The Ribbon Cutter

The Honourable Woman 1×4

& — What about Palestinian rights?
    — Which Palestinians are you talking about? The ones under the rule of the Palestinian Authority, or the ones under the rule of Hamas? Because Hamas, who run Gaza right now, not only refuse to acknowledge that the Israeli state exists, they keep flinging rockets into the country to prove it.
    — The effects aren’t comparable. You’re talking David and Goliath.
    — How do the effects diminish the intention? I don’t get it. And if you talk David and Goliath, at least get your history the right way round. Goliath came from Gaza.
    — Do you make these arguments because you’re genuinely an Israeli apologist, or is it simply the fundamental default of being a Jew?
    — Do you ask this question because you’re genuinely anti-Semitic, or is it because you’re an absolute fucking shit?!
    Hugh: ... Fish was good.
Ω Very actual. Just in time. How did they know?

& Hugh: Darling, have you been upping my insurance?
    Julia: What?
    Hugh: Well, you know. There’s only one qualification for martyrdom... Death.

& Shlomo: How many times have I told you? Never ask for luck. Never! Luck is a beautiful woman you turn away from, cos you know you ain’t ever going to get her. And then, maybe then, she’ll touch your shoulder.

& TV announcer: ’Earlier today Israel welcomed... the release of a soldier... from the Israeli Defence Force. The Palestinian Authority, who claim to have negotiated the release of the Israeli soldier, insisted that the handover was a unilateral gesture of goodwill. This position has been reinforced today by Israel’s public reiteration of its refusal to negotiate with terrorists.’
Ω Oh. And here it’s. Now we’re at parallel universe.

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& Ephra: Where did you pick this up?
    Nessa: I read it on the plane.
    Ephra: What? What did you read?
    Nessa: A spreadsheet.
    Ephra: You read spreadsheets?!
    Nessa: I’m not just a ribbon-cutter, Ephra!

& Ephra: The Authority is rife with this sort of thing, it has been for years, and... we have to work with it, because if we call it out, then they won’t work with us any more.
    Nessa: That’s corruption.
    Ephra: That’s reality.
    Nessa: I don’t accept it.
    Ephra: Well, then, you’re going to have to.

& Nessa: We cannot be compromised.
    Ephra: Don’t be so naive.
    Nessa: This is NOT the way to do it.
    Ephra: It’s the Middle East, Nessa. It’s the only way. And maybe that’s why, from now on, you SHOULD stick to cutting ribbons... at home.

& — We can’t tell him anything. He’s in Gaza and Gaza is run by Hamas now. We have no jurisdiction there, not since the Americans forced us to have that election.

& Ephra: We only ever had each other! Please!
    — So... every morning, every single morning that you wake up and you say your prayers, you say them for her, because YOU are the one who put her there. And God may forgive you for what you’ve done. But Israel... won’t.

& Zahid al Zahid: The grandson of Eli Stein... With my blood in its veins. First I ordered his death. Now I take his heritage. How great is his defeat?

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