:56:01
- That's all you want?
- Yes, that's all I want.
:56:07
You must understand
we're very new at this business.
:56:10
Our Haganah and our Palmach
are wonderful, brave, boys and girls.
:56:15
But, like children of the same family,
they're jealous of each other.
:56:18
What about the other groups?
:56:19
- The Irgun?
- Yes.
:56:20
Also very brave.
:56:22
Listens to no one,
conducts its own war against the British.
:56:25
The Sternists? Brave.
And occasionally shoot at us, bravely.
:56:30
We could have a very nice little war
here without the Arabs.
:56:33
You want me to give you
absolute authority over all of them?
:56:36
Yes.
:56:39
If you can find out how to get it,
please let me know...
:56:42
...because if, God forbid,
anything went wrong...
:56:45
...it'd be nice to have an American
to blame it on.
:56:51
- I guess the meeting's over.
- Look, try to understand.
:56:54
We're in the importing business.
We import people.
:56:57
That's the reason we're here.
We only fight because we have to.
:57:00
We have no quarrel with the Arabs,
only with their leaders.
:57:03
We still hope for an agreement.
:57:06
The traditional greeting
in this country is "Shalom. "
:57:08
Peace.
:57:10
Shalom.
:57:13
The olive branch hasn't worked
around here...
:57:15
...since Noah ran the ark into a mountain.
:57:18
Col. Marcus, don't think we're ungrateful.
:57:22
You write those manuals.
:57:24
Go, inspect. Go to the Negev.
:57:27
Go especially with the convoys
to Jerusalem...
:57:29
...for there is our greatest danger.
:57:31
Make your reports,
your recommendations, please.
:57:38
All right. I'll try it your way.
:57:40
I'll advise. I'll observe.
:57:42
You need a lot more than advice,
or the night of May 15...
:57:44
...you'll be wading in the Mediterranean.
:57:47
Maybe. Maybe not.
:57:49
We might be even tougher pussycats
than anyone has any idea.
:57:53
We'll see.
:57:59
He's been in the Negev desert
on an inspection tour.