For centuries, Palestine
was a quiet backwater of the Ottoman Empire
with a tiny Jewish community.
Then, in 1897, the first conference
of the World Zionist Organisation
was held in Switzerland.
Thousands of people set out from Europe
determined to build Israel, here,
in the Promised Land.
During the First World w*r,
the Ottomans were allies of Germany.
In 1917, British troops fought
their way through Gaza
and in December, General Allenby
marched them in to Jerusalem.
The Treaty of Versailles
gave control of Palestine to the British.
The first High Commissioner
was Sir Herbert Samuel
a Jew and a Zionist.
By the end of the 1920s
a hundred thousand Jews
had arrived in Palestine.
My mother, me, and my brother,
David, were three of them.
The Arabs rioted.
In Hebron,
more than 60 Jews were k*lled.
It was horrible.
The British response was to bring
in 500 new recruits
to the Palestine Police Force.
Here...
Two of these new recruits were
Tom Wilkin and Geoffrey Morton.
Morton was posted to Jenin,
in the north, policing the Arabs.
Wilkin was sent to Tel Aviv,
a brand new all-Jewish city
built on the shores of the Mediterranean.
In 1935, 60,000 new
Jewish immigrants arrived.
There were now
half a million of us in Palestine.
The Arab uprising began.
Terrorism is turning
into open revolt in Palestine
and British troops and police
are up against a tough proposition.
Arabs convicted of crimes
or offences against authority
are kept behind barbed wire.
In the unhappy state of Palestine,
these camps are inevitable.
After the abandonment of rebellion,
justice may be tempered with mercy.
In the summer of 1938
a group of Arabs att*cked a Jewish convoy
near the settlement of
Rosh Pinna in Galilee
k*lling six people.
Shlomo Ben Yosef decided to take revenge.
The att*ck was a failure.
No one was k*lled.
Even so, the British
sentenced him to death.
Shlomo Ben Yosef.
Shlomo became a martyr to his cause.
Shlomo had been a member of a small
underground group called the Irgun.
- Its leader in Tel Aviv was a poet
and a revolutionary called Avraham Stern.
In those days, only a tiny minority of
Jews in Tel Aviv supported the Irgun.
Most of us saw ourselves as open-minded
modern, free-thinking.
Hello.
You've been
practising your Hebrew?
Well, I'm out to impress you.
- Thank you, I'm flattered.
And it'll be useful for work.
Don't spoil the compliment.
Mr Thomas Wilkin, welcome.
I wasn't sure you would come.
Tonight of all nights.
I hope I'm still welcome.
Of course, and thank you for
bringing such a beautiful friend.
This is Miss Borochov.
- I know Shoshana.
She is renowned throughout Tel Aviv
for her beauty, as well as her passions.
Her political passions I mean, of course.
Didn't realise you were such a celebrity.
No great achievement,
everybody knows everyone in Tel Aviv.
True, it is a very small town.
But getting bigger by the day.
By the boatload.
You know, Mr Wilkin,
there is a town, a suburb
named Borochov,
named after Shoshana.
After my father.
A pioneering Zionist, a hero.
And a socialist.
If he was here he'd hate you,
and you would hate him.
Maybe.
Enjoy the party.
- Thanks for having us.
Who's that?
That's Ralph Cairns, my boss.
- He looks fierce.
No, he's alright.
And over there is the head
of the Hagannah in Tel Aviv.
And over there, that is the information
officer of the Irgun in Tel Aviv.
Is that why you're here?
To spy on everyone?
No, not at all.
I'm here to dance, with you.
Good.
She's very striking, Wilkin.
She is, sir.
Some of these Jewish girls make me
wish I was still a single man.
Right, I'd better be going,
promised I'd be home by ten.
Goodnight.
- See you tomorrow?
No, I'm leaving at dawn for Jenin.
Ah, safe trip.
Goodnight.
Ah!
Robert Chambers, Shoshana Borochov.
Robert needs cheering up,
he just got back from Acre.
Why were you there?
I was there to witness
the Ben Yosef execution
on behalf of the High Commissioner.
Grisly business.
I hear the new High Commissioner is
supposed to be even worse than the last.
Really, in what way?
- Even more pro-Arab.
Well, we hang Arabs every month.
In fact, I witnessed several of those too.
So, this is your way of being even-handed?
You support t*rrorists
like Ben Yosef, do you?
Of course not.
I just think hanging him
will make the situation worse.
I agree with you.
Unfortunately, I don't make the policy.
But you administer it.
I could come back to yours, if you want.
Really?
- Yes.
My mother will be asleep already.
Are you spying on me?
I wouldn't learn much.
How long have you lived here?
Three years.
- Here?
Looks like a place
you've rented for a week.
No photographs of home.
Family.
No.
- A man of mystery.
I've got to go.
I can't go to work dressed like this.
Goodbye.
Just keep back.
If you could, please, everybody back.
Stretcher bearer!
- Morning, sir.
Quick as you can!
- Well?
More than 20 dead,
more than 50 injured, it's pretty nasty.
And the bomber?
- No one saw a thing.
Tuesday's a busy day.
Set up roadblocks at all the entrances
to the market and the port.
The Irgun claimed
responsibility for the recent acts of w*r
which are designed to prove
that the Hebrew underground
which represents the Hebrew people
will not abandon our homeland
to the foreigners.
This is Assistant Superintendent
of Police, Geoffrey Morton.
Ah, Morton, very pleased to meet you.
Welcome to Jenin, sir.
I hear you've been pretty busy lately,
with the Arabs.
We have, sir,
we're at the apex of the triangle of terror.
Well, everyone in Jerusalem is very
impressed by what you have achieved.
Thank you, sir, but we're not done yet.
There must've been some
pretty sticky moments.
Not too bad.
The Arabs are terrible sh*ts, fortunately.
We're going out tonight,
if you'd care to join us?
Well, I'm sure Robert would be interested.
Wouldn't you, Robert?
Yes, thank you.
Corporal Harrison! Get your men!
Is this the informant?
- Yes, sir.
Put him in C truck, keep him out of sight.
- Yes, sir.
Come on, sergeant.
You two, what you standing around for?
Move yourselves.
We need to be there before dawn.
The element of surprise.
Alright, I'll see you there then.
- See you there.
Thank you.
Hello.
- Morning, sir.
Let's go!
Open up!
Open this door now!
Right, you lot, out you get!
We know you're in there!
Out you get!
- Get a move on! Out, now!
Get out! Get out!
We know you're in there!
- Come on, move!
Come on!
Down. On the floor.
- Everyone down.
Down!
- Sit down!
Sit down!
- Sit down!
I know that you have weapons.
I know that you've used
them against us in the past.
You must immediately hand them over now,
or you will be punished.
Bring me that man.
- Yes, sir.
Here, pick him up.
Go on, pick him up.
Up!
- Come on, up you come.
Come on. Put him down.
On your knees.
What is your name?
Abu Halim.
I know that you're hiding weapons here.
This is a crime in Palestine.
If you do not hand them over now,
you will be ex*cuted.
Will you, Abu Halim,
hand over the weapons?
I hereby sentence Abu Halim to death
for the possession of illegal weapons.
Unless you hand over the g*ns,
this will be the fate of all your men.
Take him away.
- Yes, sir.
Pick him up.
Come on.
Quickly.
Kneel, get him to kneel.
- Gag him.
Give me the g*n, sergeant.
- Sir.
Will you now hand over the g*ns?
Pick another.
- Yes, sir.
You.
Very good.
Well done, sergeant.
A village has been
blown up in Palestine.
This is one instance of energetic measures
being undertaken to stamp out terrorism.
From the village of Mi'ar,
sh*ts were fired at British troops.
The villagers declined to surrender
the culprits or the r*fles
so it was a case of reprisals.
Get them into the trucks.
- Yes, sir.
Come on, quickly.
Not a bad day's work.
- Thank you, sir.
Right, you'd better show them
their leader's still breathing.
We have seen a growing
sophistication in the technology
of the infernal devices being used.
Although we think there are
b*mb factories all over Palestine
many of the most sophisticated devices
are being built by one man
here in Tel Aviv... Arieh Yitzhaki.
A b*mb was placed by our men
near the Schneller Compound.
Six Arabs were k*lled and eight wounded.
On the same day,
a b*mb which had been placed by us
exploded in one of the central houses
in the Arab neighbourhood
of Wadi Salib in Haifa.
Three Arabs were k*lled and seven wounded.
At 9:15, two mines exploded on
the railway line between Acre and Haifa.
Two Arabs were k*lled and 18 wounded.
There were no Jews on the train.
Fancy a drink?
Definitely.
- Great.
Hello.
- Shoshana.
What are you doing here?
- Hello.
Shlomo, Shoshana.
Shoshana, Shlomo.
Hello.
- Hello.
Would you like a drink?
I'm here to have a drink with Ezra.
Do you want to join us?
Oh, yeah. We will, yeah.
See you later.
- Mm.
What do you think, one more drink?
I have to go back home,
got to put the children to bed.
Oh, Shalom.
Shalom.
- Shalom.
Got space for one more?
Oh.
Shalom.
- Hi. Shalom.
Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.
So, you're the policeman?
Yes, that's me.
- How's that going for you?
Oh, it's going very well.
- I bet it is.
You're Ezra, you work with Shoshana.
I've heard a lot about you.
We were just talking about the bombings.
- Were you?
Dinner, I'm hungry.
I have to go.
Stay the night.
I can't,
I'm going to Galilee in the morning.
Why?
There is a new kibbutz.
I'm going as part of a defence group.
Just for a few days.
Why didn't you tell me?
I wasn't sure what you'd think.
What, about sitting round a campfire
singing out of tune about utopia?
Don't be cynical, doesn't suit you.
Anyway, I'm a good singer.
Is it a problem?
No, I don't think so.
Do you have g*ns in your defence group?
It's illegal for Jewish people
to have weapons, Detective Wilkin.
Are you a good sh*t?
Yes, a very good sh*t.
There's a party
for the King's birthday on Saturday.
Is he going to be there?
No.
- In that case, I'll come.
Bye.
Da.
Uh-huh.
It's in Russia.
That's David and Shoshana.
On the pony, it's a nice picture.
- Yes...
Very cute.
- Not boring Tom, are you?
I hope not.
- Not at all, it's fascinating.
Your family history's a lot more
exciting than mine.
Perhaps too exciting.
Your mother showed me this photograph
of your father, when he was a teenager.
Yes, politics was his life.
Father went back to Russia
after the Revolution.
He d*ed there.
- I'm sorry.
He was an idealist.
He believed Jewish and Arab
workers could work together
to create a new state here in Palestine.
He was also stubborn.
It's a family trait.
You must miss him.
I was very young when he d*ed.
I don't really remember him.
Must go, we'll be late.
Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you, Tom.
Are you alright?
Where's the car?
This is mine here.
Let me get the door for you.
- No, no, no.
You sure?
- I'm fine.
Hello there, do you two know each other?
- Yes.
Tom Wilkin, Geoffrey Morton.
Ah, we were in the same drill class
at Mount Scopus when we arrived.
A long time ago.
Are you enjoying the party?
Makes a change from Jenin.
I must say I'm surprised
how many Jews there are here.
Why?
Well, they always seem so serious.
I didn't think they'd be up for a dance.
Our Commissioner's been very impressed
with Geoffrey's work with the Arabs.
Really?
Perhaps there are some lessons
we can apply to Jewish areas?
No, a very different situation.
It shouldn't matter whether
a bomber or an assassin
is an Arab or Jew,
you have to enforce the law.
Excuse me, I must go find
a Jewish girl to dance with.
Goodnight, Tom.
He seems a bit prickly.
Tom, this is Mr Eisner
the Head of the Jewish Agents
Information Department.
Pleased to meet you,
I've heard a lot about you.
I'm flattered, I hope.
I was just telling Mr Eisner
to relax and enjoy himself.
This is a party, not a political meeting.
Well, sometimes in Palestine,
it is hard to know the difference.
Yes, you're right, Mr Wilkin.
I'll go and refresh my glass,
see if it gets me in the mood.
Please, excuse me.
Come on, let's dance for God's sake,
save us having to talk to these people.
Please.
All good here?
Thank you.
Come in.
There's been an expl*si*n
in Lilienblum Street.
Get Cairns.
- Yes, sir.
Morning, constable.
Is anyone still inside?
Yes, there's one man inside the apartment.
They think he's the bomber.
Stay here.
Keep everyone outside the building.
Yes, sir.
What's your name?
You're Arieh Yitzhaki, aren't you?
Arieh, tell us where Stern is.
Save the lives of
the innocent people he will k*ll.
Arieh, listen to me.
This is your last chance to save yourself
before you face your god.
Where is Stern?
Well, one less of them anyway.
Shalom.
- Shalom.
They've just caught
Benjamin Zeroni in Jerusalem.
I'm going up there now.
- How?
He was driving a car
that was used in a robbery.
Good luck.
Thank you, Sergeant Hughes.
Hold his arms!
Get him down!
Get his legs!
We can keep you here
for as long as we like.
The only way to make this stop
is by answering our questions.
Where is Stern?
Sergeant Hughes.
- Sir.
Where is Stern?
Good afternoon, Ebil.
- Salaam.
Just the orange.
There you go, perfect.
- Thank you.
Shukran.
Hello.
- Hello.
Are you alright?
Cairns is dead.
What happened?
He was assassinated, a landmine.
Sorry.
- Thank you, Ezra.
You know, we hate these
killings as much as you do.
Senseless and ignorant.
I feel like I should apologise
on behalf of all of us.
Thank you.
To Ralph Cairns.
Man that is born of a woman hath but
a short time to live, and is full of misery.
He cometh up
and is cut down like a flower.
He flee-eth as if were a shadow,
and never continue-eth in one stay.
In the midst of life, we are in death.
Could I see you in my office, Tom?
Of course.
- Midday?
Don't be late.
- Yes, sir.
Vicar, I just have to say.
Thank you so very, very much.
That's very kind of you.
Wonderful service, it really was.
- Yes, it was...
Sorry about that.
- It's fine.
I have to go to a meeting,
if you don't mind
going back to the hotel on your own?
- Of course not.
Yes, enter.
Ah, thanks for coming, Tom.
You remember Geoffrey Morton from Jenin?
Yes, of course.
Do have a seat.
Sorry to have to get straight to business.
So, Tom, everyone's
a little worried that the situation
in Tel Aviv is getting out of control.
The Irgun seem able to act with impunity.
The High Commissioner believes
we need to apply the lessons
learned from the Arab uprising.
Geoffrey here will be appointed
the new Head of the CID in Tel Aviv.
You will report to him.
I see.
- I'll need all the help you can give me.
Of course.
I hear you're
very well connected, Wilkin.
I should hope so,
I've been living in Tel Aviv since 32.
That's a long time.
Hello.
- Hello.
How was it?
- Bad.
Why, what happened?
They chose Morton to replace Ralph.
He knows nothing about Tel Aviv.
Why did they choose him over you?
- I don't know.
You know everyone.
- Well, maybe that's the problem.
They want someone who knows no one,
who knows nothing.
Are you planning on getting very drunk?
Yes.
It's gonna be fine.
It's pretty simple.
No, it's beautiful.
Does it fit?
Yes.
Will you marry me?
Tom...
Is that a yes?
I don't know.
It's difficult for me.
It's difficult for both of us.
It's gonna get more difficult.
Let me think about it.
Sure.
Bye.
- Bye.
So, on this side you have the Hagannah
in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
They support the idea
of a political settlement.
They want to persuade us, not k*ll us.
Now, over here is the Irgun,
the main t*rror1st organisation
headed by Stern and Raziel.
Don't you think it's confusing
to allow one group to carry arms
but then to arrest the others
for doing the exact same thing?
Wouldn't it be clearer and fairer
to say that, if you break the law
then we will come after you?
Most Jews here support the Haganah.
Most of the police are probably members.
And maybe that's the problem, Wilkin.
Look, in Jenin,
I found informers to be very useful
not only because of
the people they gave us
but also it undermined the Arabs' morale.
They couldn't trust each other.
- I don't think that would work here.
Ideologically,
the Jewish underground is highly motivated.
It's hard to find anyone
who would betray their comrades.
Well, most people have a price,
don't they?
Friends or relatives
they don't want deported.
Debts they can't pay.
A crime they want forgotten,
or forgiven.
Compile a list of possible informers, Wilkin.
Of course.
And, Wilkin, I don't want
any of the Jewish officers
to know about our undercover work.
Why?
Well, we have to assume
they're compromised.
Do I make myself clear?
Yes, Chief Superintendent.
Doesn't seem to like me, the new boss.
Oh, I wouldn't worry about it too much.
I don't think he likes anyone that much.
Fancy a drink?
Uh...
No, I can't.
I said I'd take Shoshana to the cinema.
In London, the Round Table
conference on the Palestinian problem
has concluded.
The British government has issued
a new White Paper
imposing severe limits on the admission
of Jewish immigrants to Palestine.
Just 75,000 over the next five years.
Now, as the government waits
for the response from the leaders
of both the Jewish and Arab communities
troops are patrolling the streets...
I thought I was gonna get lynched.
It's terrible, what you're doing.
I'm not doing anything.
You know what I mean.
You know what's happening
in Germany with the Nazis.
Where are we supposed to go?
We're turned away everywhere.
Why do you want to stop people
coming here?
I agree with you.
I should go home,
have supper with my mother.
She's always complaining.
- Yeah, I'll walk you home.
No, no. Don't, please, I'm fine.
Alright, I need this by tomorrow.
We got 'em.
- Who?
Heichman was seen at
Aharonovitch Street.
He's meeting with Stern,
and they reckon
the whole leadership of the Irgun
will be there.
Take the back.
Open the door! Open the door!
Hands up!
Get down!
- Get down on the ground!
Just a political meeting.
Search every room.
Stop what you're doing!
Stop that right now!
Everything's burnt.
Sit him down here.
Let's start.
I'm going to make a report for Morton.
- Name?
Well done, Wilkin.
You should thank Schiff.
It was one of his men
that spotted Heichman.
Well done, Schiff.
- Thank you, sir.
You are Avraham Stern,
sometimes known as Yair.
You are a supporter of Jabotinsky.
Yes.
You are a member of Betar.
No.
Well, you are a member of the illegal
organisation Irgun Zvai Leumi.
Illegal, according to whom?
To the British Empire,
an occupying foreign power?
Well, I do not accept your right to decide
what is legal or illegal in Eretz Israel.
You are a foreigner here.
- This is my homeland.
When did you arrive in Palestine?
I arrived in Israel in 1925.
And where were you born?
Poland.
Hm.
Congratulations, your Hebrew is,
er, very impressive.
Surrounded by terror and death,
is that your desire?
This is a w*r, and I don't think
you can fight a w*r without death.
But you just want to terrorise people.
That's why you detonate
bombs in markets
throw grenades in buses and cafes,
why you k*ll women and children.
It is time for the Hebrew nation to fight,
like other nations fight.
Well, throwing bombs into crowds
of innocent people
isn't how most nations fight.
Well, we do not have
the advantages you have yet, no.
What is it that you want?
We want a Jewish homeland, in its biblical
boundaries, and we will not take less.
What about the Arabs
who've lived here for thousands of years?
There are plenty of Arab countries
they can go to.
This is our only land.
So, you believe in the armed struggle?
- Yes.
Is that why you ordered
the k*lling of Ralph Cairns?
Oh...
What's the matter?
You can't answer that?
Why?
I thought you wanted to k*ll these people
who are occupying your country, don't you?
Or are you just some sad little writer?
A pathetic scribbler, encouraging
other people to go out and do the k*lling
whilst you hide behind paper and ink,
doing nothing yourself.
You are weak, Stern
and a coward.
Did you take part in
the bombing at Jaffa Market?
Did you take part in
the bombing of Haifa Market?
What's the matter?
Are you hoping someone else
will come in, take the punishment
for the killings you ordered,
so that you can get back to your wife?
What's her name again?
- Roni.
Roni.
Roni.
Do you believe
members of the occupying powers
are legitimate targets for bombs?
Yes.
Is that why you ordered
the k*lling of Ralph Cairns?
I'm a legitimate target, too. If you could,
would you k*ll me now?
If you're so convinced it is right
to blow up the foreign occupying forces
why can't you admit that you k*lled Cairns?
"Only death from our duty can us sever
on red days of slaughter and blood,
in the dark nights of despair."
Is that really what you believe?
Well, there's gonna be
plenty of those, Stern.
Plenty of dark nights of despair.
Move it!
Avraham Stern
was arrested on the 31st of August 1939.
The very next day,
the Germans invaded Poland
and everything changed.
The German w*r machine
steamrollers into Poland.
The German air force begins
its systematic bombing
of undefended citizen towns,
of helpless women and children.
Poland's agony has come.
The mad dog is on the march again.
Once more, he breaks every bond
of international decency.
He brings all the horrors of total warfare
to three of the fairest and cleanest
of neutrals in Western Europe.
This is the result of the w*r's
first air raid on Paris.
Something over 200 planes dropped
1,000 bombs on the French capital.
After six weeks of total w*r
France has signed a separate
armistice with Germany and Italy.
Her troops were outnumbered,
her equipment was hopelessly inferior.
In the summer of 1940
the Irgun agreed not to fight
the British for the duration of the w*r.
In return, the British agreed to release
all the prisoners they were holding
including Avraham Stern.
I want Stern followed.
Schiff's on it.
L'chaim!
- L'chaim!
L'chaim.
L'chaim!
- Thank you for the beer.
What are your plans?
It's hard to have plans
in the middle of a w*r.
Which w*r do you mean?
The w*r against Germany.
- Ah, the one we're all allies in?
But it will be harder still when
we are fighting against each other, huh?
You're gonna have to decide,
one of you.
You know that, don't you, Tom?
- I know.
And?
- Enough.
Why don't you dance with Ruth?
- Yeah, why don't you dance with Ruth?
Finally.
He's right.
I know.
Let's dance.
Great dancer!
Freedom fighters of Israel, LEHI.
LEHI is an underground
revolutionary organisation
dedicated to taking control of
our country by force of arms.
You look worried.
Is it going to be very boring?
I hope not.
Don't worry,
I'll be on my best behaviour.
I think we have to treat the Arabs
and the Jews in exactly the same way.
There will always be trouble
if one group feels that the other
is getting preferential treatment.
Problem is, we've promised
both of them this can be their home.
Well, exactly, it'll never work,
which is even more reason for us to stay.
Do you really believe that?
That you will stay?
I don't know if we'll stay here for good
but we certainly have to behave
as though we are.
And what do you think should happen,
Shoshana?
I think that England is your home,
and this is ours.
What about you, Wilkin?
Where's your home?
I like it here, better than Suffolk.
Oh, is that where you're from?
I'm a city boy myself.
The sweeping planes of Tooting Common.
Well, I just found a job teaching.
Did you teach in Jenin?
- Oh, no, I wasn't in Jenin.
I've just come to Palestine from England.
By boat?
- Yes.
That must have been scary.
No, it was...
long.
We were stuck in Gibraltar for weeks.
So, how are you finding Palestine?
I love it.
The Arab children are so keen to learn.
To Alice.
Oh! No...
- To Alice being in Tel Aviv.
Ya!
You're late.
- Yes, took me a moment to find the road.
Who's this?
- This is Alice.
It looks less suspicious
if I'm driving with her.
Hello.
- The more people who know who I am
the more dangerous it is.
Here's your money.
Right, so, what do you have for me?
Not much.
- Not much?
Then give me the money back, Leonid.
A few names,
people who've gone to join Stern.
And do you have addresses?
- No.
So, what am I supposed to do with this?
- That's your job, isn't it?
Now, remember, if... if
I accidentally gave your name to the Irgun,
the Haganah, or the Stern g*ng
that would put you in a very bad place,
wouldn't it?
I know.
So, do try to have addresses next time.
Yes?
They're not stupid, you know?
- No.
No, nor am I.
Morning.
I'm sorry, Wilkin,
we've received a complaint.
I thought I should let you know.
Assistant Commissioner Chambers
will be asking you about it tomorrow.
Someone complaining that you know
the whereabouts of leading members
of the Haganah,
and the location of their weapons
and that you choose not to arrest them
because of an intimate relationship
with a leading socialist Zionist.
I tend not to think of her like that.
Hm.
How long have you known Miss Borochov?
Why?
- Do you discuss your police work with her?
No.
- Is she a member of the Haganah?
Not to my knowledge.
You know that some people
in the Histadrut accuse her
of passing information to me,
which is useful to my job.
And is that true?
It is important the Palestine police force
is seen to be neutral.
If people break the law, it doesn't matter
whether you agree with them or not.
You must see, Tom,
that by living with Miss Borochov
you're putting yourself
in a difficult situation.
Well, next time, I'll make sure
I choose someone from England.
Look, Miss Borochov is a Zionist.
Not a t*rror1st.
Do you know her brother?
No, she hasn't seen him for months.
- Are you sure?
Why, is he in the Haganah as well?
We have reports
that he has joined the Irgun.
Is that true?
I wouldn't know.
So sorry about that, Tom.
Sorry it had to be all so official,
it's for the minutes.
I want you to know,
you have our complete confidence.
Is that in the minutes as well?
Have you seen your brother recently?
You know I haven't.
Do you know what he's doing?
Why?
You might as well tell me,
instead of b*ating around the bush.
Has he joined the Irgun?
I haven't seen him for months.
That doesn't mean you don't know
whether he's joined or not.
What is this?
Somebody told me he has.
- Who?
Chambers.
So, now you think I'm a liar?
- No.
But you want to make sure.
I'm on one side, they're on the other.
It's a fair question to ask
which side you're on, isn't it?
No, it isn't.
You either know, or you don't.
You're late again.
Sorry.
Are you alright back there?
Yes.
- So, what do you have for us today?
I have some very big news.
Oh, really?
- It is worth a lot of money.
I think I'll be the judge of that.
It is worth a lot of money.
Did you know that half of
the Arab informers that I worked with
were assassinated,
and do you know why?
Because they started spending money
that everyone knew
they shouldn't have had.
I'm not an Arab.
- No, no, Geoffrey knows that.
Tell me.
There's a Haganah arms cache
at the Ein HaHoresh kibbutz.
The kibbutz police are hiding it.
- Now, are you sure?
Yes, I'm sure.
Give him 50.
Thank you.
Goodnight.
Goodnight, be safe.
Thank you.
We've received a report of illegal
weapons in the Ein HaHoresh kibbutz.
We need to organise a raid.
These are Haganah weapons.
They hate Stern and his g*ng
as much as we do.
Wilkin, the Haganah
is an illegal organisation
and these are illegal weapons.
But they aren't being used against us.
And you think we should allow
such organisation---
No, these are on our side.
Private armies just--
Don't you think that you're being used
by Stern to do his dirty work?
No, I do not!
Come with me.
We have a search warrant here.
We believe you have illegal weapons.
I have something here, sir.
Very good.
Let's pack them up, let's get going.
Yes, sir.
Oh, cheer up, Wilkin.
What do they say about evil triumphing
when good men do nothing, hey?
We just did something.
In here, sit down.
Name?
- Joshua Groner.
I know Joshua.
I don't think it's appropriate
I'm here for this interview.
Tom?
- What?
A body's been found, m*rder*d.
Morning, sir.
- Morning.
Morning.
- We've left everything as we found it.
"Tried by a Jewish m*llitary court
found guilty of treason,
sentenced to death, duly ex*cuted."
Bastards.
You know him?
He was working for us.
Why wasn't I told?
- It was for his own protection.
Really? Well, that didn't work, did it?
Look, this is the work of
your friends in the Haganah.
They're animals!
- Everyone executes traitors!
We'd do the same.
f*ck's sake...
Have you called an ambulance?
- It's on its way, sir.
Sorry, she's not here.
Hello.
What do you want?
You've been avoiding me.
Yes.
Can we talk?
I want to apologise.
What for?
The other night.
What I said was stupid,
and I was tired...
but I love you.
I want... I want to marry you.
You are British police.
- I love you.
Stop! We're on different sides.
Sooner or later,
we'll end up fighting each other.
I don't believe that...
Being together, that's a nice idea!
But the real world isn't so nice.
What are you talking about?
Shoshana, what are you talking about?
What?
I saw Leonid with Morton.
I knew he was an informer.
It was me who told the Haganah.
You see?
We're not on the same side.
Stop!
Don't move!
Stop! Stop where you are!
Ack!
Stop! Stop where you are!
Stop right there!
Put your hands up!
- Stop!
Shalom.
- Shalom.
Amper.
Where was the meeting place?
I don't know.
Don't be stupid.
The plan was
to give someone the money.
We didn't need to know
where he was going.
Who did you hand it to?
I don't know.
You do realise it's too late
for your friend Becker?
He's k*lled two people, he's a m*rder*r.
And so he'll hang for it.
But you...
you, Reuven, gave yourself up.
If you cooperate, I can help.
Look, Becker will give us names eventually.
It's just a matter of time.
We have specialists
questioning him right now.
So, don't for a second think he's
going to be some kind of a hero.
I've seen people like him.
People who thought they were tough,
who could take the pain.
But they can't, because no one can.
So, what do you say, Reuven?
You have a chance.
Be sensible.
Are you Wilkin?
Yes.
You're a dead man.
No, I'm not.
As you can see.
Where is Stern?
Where is Zeroni?
Where is Stern?
Where is Stern?
Mrs Borochov.
Is Shoshana in?
- No.
Oh.
Do you know where she might be?
No, sorry.
Could you tell her I...
Thank you. You can go in.
Here we are, madam.
Come in.
Ah, Miss Borochov.
Shoshana.
Have a seat.
Can I get you a cup of tea?
No, thank you.
- Lemonade?
No, thank you.
Colins, thank you.
So, what can I do for you?
I understand that you have been
investigating my relationship
with Detective Constable Wilkin.
Well, I wouldn't put it like that.
- How would you put it?
We received a complaint.
We had to look into it.
I just wanted to put your mind at rest.
There is no longer any relationship
between myself and Mr Wilkin. It's over.
I am sorry to hear that,
Shoshana, genuinely.
I don't care what you think.
I just wanted it to be clear that there
is no reason to investigate Tom.
He's a good policeman,
and a good man
but we washed our hands of each other.
If you have any sense,
it would be Morton you were questioning.
He is a bad policeman, and an idiot.
He is turning a lot of people
into enemies of the British.
I understand you're angry
but I'm afraid I can't
discuss these matters with you.
Because I am a Jew?
Morton is a senior British policeman
trying to uphold the law
in difficult circumstances.
You are a Jewish woman,
a member of the Haganah
an illegal underground organisation.
Morton wouldn't be doing his job
if you liked him.
I liked Wilkin.
Does that mean he wasn't doing his job?
Assistant Commissioner Chambers
is offering increased rewards
for the capture of
Stern, Zeroni and Heichman.
I want them found,
and I want them stopped.
Let's get to it.
- Yes, sir.
Where's Wilkin?
He's not in until lunchtime.
- And Morton?
Meeting with the ADC
and Chief Superintendent.
Find him, tell him
there's been a b*mb in Yael Street.
Yes, sir.
Good morning.
- Good morning.
We been inside yet?
- Yes, sir, it's empty.
Morning, sir.
- What do we have?
Two of ours dead, sir.
- Who?
Daltman and Schiff.
f*ck.
Get them back!
Madam, madam, stay calm.
Stand back.
Schlomo Schiff
was directly involved in the t*rture
of two freedom fighters of Israel
who had been captured by the police.
Our court found him guilty,
and he was ex*cuted.
I'm sorry about Schiff.
He was a good man.
Yes.
I've been asked to talk to you
about Joshua Groner.
He has children, a wife.
He is still being held.
They are threatening him
with years' imprisonment. For what?
For being in the Haganah?
For wanting to build Israel?
We all want to build Israel.
I'm sorry, there's nothing I can do.
Right.
I am sorry to have bothered you.
I've been thinking about what you said.
What you did.
You were wrong, we can be together.
I'd do the same thing again...
if I had to.
I know.
Come in.
Superintendent Morton would like you
to join him in the interview room, sir.
Thank you.
Come in.
Tell him what you just told me.
A week ago...
the day of the Yael Street bombs
four men rented a room
in Dizengoff Street.
So?
They have all stayed there since
the door locked.
The only visitors come at night.
What makes you think this has got
anything to do with the bombs?
I just do.
Why are you telling us this?
Money.
I want the reward when you catch them.
Go round the back.
- Yes, sir.
You, stay here. You, come with us.
They've got weapons, Wilkin.
Search the jackets.
In the jacket.
Be quiet.
Stop, stop!
Stay still.
Grenades.
Can you put me through to CID, please?
Superintendent Morton.
Thank you.
Morning, lads.
- Morning.
Here you go.
Thank you.
Big day tomorrow, eh?
Not really.
It's all a show.
Still, it's your day in court.
My mother always said,
you should look respectable
in front of your priest, your judge,
and your god.
Why don't I get you some
better clothes sent in, hm?
If you give me a message,
I'll deliver it.
Thank you, Mr Boyle.
Liam.
And how about you, Moshe?
I don't know where my wife is.
Don't you?
That's a pity.
See ya.
Thank you.
Morning.
- Morning.
I'm here to see Superintendent Morton.
- What's your name?
Boyle.
Levstein asks his mother
for some clean clothes
and he asks her to pass on
Zvorai's note to his wife.
He says she'll know where to find her.
The second note,
from Zvorai to his wife...
What does it say?
It says he sent it via Mrs Levstein,
so as not to disturb their guest.
Their guest?
Well done, Boyle.
Why don't you deliver
the note to Mrs Levstein?
See if we can get the address
for Mrs Zvorai.
Yes, sir.
- Very good work, well done.
This could be our lucky day.
- Possibly.
I want four men
to watch the house of Levstein
two to follow the mother if she leaves.
Yes?
Sorry to bother you, ma'am
but I've come on an errand
from your son, Yaacov.
Come in.
- Thank you.
Like I said, I can't stop long,
but they asked me to deliver
a couple of notes for them,
Yaacov and Mr Zvorai
as a favour.
Got to know them pretty well.
Good boys, really.
- I know.
Here are the notes.
One's for Mrs Zvorai.
I can deliver it for you, if you like?
I don't know where she lives.
Don't you?
- No.
That's difficult, isn't it?
Tell you what I can do.
I could get you
a special visit tomorrow morning.
Early.
You could get the address in person.
Thank you, you are very kind.
Yaacov is just down here, Mrs Levstein.
Let me take this for you.
- Oh, thank you.
Sergeant, you can take a cup of tea.
Thank you, sir.
Let me give you some privacy,
Mrs Levstein.
Thank you, Sergeant Boyle.
Ima, shalom.
Hello, it's Sergeant Boyle.
I have an address for Mrs Zvorai.
Go ahead.
8 Mizrachi B.
Got it.
Stamp, come with me.
- Yes, sir.
Good morning, may I come in?
Don't worry,
Sergeant Stamp is very quick.
Check the bathroom.
- I am alone!
I am here alone!
What do you, what do you want?
What do you want?
What are you doing? Leave me!
- Hey, hey!
Stop! Stop!
Sir.
Avraham Stern.
Thought we might find you here.
Come out slowly.
Slowly,
with your hands above your head.
Hands above your head.
Sit down.
Get Morton. We found Stern.
Yes, sir.
Ah, well done, Wilkin.
It doesn't look like he put up
much of a fight, does it?
No, sir.
This is Mrs Zvorai, it's her apartment.
Oh, it's good to meet you.
It's thanks to your husband
that we found Mr Stern.
Get her out.
Just take her downstairs, Wilkin.
Help!
So, Stern...
Help me, help me.
He tried to escape,
so I had to sh**t.
Isn't that right, Stamp?
Yes, sir.
Yes, can I help you?
- No.
We need to talk.
Why? What's happened?
We can't talk here.
Alright.
What's happened?
I wanted to tell you the news
before you heard it from someone else.
What?
Stern is dead, Morton k*lled him.
- God.
How?
Well, we arrested him this morning.
You were there?
- Not when he was k*lled
but that won't matter.
People will think I was.
Why was he k*lled?
Morton said he was trying to escape.
You think he m*rder*d him?
I don't know.
I arrested him,
I left him with Morton, there were sh*ts
and when I came back in the room,
he was lying on the floor.
Morton's a fool.
Where are you going?
Jerusalem.
Why?
- I have to go see Chambers.
He's running an investigation
into Stern's death.
Thomas Wilkin, for Chambers.
- Wait there, please.
Morning.
Morning.
How are you?
- Fine, fine.
Why wouldn't I be?
We just got rid of
the biggest t*rror1st in Palestine
so let's hope they give us a medal.
Detective Wilkin?
Right this way please, sir.
Good luck.
- Thank you.
The High Commissioner's very worried,
obviously, and he and I
both feel it would be better for
both you and Morton to leave Palestine.
For your own sake, and also for
the sake of the political situation here.
I don't want to go.
There's been a lot of stuff
in the American papers.
People saying this makes us
look like the Nazis.
I've simply been doing my job
as part of the CID, sir.
No one is accusing you of anything.
Good.
- That's not precisely the point.
We need to consider the bigger picture.
You and Morton
are no longer simple policemen.
You've become public figures.
Liabilities.
I'm sorry.
Yes, coming, Geoffrey!
Right, off we go.
- Lovely.
Good morning.
- Morning.
Would you take that for me?
- No problem, sir.
Thank you kindly.
Sorry about that.
Oh, God!
Alice?
Alice, are you alright?
Yes, I think so.
How are you two in the back there?
Fine, sir.
Right, I'm going to carry on driving,
in case they're waiting to finish us off.
Good idea, sir.
Alice spent the entire day teaching,
as if nothing had happened.
That's incredible.
The only problem was
I couldn't hear anything
my ears were ringing so much.
How are they now?
- Oh, yeah, fine.
I only notice it at night,
when I'm trying to sleep.
Very brave.
Listen, I'm just going to have
a word with Chambers.
Shall I see if he wants
a lift home in our car, eh?
Excuse me.
For God's sake, Alice. You've got to get him
to leave this place before it's too late.
They won't rest until they k*ll him,
you know that.
Yes, I know.
He won't listen to me.
It's the same for you, isn't it?
No, you can go anywhere.
This is my home now.
That must be hard for you.
How are you?
- Sir. Commissioner.
The hero of the hour.
Glad you're in one piece.
Ooh, ooh!
Can you be careful with that?
Eventually, they persuaded Morton
that it was too dangerous
for Alice to stay.
I don't know if it's all going to fit in.
There can't be that much more,
can there?
That left Tom as the main target.
He was posted to Jerusalem.
Are you being moved because of me?
- No, I...
I don't think so.
Go.
Come in.
Sir, here are the documents
you asked for.
Thank you.
- You're welcome.
Shalom.
Good day.
Shalom?
- Miss Borochov?
Yes.
It's Robert Chambers.
I'm afraid I have some bad news.
Tom's been sh*t, he's been k*lled.
For as much as it hath pleased
almighty God
of His great mercy
to take unto Himself the soul
of our dear brother, here departed
we therefore commit his body
to the ground.
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.
In sure and certain hope of
the resurrection to eternal life.
Through our Lord, Jesus Christ
who shall change our vile body
that it may be like
unto His glorious body.
Miss Borochov,
I would just like to say
on behalf of the whole administration
how terribly sorry we are that...
As soon as the w*r was over
we in the Haganah joined forces
with the followers of Stern
the people we had always hated
to get rid of the British.
The tragic scene
is like a serious incident during the Blitz.
The hotel housed
the British Army headquarters
and the Palestine government offices
and casualties were very heavy.
This was the scene of
pre-meditated m*rder in Jerusalem
in a ruined house where three
British policemen were k*lled outright.
Curfew in Tel Aviv, where, for four days
a whole division,
including airborne troops
carried out the most determined
measures ever taken
against terrorism in Palestine.
In November 1947,
the United Nations General Assembly
voted to create two separate states
for the Jewish and Arab people
of Palestine.
In Tel Aviv, we celebrated.
The first reaction
from the Jews was one of joy.
Crowds gathered in the streets
and greeted the birth of
their state with traditional dances.
Britain's civic administration
is expected to withdraw by May.
Jews and Arabs
will then govern themselves.
Arab opposition to the partition
scheme has been violent.
The call for a Holy w*r
against the Jews went out from Cairo.
I had always believed in
the Israel my father dreamed of.
The Israel he spent his life working for.
The Israel he d*ed for
where Arabs and Jews
could live together side by side.
Shoshana (2023)
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