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to them.

What now?

Now we're going

to have a baby.

Eleven names.

Give us the order,

and we'll begin.

It's the same as Eichmann.

We say to these butchers:

"You didn't want

to share this world with us...

"then we don't have

to share this world with you. "

There's legitimacy for this.

Am I correct?

Ambushed

and slaughtered again...

while the rest of the world is

playing games, Olympic torches...

and brass bands

and dead Jews in Germany.

And the world

couldn't care less.

We've responded.

We sent 70 fighter jets.

A response no one heard.

Air strikes on guerrilla training

centers. That's a response.

No one notices what happens

in the border camps.

Sixty Arabs dead, at least.

Who knows how many wounded.

This is about fixing

the world's attention.

Well, it's not just

a publicity stunt.

Let me remind you.

Ali Hassan Salameh,

he invented Black September.

He is the architect

of the Munich murders.

These people.

They're sworn to destroy us.

Forget peace for now.

We have to show them

we're strong.

We have laws,

we represent civilization.

Some people say we can't

afford to be civilized.

I've always resisted

such people.

But I don't know

who these maniacs are...

and where they come from.

Palestinians?

They're not recognizable.

You tell me what law

protects people like these.

Today I'm hearing

with new ears.

Every civilization

finds it necessary...

to negotiate compromises

with its own values.

I've made a decision.

The responsibility

is entirely mine.

Avner?

Yes?

We're going to Jerusalem.

Get in.

Come on, sir.

Hello. I'm General Zamir.

Yes.

You swore us in.

My unit,

when I joined Mossad.

I don't remember you.

Of course, I know your father.

Avner.

It's been... Two years

since I worked for you.

I remember.

Please, sit down.

Harari.

General Nadav.

And General Yariv.

How are you?

How is your father?

He's fine. Thank you.

Coffee? It's wonderful

to see you again.

Sit.

The chief of the Mossad,

two generals...

and the Prime Minister.

Obviously, it's important.

This is something new.

What happened in Munich

changes everything.

We want to ask you. Will

you undertake a mission?

An important mission. You will

have to leave the country...

and your family,

maybe for years.

And it is dangerous. You

can't talk about it to anyone.

Not even your wife.

Now you should

say something.

Do you have any questions?

So, this isn't about guarding

tourists on El Al jets?

No questions?

Did we mention

how dangerous it is?

You know, my sister

died on Tuesday.

No, I didn't know that.

Cancer.

I couldn't go to the

athletes' funerals...

because she died.

That upset people,

but she was my sister.

Family matters.

Your wife is pregnant.

Yes, seven months.

Mazel tov.

You were one

of my favorite bodyguards.

You know,

I like neat, durable men.

You liked having

the son of a hero around.

Truth be told, you don't

look much like your father.

No?

Your mother

is who you resemble.

Tomorrow morning.

If you can't decide

in one day...

you can't decide.

Her sister died.

But I think she didn't go

to the athletes' funerals...

because some people

are angry at her...

for not negotiating

with the terrorists.

She didn't go

to the funerals...

because she didn't

want to be booed.

It's a good sign

you didn't ask questions.

You'll say yes.

I'm your case officer.

My name is Ephraim.

How late in the pregnancy before

you have to stop having sex?

Labor.

Don't worry about it.

You won't be around.

Will you?

Whatever they want, make

sure they give you a raise.

I need things for the baby.

I can't live

with refusing this.

Your mother,

she knew what she was doing.

She abandoned you on that

kibbutz. She didn't abandon me.

My father was missing.

He was in prison,

she was overwhelmed.

Oh, yes. She did what anybody would do.

Yeah, so she took you to the

kibbutz and abandoned you.

Now you think Israel

is your mother.

So listen.

I'm going to go along

with this, until I don't.

Do you understand me?

I love you.

I'm not the hero's nice wife.

First you resign from Mossad.

Your new contract.

It says we do not employ you,

offer you benefits, or pensions...

or legal aid

or medical assistance.

It's a contract

that there is no contract.

Do I get a copy?

You don't.

Your pension contribution

refund.

You're now officially

unofficial.

Unemployed and uninsured.

You'll open two accounts...

at the Union de Banques Suisse

in Geneva...

on Rue du Commerce.

Operational funds in one box,

in the other your salary...

which you don't take

till the mission ends...

when you get what accumulates.

Also, for each of your men, you

open an account for his salary.

How many men do I have for this

- In the operational funds box...

we will deposit

You take it out,

we put more in.

I want receipts.

You are not working

for the Baron Rothschild.

You're working for Israel,

a small country.

I'm an old Galicianer

from a mud hut in the Ukraine.

And I don't trust Yekke putzes

let loose in Europe...

with unlimited operational

expenses.

I was born in Israel.

I'm not a Yekke.

Where is your grandpa from?

Frankfurt.

You're a Yekke.

Your wife receives monthly

$1,000 in her bank account.

Also, we leave messages in the

box with the operational funds.

You can leave messages

for us.

But there shouldn't be messages.

I don't care about that.

Bring me receipts,

you got me? I got you.

Whatever you are doing,

somebody else is paying for it.

We have 11 Palestinian

names.

Each had a hand

in planning Munich.

You're going to kill them,

They're all in Europe now.

You'll stay there

as long as it takes.

Europe only, not the Arab

countries. That's for us, not you.

And not Eastern Bloc.

Don't upset the Russians.

Who needs it?

You'll have no contact

with us.

You're not going to give me

any information?

We deposit money from a

fund that doesn't exist...

into a box we don't know about,

in a bank we never set foot in.

We can't help you because

we never heard of you before.

You'll do what

the terrorists do.

You think they report back

to home base? They don't.

We want them dead.

Nothing better than eating

something sweet by the sea.

You can ask questions now.

Am I alone?

Four others.

They know useful things

like cars, documents...

cleanup to make sure

you don't...

accidentally

drop your fake passport...

next to the dead body.

You're the team leader.

Who kills the targets?

You do. Who else?

Use guns if you have to,

but the bombs are preferable.

One of your guys

knows how to make them.

We want everyone to read in Le Monde

some famous Arab terrorist is dead.

Who knows who blew him up?

Why me?

So what's wrong with you?

I'm not an experienced

field operative.

So I'm not known.

Not even I know you now.

And also, I lived in Frankfurt

when I was a kid...

so I'm a Yekke Jew who

knows his way around Europe.

That's a good reason. Here's

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