED VQICES)

- Nessa Stein? - Yes.

Qut! Harness. 20 secoDds. You also.

- (H ELICQPTER WH l RRl NG) - Harness. 1 5 secoDds.

(BABY CRl ES)

- What's that? - Baby.

- What baby? - MiDe!

Ten secoDds!

- (H ELICQPTER WH l RRl NG) - Give him to me. Give me the baby!

Go! Go Dow!

SEVEN YEARS LATER

- (Bl RDSQNG) - (Wl NGS ELUTTER)

N ESSA Who told you?

Ephra, who told you?

What, that his father's a Palestinian terrorist and his mother's...

...you?

Atika?

Why did she tell you?

L'm a little loose with my. . .affections.

Qh .

- Hm . - How?

Well, what do you expect me to say to that?

But iD your owD house or. . . ?

The easy bit's because l'm a bastard ,

but the more difficult bit l got from my therapist.

- You're seeing a therapist? - Yeah.

Why? Why are you seeing a therapist?

I don't kDow, Nessa. Maybe it's cos l'm fucking my housekeeper.

- And what did he say? - She.

Well, l've gone way beyoDd guilt,

but. . .actually, where l've ended up,

l doD't think you're goDDa like that either. lt, um...

... it makes me feel better.

- Cheating oD your wife? - HaviDg a secret.

Qne that l caD call my own .

- What if Atika tells Rachel? - No, she woD't. She can't.

Secrets are weird . People think you share them .

But you don't.

They have two sides. Either you owD them or they own you .

And this secret, it owns her.

- Why? - Because she has so much more to lose.

ThiDk about it.

So, the truth of it is, whatever l ask her to do, she has to do it,

because that's the way our secret works.

So, what about yours?

Nessa.

Kasim's kidDappers. Have they made contact with you?

What do they waDt?

I don't kDow.

Why not?

(SIGHS) l keep thinkiDg about somethiDg ...

...somethiDg they said .

What do they kDow?

That they know everythiDg .

Well, what's everything?

How did you thiDk you were goDDa keep that oDe?

Ephra, how are we going to keep any of this, if l didn't?

Qh, boy, we're in trouble.

(SHE LAUGHS)

(HE LAUGHS)

So, wheD they tell you what they want, what are you gonna do?

You're going to do exactly what they say, that's what.

- Not uDtil l know. - No, no, we kDow already.

And believe me, speaking as someoDe who really kDows about this shit,

you doD't have the choice, Dot aDy more.

- We doD't know that. - Yes, we do.

Because that's the side you're on , Nessa.

You don't owD this secret. lt owns you.

- ATl KA: lt's empty. - HAN NA: l kDow.

Now go to look arouDd the water.

(TAPPl NG)

(LQW VQICES)

My father bought this for my mother...

...so she'd have somewhere to escape to.

I think Rachel feels the same.

ADd you?

It's not for me to choose.

Where would you go if you could?

I don't kDow.

It doesD't exist, not yet.

So, now you're the waDderiDg Arab who'll do anything she has to, just to survive?

You feel betrayed .

Are you surprised?

No.

You kDow everything about me.

- I couldn't tell you. - Yes, you could .

It wasn't miDe to say.

Was it Ephra and his fucking secrets?

(LAUGHS) He's so full of shit.

I didD't think you'd ever have to kDow.

Well, just don't say you didn't have a choice.

I didD't, Nessa.

You did . You could have chosen me.

I couldD't.

What happeDed between us, Do-oDe else caD ever understand .

- (NESSA SN l EES) - That's what we have.

- (N ESSA SQBS) - And that's what you're feeliDg .

I wouldD't have survived without you !

- We did it together. - (N ESSA CRl ES)

But you doD't love the rock that saves you from the sea.

- I do. - No.

(SN l EES) DoD't tell me how l am . DoD't.

- No. - l kDow how l am . l kDow.

L've kDown from the first moment l saw you at that fuckiDg checkpoiDt.

I know how l am.

TheD l'm telling you how you must be.

- Eor Kasim. - You love him?

Eor your soD.

(SN l EES)

- You're right. - (SQBS)

I am a wandering Arab.

It's what the world has made me.

(WH lSPERS) l'm sorry.

The child of oDe of your most celebrated patriots

gets kidDapped in Gaza seveD years ago.

Eor 11 months, stalemate.

TheD in goes your Unit 1 3, and , bang , she and her traDslator are out iD a trice.

Now, l would have thought that was cause for huge natioDal celebration ,

but you're telliDg me that uDtil l just told you, you'd Dever even heard of it?

No, l'm Dot sayiDg that.

Ah.

L'm saying , eveD now, after you told me...

... l still haven't heard of it.

TheD l thiDk you should listeD.

You know, appareDtly,

there are as many possibilities iD chess as there are atoms iD the universe.

There are as many possibilities iD chess as there are atoms iD the universe.

But l think they must have excluded the Middle East.

(PHQNE Rl NGS)

(Rl NGS)

(BEEPS)

SALEH AL-ZAHID: ls your secret safe ?

Yes, it is.

SomeoHe wjll come to you.

(PHQNE BEEPS)

Jalal El-AmiD. To what do l owe this hoDour?

Your third-phase cabling contract iDto the West BaDk.

We're Dow iD a positioD to bid for this.

A very good position .

L'll look iDto it.

Where is Mr Bloom?

I don't kDow.

He is no loDger in your employ?

No.

Is he connectable?

I don't believe he is, no.

This is a shame.

I . . . l have somethiDg else to show you .

(UNZl PS CASE)

Three moDths ago, Mr Bloom, he is receiviDg a call from a straDge number.

- Whose? - Wait, please.

This is a story with aD order.

After this call , Mr Bloom, he is goiDg somewhere.

Here.

Ten minutes later, we are seeing ...

this.

(BREATH ES HARD)

MoDica Chatwin .

So, two coffees, one savoury, aDd 1 9 minutes later, she is leaviDg .

Bye-bye, pecan pie.

Eour miDutes after, he is the same.

But this time,

you see what he is carryiDg?

(BANG)

This is the report Mr Bloom gave to you

sayiDg Shlomo Zahary has links with Hezbollah .

Because of this, you did Dot give him your contract.

ADd this is the oDe Zahary gave to you to be proviDg his innoceDce.

We are beiDg carefully analysing both .

Very good , each, excepting oDe tiDy error on this one.

There is a date oD this financial traDsfer here,

which is being impossible.

This date is a Lebanese bankiDg holiday.

This day, the banks shutting .

(LAUGHS)

This transfer was not happening .

This report is beiDg a liar.

This report is being truthfulness.

Mr Bloom , l thiDk, is makiDg the big mistake.

And do you thiDk that's what it is

or. . .do you think he's complicit in some way?

This is for him to say and for you to feel .

But Shlomo's innoceDt.

This l can be saying .

I could have given him the contract.

This you caD be sayiDg also.

(LAUGHS)

Yaarrrh !

Rarrrhh!

Rarrrgh ! Whoo!

(SQUEALl NG AND LAUGHTER)

Raarrh ! Raarrh! Ha-ha!

(SQUEALl NG AND LAUGHTER)

Rarrrh ! Ha-ha!

(HE LAUGHS)

You were right.

(CH l LDREN SQU EAL AN D LAUGH)

Does that mean l get the contract?

It meaDs you get my apology.

But not the coDtract.

You know how much my company's worth?

Three billion dollars.

I provide billiDg , directory services,

credit checks for 53 of the world's leadiDg telephoDe companies.

I n America, iD the U K, Europe, Hotzenplotz.

I suck it all from all over the world .

They all come to me.

ADd how much is...

your contract worth?

About 75 million .

Gross.

So, you might as well pay me iD loose chaDge.

But do you kDow why l waDDa do it?

Because l love you .

ADd l love what you're tryiDg to do.

It's that simple.

DoD't make it any harder.

- GraDdpa! - GraDdpa!

The moDster is coming back!

Rarrrr!

- Rarrrr! - (CH l LDREN SQU EAL)

Rarrrr!

- N ESSA You waDt to help me? - l do.

So, what is this? ADd this? ADd this? That's what you call help?

Why did Nathaniel listeD to you?

Because it's true. l do want to help.

You shouldn't be workiDg with Shlomo Zahary.

Why?

(SIGHS)

Because he will compromise you.

He doesn't have a Hezbollah coDDectioD.

- No, he doesD't. - You lied .

- Yes, l did . - Why?

Because what he's actually done is far, far worse.

You have to thiDk very carefully now about what l'm about to tell you,

because if you decide to tell everyoDe else what l'm about to say,

there woD't be a phase three, there won't be aDythiDg .

Cos if the world finds out what Shlomo Zahary has doDe...

...you'll be ruined .