7 Days in Entebbe

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(MAN SINGING IN HEBREW

OVER SPEAKERS)

(ALL SING IN HEBREW)

(MAN CONTINUES SINGING

IN HEBREW OVER SPEAKERS)

(ALL SING IN HEBREW)

(MAN CONTINUES SINGING

IN HEBREW OVER SPEAKERS)

(ALL SING IN HEBREW)

(MAN COUGHING)

(TOILET FLUSHES)

(COUGHING CONTINUES)

(COUGHS)

(WOMAN SPEAKING GREEK

OVER INTERCOM)

(SPEAKS ARABIC)

(MAN SPEAKING GREEK)

MAN:

Come. Come through please.

(ELECTRONIC CHIMING)

(QUIET CHATTER)

Move! Over there!

Everybody,

this is a hijack situation!

- (PASSENGERS SCREAMING)

- Nobody move!

- Nobody move!

- If you all stay in your seats

and do not move,

no one will be harmed.

But if anybody tries anything,

I will throw this grenade.

Nobody move!

Everyone stay in your seat!

Don't move! I have a bomb!

(PASSENGERS SCREAMING)

(GRUNTING)

Sit down!

Sit! Sit!

(PANTING)

We've got the cabin

under control.

It's four of us.

We've got weapons and bombs.

If you try anything,

you will die.

Comrade 39,

is the cabin secured?

- Cabin secured.

- Stay in your seats,

and nobody try anything.

Everyone in here, get into

the back cabin now. Move!

Take nothing with you.

Move, move!

Who's the captain?

- I am.

- You two, out.

I'm the flight engineer.

I'm-I'm needed here.

You, up.

BRIGITTE:

Move! Hurry, hurry!

- Come on. Come on!

- Leave your bags. Go!

- Faster!

- Come on, go!

- (WOMAN GASPS)

- And you, too.

Okay, okay, okay.

Faster! Come on!

PRIME MINISTER RABIN:

If we don't have good schools,

a good health system...

if we don't invest

in our own culture,

what are we fighting for?

We cannot allocate

all the taxpayers' money

to your ministry, Shimon.

The defense budget

is already 31% of the GDP.

A raise of ten percent

in four years.

In my personal assessment,

a ten-percent increase

in military spending

- is the minimum that we need.

- (MURMURS OF DISSENT)

Anything less would be

a dereliction of our duty.

Now, this is not about

a choice, gentlemen.

This is compulsory.

This is about the survival

of Israel.

As the Yom Kippur War proved,

our intelligence capabilities

are also lacking.

We don't have the assets

on the ground.

We need more agents.

We need to buy more influence.

The Russians

have massively increased

military aid to Egypt.

Syria is also re-arming.

(VOICE FADING):
There are

Russian military personnel

back in the Golan Heights.

It is not just tanks

and airplanes.

Also, capabilities are lacking.

If we are caught

off guard again,

the consequences

will be catastrophic.

In my assessment, Russia...

This is compulsory.

This is about the ten percent

that we need.

We cannot allocate money

to health and education

when we are being driven

into the sea by our enemies.

BOSE (OVER SPEAKERS):

You're required to hand over

all documents that give

evidence of your identity.

Anyone who is caught

holding back any papers

will be punished without mercy.

ALI:

Come on, everyone, give me

your passport

and I.D. card, too.

Passport. Passport.

Passport. I.D.

Come on, give me

your I.D. card, too.

Okay.

Passport.

There are 239 passengers

on board.

83 are Israeli.

Legally, it's a French problem.

It's their airliner

and mostly their citizens.

If it's a hijack,

we'll make sure

the press understands that.

I can call the editors.

It's a hijack.

They'll fly back here

to challenge us.

They always do.

Amos, Prime Minister...

this is our problem.

You mean it's my problem,

Shimon?

- Uh...

- Sit down.

- No, excuse me, but...

- Sit down.

My daughter really needs

to go to the bathroom.

You?

Yeah.

You need to go?

Hurry up.

(SPEAKS HEBREW)

- I need to go, too.

- You can stay sitting down.

Miss...

Your blouse is open.

Don't try and break

the undercarriage.

If you do, we'll die together.

Don't worry.

I'll do a kiss landing.

(TIRES SQUEAK)

Reverse.

Check.

Good, Captain.

(QUIET CHATTER)

Why is this taking so long?

Unless you tell me

where we're going,

I'm going to need

five or six of these.

Okay.

Get back inside the plane.

If you want to fly on

and if you want to be safe,

I-I need to do

my pre-flight checks.

I need to check the wheels,

the brakes and the engine.

You should be taking care

of those people inside.

They've been on this plane

five hours now.

They need food and drinks.

You will run.

You have my word, I won't.

And you don't want

to be holding that

next to a fuel truck.

Are you a member

of Baader-Meinhof?

Fill up the plane, engineer.

Do your job.

Jaber.

- Brigitte, Juan Pablo.

- Hello.

Hijacking a plane?

That is a serious step.

What's in it for us?

Let's just see

what Jaber has to say.

Sit.

Your movement

is under pressure.

Your support is fading.

Many of your colleagues

are in jail.

An action like this can inspire

a new generation to follow you.

The PFLP will call

for the release

of 50 Palestinian prisoners.

We could also demand the

release of some of our friends.

If we do this,

we can demand anything we want.

We can demand that

Ulrike Meinhof is on the list?

They will never release Ulrike.

JABER:

Like I said,

if we do this right,

they have to do

whatever we want.

- Aim!

- (GUNS COCK)

Fire!

WADIE:

Bose!

We need to talk.

(GUNFIRE CONTINUES OUTSIDE)

WADIE:

Ulrike Meinhof is dead.

She killed herself.

Your movement is dying.

She cut her hair.

No, she quit.

And that poses a problem.

Which problem?

His father and his mother.

His sister and his wife,

and their children.

They were all in a camp

in Lebanon.

The Israelis raided it.

Killed people,

dynamited the houses.

They tried to escape.

They were in a car.

An Israeli tank drove over it.

All of them died.

That's how I know

that he's committed.

How do I know

that you're committed

now your comrades are dead?

She would never hang herself.

She was murdered by the state.

And if we return to Germany,

we will be murdered, too.

It's all the more important

that we continue.

- For Ulrike.

- And for your family.

WADIE:
At the airport,

Jaber will be in command.

I will stay in Kampala

and liaise with President Amin.

Ugandans will control

the perimeter

of the airfield

and the building.

You will all stay inside.

You must be careful

in these situations.

You must keep your distance

from the passengers.

Emotional attachment

can be really dangerous.

Particularly for women.

I am a revolutionary.

Would you like some water?

- Would you like some water?

- Would you like some water?

Would you like some water

for the kids?

Would you like some water?

(SHUDDERING)

I don't feel well.

What do you need?

I-I'm pregnant.

I think I'm having

a miscarriage.

- Okay, I'm going to try to find you a doctor, okay?

- Yeah.

Miss? She doesn't feel well.

She really needs

to see a doctor.

What is the problem?

She thinks

she's losing her baby.

Uh, miss, I'm a nurse.

- Maybe I can help.

- You can wait.

Which month?

Two... two months.

Where you from?

England.

We will call an ambulance.

We don't want to hurt anyone.

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