Exodus Page #12

is now under way...

...in Acre and neighbouring Druze villages.

A 7:
00 curfew has been proclaimed for Jews.

Standby for further bulletins.

Get down.

Is Akiva hit?

We are both hit.

- Do you want me to slow down?

- No, you must go faster.

Get off the road.

Is the pain bad?

Mortal wounds give no pain.

I'm already occupied with dying.

Not for a long time, Uncle Akiva.

In this fatal optimism, you are Haganah.

In methodology, you are Irgun.

But in the heart, you are Israel.

Kiss Barak for me.

We must get out of here before they come back.

- Are you hurt badly?

- No, I'm all right.

Give me your handkerchief.

You head for Ein Or.

I can get to Gan Dafna from here.

- Are you sure?

- I'm sure. Shalom.

A bulletin. 22 residents

of the Druze village of Isfiya...

...have been arrested for alleged complicity

in today's prison revolt at Acre.

Stand by for further bulletins.

A bulletin.

The commandant of Acre Prison

has discovered evidence indicating...

...that the surrender

of the notorious Dov Landau...

...was part of the Irgun plot

to organize the uprising from the inside.

Security police are reported

closing in on Landau...

...along the southern approaches to Haifa.

Stand by for further bulletins.

Quiet, please.

I have an announcement.

Arabs from across the border

have been infiltrating the valley...

...for the last three or four nights.

There have been two ambushes.

From now on, no one will leave the village area

without permission.

Don't worry about Dov.

If anybody in this world

can give them the slip, he'll do it.

I know. They'll never catch him.

But I just keep thinking

how scared he must be right now.

- Dov?

- Why, yes. He gets so scared.

Why, inside, he's just scared all the time.

You know, perhaps later on,

we'll be able to get Dov to America, too.

Kitty.

I cannot go to America with you.

I must stay here.

Mrs. Fremont.

Will you come to the hospital right away?

It's an emergency. Please, hurry.

A British search party has just turned

Yad El upside down. Mother telephoned.

- They must be coming here next.

- We're almost finished.

We must get him out of here.

His right lung is punctured.

If he's moved, the chances are 8 to 10

he'll haemorrhage, and that would mean death.

Of course, you're his sister, Jordana.

It's for you to decide.

No stranger has been here.

However, everything is open to you.

We are happy to accommodate.

Sir. Mr. Coats.

- Quite an arsenal they've got piled up here.

- Pretty little collection.

What's wrong?

Nothing's wrong, but you must lie still.

But I'm the only doctor they had.

You can't leave all these children

without a doctor.

Don't worry, children, I'll be back.

Dr. Lieberman's been arrested.

They found weapons in Gan Dafna.

Here's the adrenalin, they have no plasma.

How is he?

I opened the wound. It's draining.

Will he live?

I don't know.

His temperature's 102.

If it keeps going down,

we may have the infection checked.

If not, it means it's spreading

and forming pockets all through the chest cavity.

When the Syrian Arabs murdered my father

in his own mosque...

...Ari's father saved my life and my heritage.

Ari and I used to live together in Yad El.

We shared the same room.

To me, his house was life itself.

Now to think that...

...my house may become his tomb.

I can't find his pulse.

Norway votes...

...for Partition.

Pakistan...

...against.

- Who cares?

- How is it now?

If we get over the next 4, I think we're in.

Republic of Panama...

...for.

The Republic of Paraguay...

...votes...

...for Partition.

The Republic of Peru...

...for.

The Philippine Republic votes...

...for.

We've got two-thirds. I'm going to announce it!

- But we haven't got the final vote yet.

- What's the difference? We won!

The Polish People's Republic votes...

...for.

Although the vote is not yet complete,

I can now tell you...

...that in 5 months and 16 days

from this moment...

...on May 15...

...1948...

...the British will leave Palestine forever!

Please, don't make a demonstration yet.

Because I've still to read this statement

from the National Committee.

"The final vote of the United Nations

on the question of the Partition of Palestine...

"... into an independent Jewish state

and an independent Arab state...

"... is as follows:

"33 for...

"... 13 against, 10 abstentions. "

We would wish the hour of parting between us...

...and England...

...to be one of honour.

We must record that in most instances...

...British soldiers carried out

the unrelenting policy of their government...

...with tact and compassion.

There are many cases on record

of British soldiers and sailors...

...risking their lives to save Jewish refugees.

And to the Arab population of Jewish Palestine,

we make the following appeal:

The Grand Mufti has asked you

either to annihilate the Jewish population...

...or to abandon your homes and your lands...

...and to seek the weary path of exile.

We implore you...

...remain in your homes...

...and in your shops...

...and we shall work together as equals...

...in the free state of Israel!

What's wrong?

- You've won your freedom. I've lost mine.

- We never had freedom, you or I.

All our lives we've been under British rule.

We'll be equal in the free state of Israel.

The resolution guarantees it.

Guarantees are one thing, reality's another.

They've made my lands and village part of Israel-

These are still your lands. They always will be.

I'm a minority.

We've always been friends in this valley, Taha.

Minority, majority,

we've proved it makes no difference.

If it makes no difference,

why have you fought so hard?

Because we had hundreds of thousands

of people with no other place to go.

- Where shall my people go?

- Why should they go anywhere?

This is their home as well as ours.

Don't you see? We have to prove to the world

that we can get along together.

If we don't, then the British are right,

we cannot govern ourselves without them.

Excuse me.

All our lives we've understood each other

and loved each other.

Now, when it means everything, I can't reach him.

You'll make him understand, Ari. I know you will.

You know, you're wonderful.

I look at you...

...and I ask myself, what are you doing here

in the middle of somebody else's fight?

You should go back to America.

You've had your civil war.

I'm going to stay.

I'm going to stay as long as you'll have me.

I love you, Kitty.

My father gave them the land

upon which Gan Dafna stands.

My children go to school at Gan Dafna.

I am the mukhtar of this village

and will not attack.

We know you are the mukhtar.

Understand the Grand Mufti

has publicly committed himself...

...and every Arab man, woman and child to die...

...rather than accept the partitioning of Palestine.

His Holiness does not recognize

the decision of a few elderly gentlemen...

...at Flushing Meadows,

who call themselves the United Nations.

As you are a Moslem,

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