The Attack Page #5

and you're playing

right into their hands.

We have nothing to do

with your wife.

My wife met Sheik Marwan here.

It's not true. It's a rumor.

Your wife is a martyr.

We'll be eternally grateful to her.

But that doesn't give you the right

to put anyone in danger.

Please get in a car

and go back to Tel Aviv.

We're not afraid of their Merkavas

or their Apaches,

or whatever they attack us with!

We'll liberate this land,

every inch of it!

They don't scare us!

We will free the land!

We will free the land!

You don't answer?

Hello?

Hi.

I'm listening.

You know how much

this day means to me,

and it's important that you come.

I've waited for this moment

all my life.

Do you not care

that I've been awarded?

I can't.

Why not?

What am I asking?

I explained it to you.

I can't.

- It's not enough for me.

- I won't be able to.

What am I asking for?

That you be with me, next to me.

On the most important day

of my life.

Calm down.

I don't want to calm down!

I don't want to!

But what did I ask?

You're crazy.

I really can't.

Everything's for you,

every time it's for you,

and I'm always here for you.

I won't go with you.

This time I can't.

Are you going to resent me

for this?

What did you want to tell me

that night?

Why didn't you answer?

Come in.

I haven't heard from Adel.

Does he always disappear like that?

It happens.

Sometime he goes away on a job,

then he shows up just like that.

Remember these?

Where did you find them?

Mom gave them to us.

She told us they were yours.

She was very protective of them.

Adel and I read them

at least 100 times.

We kept looking for the sequels,

but no bookstore had them.

What's funny is how they translated

Bruce Wayne to Arabic.

Nabeel Fawzi.

No, that's Clark Kent.

Bruce Wayne is Sobhi.

That's right.

Silly name for Batman, no?

She also told us

that when you were a kid,

you wanted to be Batman.

You put a towel on your back

and wanted to jump from the rooftop.

Our neighbor Samiha caught me.

She yelled, "Idiot,

you're going to break your legs!"

The whole neighborhood was there.

My father screamed, "Jump!"

He was holding a blanket

with the neighbors.

I didn't want to jump,

so he brought a ladder

and forced me down.

My mother slapped me.

Leila was crying.

These were the good days.

My mother is very attached to you.

But she's hurt.

She has no one but you,

and you left her out.

I was caught up in my own things.

A bit too much, perhaps.

Sheik!

You're not wanted here.

Don't you get it?

You owe me some answers.

What answers?

About my wife.

She's dead.

Her martyrdom doesn't raise you a bit

in our esteem.

The bastard isn't the man

who doesn't know his father,

it's the one

who doesn't know his roots.

Now get out of Nablus.

You think you're a prophet?

I won't leave Nablus

before I get my answers.

You hear me?

I won't leave!

Who do you think you are?

- Go away.

- All right.

Go away. Go away.

Three men came to see me today.

The rumor is that you're working

for the Shabak.

How do you know

the Shabak isn't watching you?

You're their only link.

Someone might be watching

this house now.

Let them.

We understand your grief.

But when this is over,

you go back home.

It's us who have to deal

with this sh*t.

We don't want problems, Amin.

Not from this side,

not from that side.

Amin, please don't get us wrong.

I think I've caused enough problems.

Who covered the Mercedes?

I don't know.

The car didn't cover itself.

I don't know.

What's wrong?

When was the last time

Adel took it out?

I don't remember.

What's the problem?

Why are there no license plates?

He changes them all the time.

One for the Territories,

one for Israel.

Adel is smart with those things.

- Hello?

- Hello.

Where's Adel?

You've got the wrong number.

Listen, a**hole,

tell him his uncle is here,

that I found the Mercedes,

and I won't leave Nablus

before I see him.

Adel was in my house

the night of the attack.

He came to pack his stuff.

So what?

So someone from my family knew

what was going on and didn't tell me.

Your brother Adel is involved

up to his neck.

And you're going to tell me

where he is.

- Hello.

- Dr. Amin?

Who are you?

We'll come and get you.

Stop where you are.

So, Doctor, you're out

for a little revenge?

The Shabak sent you to stir us up?

Nobody sent me.

I came to see Adel.

Well, you haven't seen

anything yet.

Brother Amin, it's an honor

to have you here.

I'm sorry about

what you've been through.

These are hard times.

I won't try to justify anything

to you.

If you haven't understood a thing

since you set foot here,

it means you probably never will.

In the end, everyone steers his ship

as he wishes.

Your loss moves me

from the bottom of my soul.

I'm suffering as much as you are.

You're suffering?

From what, if I may ask?

I lost loved ones, too.

And you brought me here

so I can console you?

I understand.

I'm not here on a courtesy call.

I know.

How can I help you?

My wife, before she blew herself up,

came here to meet her mentor.

I can't get this through my head.

What tales did you tell her?

How did you make a monster,

a fundamentalist,

out of a woman

who couldn't hurt a fly?

I understand.

You understand sh*t!

Watch what you're saying, Amin,

but I put that down

to the intensity of your grief.

You can put it

wherever you please!

I beg you, I won't tolerate this,

especially from the mouth

of an eminent surgeon.

I agreed to receive you

so I can tell you

that there's nothing for you here.

But I understand

why you're troubled.

At this moment, your pride

as a husband is wounded.

But when your wound heals,

you'll see more clearly.

The fact your wife told you nothing

doesn't mean she betrayed you.

She simply had nothing to tell you.

I'm asking you to turn the page.

I don't need sermons.

I want to know why.

Why what?

That's her affair.

I was her husband.

She knew that.

If she hid her secrets from you,

she had her reasons.

Bullshit.

She had obligations toward me.

I never wronged her in any way.

And it wasn't only her life

she blew to smithereens,

but my life and the lives

of 17 other families,

and you tell me it's her affair?

I want to know why!

To know everything!

Know what, exactly?

The truth, Father.

Which truth?

Hers or yours?

The truth of a woman

who knew where her duty lay

or the truth of an Arab

who thinks he's out of the woods

because he's got

an Israeli passport?

Or the exemplary integrated Arab

who gets invited to fancy parties

and gets showered

with presents and prizes

by people who want to show

how tolerant they are?

Is that the truth you're looking for

or the one

you're running away from?

What planet do you live on?

Our land is violated day and night,

our towns are buried by tanks,

our children can't remember

what the word "school" means.

And you, just because you're nice

and warm in Tel Aviv,

you think you can come here

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