She was coming home.
. The children. We're almost there
(children sing "Hatikva", the national anthem of Israel)
Shalom.
(cheering, whistling)
Golda: Shalom.
May peace be with you.
...distinguished guests, and children--
Very dear children:
(laughing)
...by an ancient sage called Hillel.
And if not now, when?"
...like everyone else?"
I want to ask: Were you a good student? Did you get good marks?
America. Why did you leave Amer ica and go to Israel?
(whimpers)
(foreboding music)
(hammering)
(crowd of men shouting)
(gasps)
They say we killed their Lord.
(shouting)
(horse whinnies)
Man (shouts): Christ killer!
(whimpering)
Is that all we're going to do?
(orchestral music)
(weeping)
(sniffling)
...and he doesn't want me to do it.
What's that?
...in Palestine.
But some day. We hope.
Thank you.
e? How come you picked Milwauke
Concerts in the park, that is. They were free.
Oh. Shh.
(children chattering)
...to discuss a serious subject.
. My father sa ys I'm totally intransigent
Well?
e. Palestin
...by this romantic Zionist business?
? So why get into it
The only way we're ever going to get it is in a Jewish homeland.
(orchestral music)
I'd love to marry you, Morris.
Maybe you'll change your mind.
(orchestral music)
Morris: I could paint a better sign than that with my eyes closed.
There'll be another bu s tomorrow.
A phonograph. I'll take care of that myself, thank you.
(goats bleating)
(horse neighs)
(instrumental music)
("Panis Angelicus" by Cesar Frank)
(chuckling)
How lucky I am to have you.
...just to make me happy?
Oh, Morris, darling.
(chuckles)
(groans)
Hey. They sa y, come on in.
(Golda chuckles)
h. Shh, shh, sh
You go back to the mus ic. I'll get us quinine.
(owl hooting) (crickets chirping)
ut. Dumb luck. Get out. Get o
Get out!
(owl hooting) (crickets chirping)
You can go to your room.
Whether you should stay here.
Where are you going?
e. I'm going for quinin
The children are cared for in the kibbutz nursery.
But together, they own everything.
Was it real hard on the kibbutz? I mean, the work.
(orchestral music)
(goat bleating)
(pig snorting)
(chickens clucking)
(sighs)
s) (horse whinnie
(panting)
(grunts)
Are you alright, Morris?
I'm alright.
(Reuven and Natham chuckling)
You'd rather feed chickens than feed people?
(chickens clucking)
. Because the va lve is on the roof
(orchestral music)
(squawking)
Are you going to climb up there?
(clattering)
(clanging)
(shouts) Try it now.
it. You fixed
Ariel: Who is that, up there?
It's the American girl.
Sometimes she wears stocki ngs to dinner.
...an absolute j oy to have around.
(men laughing) (cow moos)
Ah, wilderness were paradise enow."
by. I was thinking of a ba
If I'm going to be a parent, I want to be a parent. Not a visitor.
Alright?
(crickets chirping)
(horse neighs) (cow moos)
w. ...you won't be angry about what I've got to do no
Well, now there's no reason for me not to agree to what they've asked me.
Who asked you?
...for a management course.
If you want to go...
...go.
da. Goodnight, Gol
Goodnight, Morris.
. ...I can see you feel bad about the baby
I was thinking about the course.
? What is the course
"How to Raise Chickens".
(klezmer music over phonograph) (singing folk song)
(applauding & cheering)
(klezmer music)
(singing folk song)
Ariel: I have a couple of things I would like to talk to you about.
As you once said to me, Ariel: Dumb luck.
ut. So we want you to be a delega te to the Histadr
I am a delegate also.
I will not let you say no.
Go inside.
ts! Ariel: Tell everyone to stay put. (shouts) Turn out the ligh
Johum! Over here!
(orchestral music)
Ariel: Understood? No place else.
(distant shouting)
They need the gun. Please, let me take it to them.
(dogs barking)
(panting)
Don't try it.
The exercise.
I read about it in the library.
I'm not a doctor, Golda. But I know what will cure me.
(instrumental music)
(dog barking)
Morris: Wait, please.
Morris: I want you to have this.
Goodbye.
(orchestral music)
Man, then Woman: -We'll miss you. -Bye.
(instrumental music)
(people chattering)
Alaikum salaam.
...20 piastres worth.
(clanging)
(sighs)
Look, I'll give you another ten piastres. It's all I have. Is that enough?
(Mehemet shouting in Arabic)
(crowd shouting)
(Golda crying)
da. Hello, Gol
Oh, my God. Ariel.
With pleasure, sir.
Alright, come on. It's all over. Come on, Granddad, off you go.
Mehemet (shouting): Madam. Madam.
(whimpering)
. Alaikum salaam
(chuckling)
(dishes clanging)
. Secretary of the Women's Council
They need someone who can speak English fluently.
(inhales sharply)
. I took the job, Morris
Oh, Golda.
With myself.
rs? ...fighting with shopkeepe
It's what I started out to do with my whole life.
...anymore.
(sighs)
(orchestral music)
I promise you.
And me along with it.
h? Fight the Britis
When the war breaks out, the British will be on our side, fighting Hitler.
(typewriter clacking)
(gunshots firing)
(shouts) ...for the children of Israel!
For the Lord fought for Israel."
Yes, sir!
That's positively splendid.
...to take advantage of the opportunity that God has given them.
...under the guns of British destroyers.
. It's an inter-island ferry
(Morse code beeping)
And what are you? The mess sergeant to the entire Haganah?
(Morse code beeping)
l. Your tahina is nice too. I was talking about Mr. Arie
Come on, Golda. Everybody is talking about you two.
Oh, I beg your pardon. I forgot that Sabras don't care to learn Yiddish.
(instrumental music, military drumbeat)
Naturally.
. I've made arrangements to talk to some of the leaders
Now you know why Ben-Gurion gave me this job.
Aronowitz: Please.
Children don't mean anything to me.
m? Would you like to see what's tattooed on my ar
Crowd: No!
We are still people.
Would it be possible to call a meeting with all the committees?
re. Actually carry the Jewish immigrants asho
...this made them shed tears.
. Erect, confident, strong..
...and pure as the sun of Palestine.
(woman yelling)
Is this what flowers look like? I never saw a real one.
Dear God.
. Mrs., uh, Meyerson
...the children can go first.
(whispers) ...thank you.
(orchestral music)
(sniffling)
You mustn't cry.
Why should you cry?
r. ...who never saw a flowe
...with Jerusalem internationalized.
(orchestral music)
As of midnight, local time...
...we have the right to be a state.
...I want to say something to our Arab neighbors:
The majority of the countries in the world believe that this is how it should be.
It's a compromise.
But...
(klezmer music)
(singing folk song)
ou. There's someon e wants to see y
I appreciate it very much.
With his mother, the country comes first.
Oh, thank God.
...you really went all the way out there?
ed? Why are you so surpris
A lot of people would be surprised to know that.
(orchestral music)
Well.
Couldn't be better.
Goodbye, Golda.
. ...the main thing I came to tell you
Wonderful speech.
on? Ben-Gurion: So, what is the positi
Two: The Arabs will invade.
A hundred-thousand able-bodied soldiers.
Four-hundred thousand Arab soldiers.
Worth all the rest of the armies put together.
n. We are asking for your professional opinio
Archeology.
...as we have to lose.
Fifty-fifty.
Could be worse.
(all laughing)
Ben-Gurion: Our latest intelligence says the opposite.
an. I'll go there. I'll go to Amm
...the pilot was nervous enough for both of us.
(thumping, rattling)
Abdullah doesn't want th em to know he's receiving a Jewish guest.
Keep quiet.
(suspenseful orchestral music)
...is not likely to be asked anything.
(Corporal & driver speaking in Arabic)
(speaking in Arabic)
) (Corporal speaking in Arabic
Mm-hmm.
(Corporal speaking in Arabic)
(suspenseful orchestral music)
Not American cigarettes.
(birds twittering)
(footsteps)
Salaam, madam.
Salaam aleikum. (speaking Arabic)
Thank you.
Peace is all I want.
Please.
Thank you.
(laughs)
d. And a king must keep his wor
...I never break a promi se I give to a woman."
Inshallah. By the will of God.
Then I suppose I shall have to accept that.
...when I made you that promise, I was alone.
s. ...during the last month
(birds twittering)
I understand that you have a daughter living on a kibbutz in the Negev.
Yes.
You should take your daughter away to someplace safe.
...who would stop the Egyptians?
Which would be so easy to avoid.
Well, I accept that too.
Here is my offer:
I will take very good care of you.
You have my promise. Why do you not believe it?
(shouting) That is the only way I can help you.
lt! If there is a war, it will be her fau
(shouting) Her fault!
...damned woman.
If I were to announce that I had made peace with him...
...I would be murdered.
...King Abdullah was shot dead by an Arab assassin.
(orchestral music)