The Odd Couples

The Spy 1×4

Ma'azi: Lake Tiberias. In all its glory. And there is Israel.
Eli Cohen: So close...
Ma'azi: The most fertile soil ever. Beautiful lakes, mountains, waterfalls, landmines...
Eli Cohen: Our country is the most beautiful in all the world.
Ma'azi: Mm. I'll take your word for it.

Ma'azi: You've been to the Alps... to South America, to Paris!
Eli Cohen: All of them together, Ma'azi, don't come close to the majesty of this land.
Ma'azi: If you say so.

Eli Cohen: What's that?
Ma'azi: Oh. New deal with the Soviets. Khrushchev is supplying us with a lot more than he's admitting to the world.
Eli Cohen: And they are...
Ma'azi: They are 120-millimeter mortars. Not even the Israeli have those.
Eli Cohen: Good for us.

Eli Cohen: So, tell me, what are we looking at here?
Colonel Salim Hatoum: The Ein Gev kibbutz. Fishermen, mostly. The Zionists like to play victim. As if we are shooting indiscriminately. But they are stealing our land and fishing in our water, despite international agreements.
Eli Cohen: Mm.
Colonel Salim Hatoum: So you can see them up close and personal.
Eli Cohen: Thank you. The enemy... They look like us.
Colonel Salim Hatoum: What did you think they'd look like? Octopus?

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Colonel Salim Hatoum: Would you like to shoot one? Please, my present to you.

Eli Cohen: I'm not a soldier, I'm sorry.
Colonel Salim Hatoum: It's easy. You point... and you squeeze the trigger. Is there a problem?
Eli Cohen: On the contrary.....
Colonel Salim Hatoum: Don't be confused. They might wear civilian clothes, but each one of them is a Zionist soldier. Even the young ones. Simply choose a target. Put your finger on the trigger... and now, when you're ready...

General Ad-Din: Do you know why the Lake Tiberias, the Sea of Galilee, as they call it, is so important to the Israelis? Water is the most vital substance for a living organism, and for a country. Without it there is no life, only death. The Sea of Galilee is the only water source the Israelis have. It feeds all their citizens, north all the way down to the desert!

Nadia Cohen: You really want to help? Bring me back my husband.

Michel Aflaq: Do you know who I am?
Eli Cohen: Of course, you're Michel Aflaq, the author of The Battle for One Destiny and the leader of the Ba'ath movement.
Michel Aflaq: Hm. Freedom of thought is always a scary thing for those who are in power. So they give you a title, which makes it easy for them to get rid of you.

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