7 Days in Entebbe Page #3

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Now, listen.

No, no.

No, please...

please don't do that.

No, wh-what are you doing?

No.

Okay. It's okay,

it's okay, it's okay.

Please. I-I don't understand

what you're saying, but...

Listen. Please calm down.

- Just calm down. Calm down.

- (CONTINUES SPEAKING GERMAN)

I don't understand

what she's saying.

(WOMAN SCREAMING)

- (WOMAN CONTINUES SCREAMING)

- (BOSE SPEAKING GERMAN)

(SOBBING)

(DOOR CLOSES)

Two Germans.

LEAH:

Yes.

You said.

They'll be revolutionaries.

Seven hours now, no news.

This time, it's different.

They are doing

what they are doing, Yitzhak.

There is nothing

you can do about it.

Get some sleep.

GENERAL MOTTA GUR:

Any rescue force

would have to approach

the old terminal unnoticed.

Look, we can put the men

on a Hercules

and land at the airport

at night.

- Without runway lights?

- Yeah.

That's great.

I don't think Rabin

will go for that.

EHUD:
What if we drop a small

parachute force instead?

Uh, parachute force

would be dispersed

over too large an area.

So we could use Lake Victoria.

Either parachute in

with inflatable boats at night,

or cross from Kenya.

Ehud, there are crocodiles

in Lake Victoria.

Plus, it's impossible to come

all the way across the lake

from Kenya

in rubber boats unnoticed.

This is not a drill, okay?

It's the real world.

Motta, why don't we send in

the commandos,

take the airport, and then wait

to hear from Amin?

Well...

if you want to take control

of the airport,

you're gonna have to use

a much bigger force.

Could you run some numbers

for me?

I want to present

a plan tomorrow.

Also, call special forces

unit to base.

Of course, Defense Minister.

Thank you.

No problem.

I think I know why Rabin

wanted Motta here.

He wants to stop us

from coming up

with a viable military option.

That way, he doesn't have

to make a decision.

He wants to blame you

for this crisis.

That's politics.

(DOOR OPENS)

(DOOR CLOSES)

(CHUCKLING):
You know,

I wish I could do that.

There was a phone call.

They want you back

at base tomorrow.

When is the premiere?

It's not about that.

You know I have

no choice here, right?

Sarah, I have to go.

It's my job.

There's always a choice.

That's not true.

What choice

do those hostages have?

If you think

you have no choice,

you're a hostage, too.

(SONG PLAYING IN HEBREW)

(SONG CONTINUES OVER SPEAKERS)

(ALL SING IN HEBREW)

(MAN CONTINUES SINGING

IN HEBREW OVER SPEAKERS)

(MUSIC STOPS)

(SIGHS)

Sarah.

Dancing, it's like life.

You get hurt, you retract.

That's okay.

But if you become so afraid

that you're always guarded

and never take a leap of faith,

you won't be able to dance.

Again.

From the beginning.

(HOSTAGES SINGING IN HEBREW)

(COUGHING)

(SINGING CONTINUES)

(QUIET CHATTER)

- (BOSE SPEAKS GERMAN)

- BRIGITTE:
Ja.

Listen.

All of you over here, stand up.

Everyone, close your books,

put your cards down.

- It's time to move now.

- And come over here.

- Come on, hurry up.

- You have to... we need you

to take all your belongings,

move over there.

- Move the chairs, everything.

- BOSE:
It's all good.

- It's all good.

- Move, move, move.

- Thank you.

- Move off in an orderly way. And the jacket?

Whose jacket is that?

Please move everything.

- Leave nothing behind.

- Listen, we're doing this

to create more space.

It's all good.

It's too crowded in here.

Okay?

(GRUNTING)

(HAMMERING AND GRUNTING

CONTINUE)

(HAMMERING CONTINUES)

(HAMMERING CONTINUES)

When you hear your name,

you stand up,

come collect your passport

and go to the other room.

Almog, Ezra.

Cohen, Pasco.

HALED:
(SPEAKS ARABIC)

Come on, come on.

- Fast, fast, fast. Come here.

- (WHISPERS IN HEBREW)

JABER:

Steinberg, Mark.

(SPEAKING HEBREW)

(HALED SPEAKS ARABIC)

Abrams, Isaac.

JABER:

Rubens, Michael.

Your Front for the Liberation

of Palestine passport.

- JABER:
June, Ladis.

- Go through the hole.

Open your bag. Open your bag.

Bergman, Aaron.

HALED:

Hurry up. Hurry up.

What is this?

ALI:

(SPEAKS ARABIC) Everybody.

Come on, come on, come on.

Bloch, Dora.

Cohen, Hanna.

No. Uh, excuse me.

No, no, I-I have children.

- I can't leave my children.

- (HOSTAGES CLAMORING)

- Hurry up. Hurry up!

- I must protest at this.

No, you can't be doing this.

This is wrong.

- She can't leave her children.

- It's impossible. - Hey, hey!

Shut up! Sit!

Move! Down!

Down! Down! Shut up!

We didn't agree to this.

- JABER:
Watch the passengers.

- I'm not a Nazi.

- Watch the passengers!

- Hey! Sit down! Hey!

BOSE:

I want to talk to Haddad.

- Later.

- We talk about this now.

- We talk about this now!

- Watch the passengers.

We'll talk about this later.

- (GUN FIRING)

- (HOSTAGES SCREAMING)

Now, shut the f*** up,

all of you!

Anyone who tries to resist me

will be shot.

Do you understand?

HALED:

All of you. Now.

- (SPEAKS HEBREW)

- JABER:
Hartuv, Ilan.

HALED:

Next.

JABER:

Mayet, Sala.

Mayet, Abraham.

Elbaz, Maurice.

(SPEAKING HEBREW)

JABER:

Ullman, Rebecca.

(HALED SPEAKING ARABIC)

Israeli?

Why do you have French passport

and Israeli I.D. card?

Well, I-I'm a French citizen.

I was working in Israel,

and, uh, I've got

that I.D. card,

which I handed in

with my passport.

You are soldier.

No, I'm French. I, uh...

You are spy. (SPEAKS ARABIC)

Wait.

No, I-I'm a French citizen.

- (HALED SPEAKING ARABIC)

- All right.

- Move. Move!

- Okay.

He's French.

He is your friend?

- Yes.

- Then you go through there, too.

For this plan to succeed,

we need to use

a big enough force

to seize control

of the airport.

First, we use the commandos,

kill the terrorists,

secure the hostages.

Then we fly in reinforcements.

Heavy weaponry,

at least 1,000 men.

You want to invade Uganda,

Shimon?

Oh, we give it back to them

when we leave.

We cannot invade a country

that is a member

of the UN

and the African League.

And it's impossible to move

a force of that size

4,000 kilometers undetected.

SHIMON:

We have to act.

There can be no negotiations

with terrorists.

I'm talking to

the chief of staff, Shimon.

The soldier,

not the politician.

I have to agree

with the prime minister.

RABIN:
We need to find out

if Amin is helping them.

You were in Uganda, right?

You dealt with him?

I trained his army, yes.

I'd like to assume he's not

gonna declare war on France.

Having said that,

the man is absolutely crazy.

He might have a dream,

some kind of a vision,

and anything can happen.

I can try... call him.

If Amin is on

the terrorists' side,

we may have to negotiate.

SHIMON:
Prime Minister, they

are asking for 52 terrorists.

Israel cannot capitulate.

It cannot.

They're going to start

killing the hostages

the day after tomorrow.

Call Amin.

I want to know

where he stands.

They have moved

the Jews together

at the old terminal at Entebbe.

They have surrounded them

with high explosives.

They have TNT on the plane

and all around the building,

even on their bodies.

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