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  8. Hello. Hi.
  9.  
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  12. Hello. About your book,
  13. if you could call me back...
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  16. 00:00:23,840 --> 00:00:25,240
  17. on my mobile. Thank you.
  18.  
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  21. Please, hello, can you
  22. call me? It's about your book.
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  26. Thank you.
  27.  
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  30. Hello, hi, good afternoon.
  31.  
  32. 7
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  34. If you can call me,
  35. I'm the subject of your book.
  36.  
  37. 8
  38. 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:47,800
  39. Thank you.
  40.  
  41. 9
  42. 00:01:18,320 --> 00:01:21,320
  43. At around
  44. one o'clock, Ashraf Marwan,
  45.  
  46. 10
  47. 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:24,720
  48. an Egyptian super spy...
  49.  
  50. 11
  51. 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:30,280
  52. fell off the balcony...
  53.  
  54. 12
  55. 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:35,240
  56. in Carlton Terrace,
  57. Central London.
  58.  
  59. 13
  60. 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:42,440
  61. The medics were directed
  62. to a small rose garden,
  63.  
  64. 14
  65. 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:48,360
  66. he uttered a few
  67. words and he died.
  68.  
  69. 15
  70. 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:54,680
  71. When I was told,
  72. my mind was racing.
  73.  
  74. 16
  75. 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:57,120
  76. I asked myself, "Was he pushed?"
  77.  
  78. 17
  79. 00:01:57,520 --> 00:01:58,520
  80. "Did he jump?"
  81.  
  82. 18
  83. 00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:03,480
  84. The rumor was, especially in Egypt,
  85. that it was not an accident.
  86.  
  87. 19
  88. 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:05,440
  89. It was a murder.
  90.  
  91. 20
  92. 00:02:13,640 --> 00:02:18,840
  93. 1948, in Palestine, Jews
  94. declared the State of Israel.
  95.  
  96. 21
  97. 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:27,360
  98. Over the next day, Egypt and
  99. the Arab neighbors invaded.
  100.  
  101. 22
  102. 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:36,680
  103. So, for years, Israel and Egypt
  104.  
  105. 23
  106. 00:02:36,920 --> 00:02:38,480
  107. hated each other.
  108.  
  109. 24
  110. 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:52,960
  111. And Ashraf Marwan was one
  112. of the greatest modern spies
  113.  
  114. 25
  115. 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:55,480
  116. at the center of the conflict.
  117.  
  118. 26
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  120. Ironically Israel regarded Marwan as their best agent ever.
  121. He was the number one source of Israeli intelligence.
  122.  
  123. 27
  124. 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:21,800
  125. Few agents in history
  126. provided such...
  127.  
  128. 28
  129. 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:25,680
  130. splendid information.
  131. Out of this world.
  132.  
  133. 29
  134. 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:29,400
  135. His death is a mystery.
  136.  
  137. 30
  138. 00:03:29,920 --> 00:03:32,400
  139. The rumor was it was a murder,
  140.  
  141. 31
  142. 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:38,080
  143. and just the day before he told
  144. me that he feared for his life,
  145.  
  146. 32
  147. 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:40,160
  148. but who did it?
  149.  
  150. 33
  151. 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:44,440
  152. The Egyptian intelligence
  153. killed Ashraf Marwan,
  154.  
  155. 34
  156. 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:46,000
  157. because he was a traitor.
  158.  
  159. 35
  160. 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:48,880
  161. The Israelis believe
  162. that he was their man,
  163.  
  164. 36
  165. 00:03:49,160 --> 00:03:53,600
  166. but he tricked the Israelis
  167. into taking him seriously.
  168.  
  169. 37
  170. 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:55,920
  171. He served Egypt well.
  172.  
  173. 38
  174. 00:03:57,040 --> 00:03:59,240
  175. Ashraf Marwan's wife, Mona,
  176.  
  177. 39
  178. 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:02,920
  179. she thought that he may have
  180. been murdered by the Israelis.
  181.  
  182. 40
  183. 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:10,400
  184. And when I think about it now,
  185.  
  186. 41
  187. 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:14,440
  188. I'm still asking myself,
  189. "Was I responsible?"
  190.  
  191. 42
  192. 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:18,520
  193. I was the one who
  194. unmasked him to the world.
  195.  
  196. 43
  197. 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:42,600
  198. In 2007,
  199. June 27th, I got a phone call
  200.  
  201. 44
  202. 00:04:42,840 --> 00:04:47,240
  203. about the mysterious death that
  204. had happened just hours earlier.
  205.  
  206. 45
  207. 00:04:48,360 --> 00:04:50,440
  208. Of course, I'm intrigued.
  209. Who wouldn't be?
  210.  
  211. 46
  212. 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:55,280
  213. And as a journalist I wanted
  214. to get to the bottom of it.
  215.  
  216. 47
  217. 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:02,160
  218. The most pressing, immediate
  219. issue was how did he die?
  220.  
  221. 48
  222. 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:07,320
  223. Was it murder? Suicide?
  224. Was it an accident?
  225.  
  226. 49
  227. 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:14,320
  228. So, this is the place
  229. from which he fell.
  230.  
  231. 50
  232. 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:19,200
  233. He fell five floors down.
  234.  
  235. 51
  236. 00:05:22,320 --> 00:05:26,160
  237. The family insisted that he
  238. had a whole set of plans,
  239.  
  240. 52
  241. 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:28,120
  242. family functions to attend,
  243.  
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  245. 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:30,839
  246. he had a business
  247. meeting on that very day
  248.  
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  250. 00:05:30,840 --> 00:05:32,120
  251. in that building there.
  252.  
  253. 55
  254. 00:05:33,320 --> 00:05:38,600
  255. That's why the family believes
  256. that there was just no truth
  257.  
  258. 56
  259. 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:41,640
  260. to rumors that he could
  261. have killed himself.
  262.  
  263. 57
  264. 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:46,279
  265. I wanted to get to the truth,
  266. but that turned out to be
  267.  
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  269. 00:05:46,280 --> 00:05:49,040
  270. a lot trickier than
  271. I first imagined.
  272.  
  273. 59
  274. 00:05:56,640 --> 00:06:00,760
  275. Well, the day he died,
  276. I was waiting for him to phone.
  277.  
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  279. 00:06:01,840 --> 00:06:04,840
  280. I thought that something is
  281. wrong with the reception.
  282.  
  283. 61
  284. 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:10,760
  285. So, I went up the stairs to see
  286. whether or not he left me a message.
  287.  
  288. 62
  289. 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:13,000
  290. But nothing.
  291.  
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  293. 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:21,920
  294. I have always been interested
  295. in Middle Eastern wars.
  296.  
  297. 64
  298. 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:28,759
  299. When I was in the
  300. military it was known
  301.  
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  303. 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:31,519
  304. there was a super spy who worked
  305.  
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  307. 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:34,360
  308. with Israel's secret
  309. intelligence service.
  310.  
  311. 67
  312. 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:40,119
  313. But the Israeli military
  314. censorship made sure
  315.  
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  318. that nothing is written about it.
  319.  
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  321. 00:06:44,840 --> 00:06:46,200
  322. A great secret.
  323.  
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  325. 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:47,959
  326. Six Arabs killed here
  327.  
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  329. 00:06:47,960 --> 00:06:50,200
  330. in the West Bank, seven in Gaza.
  331.  
  332. 72
  333. 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:54,560
  334. When the Palestinian
  335. uprising of 1987 started...
  336.  
  337. 73
  338. 00:06:56,840 --> 00:06:58,840
  339. ...it was a turning point for me.
  340.  
  341. 74
  342. 00:06:59,960 --> 00:07:03,600
  343. I saw Israeli soldiers
  344. beating a Palestinian.
  345.  
  346. 75
  347. 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:06,560
  348. I said, "This is madness.
  349.  
  350. 76
  351. 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:10,399
  352. You are inflicting on the
  353. Palestinians the same pain
  354.  
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  356. 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:13,120
  357. that other nations have
  358. inflicted on the Jews,
  359.  
  360. 78
  361. 00:07:13,240 --> 00:07:17,479
  362. and I'm not coming back until
  363. the violence has stopped."
  364.  
  365. 79
  366. 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:19,760
  367. "Big deal, Ahron Bregman
  368. is not coming back..."
  369.  
  370. 80
  371. 00:07:21,800 --> 00:07:24,280
  372. And I'd emigrate to the UK.
  373.  
  374. 81
  375. 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:33,600
  376. After I finished my PhD
  377. on the Arab-Israeli conflict,
  378.  
  379. 82
  380. 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:36,320
  381. I joined the Department
  382. of War Studies
  383.  
  384. 83
  385. 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:38,840
  386. at King's College London.
  387.  
  388. 84
  389. 00:07:38,960 --> 00:07:41,320
  390. Have we discussed the
  391. spy here in class or not?
  392.  
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  394. 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:42,759
  395. Was it mentioned?
  396.  
  397. 86
  398. 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:44,519
  399. Yeah, no.
  400. Right.
  401.  
  402. 87
  403. 00:07:44,520 --> 00:07:48,640
  404. And I've published six
  405. books you know nothing about...
  406.  
  407. 88
  408. 00:07:49,360 --> 00:07:50,919
  409. It's a joke. Don't use it.
  410.  
  411. 89
  412. 00:07:50,920 --> 00:07:52,240
  413. I'm using that.
  414.  
  415. 90
  416. 00:07:54,960 --> 00:08:00,720
  417. In 1998, I was a consultant
  418. on a major documentary,
  419.  
  420. 91
  421. 00:08:01,320 --> 00:08:05,199
  422. and I interviewed the director
  423. of Military Intelligence
  424.  
  425. 92
  426. 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:08,880
  427. in Israel, General Eli Zeira.
  428.  
  429. 93
  430. 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:13,959
  431. When we finished the interview,
  432. we were standing
  433.  
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  435. 00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:16,999
  436. in the corridor,
  437. and what he said to me there
  438.  
  439. 95
  440. 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:18,800
  441. changed everything for me.
  442.  
  443. 96
  444. 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:24,400
  445. He said that the Mossad's
  446. top spy was a double agent.
  447.  
  448. 97
  449. 00:08:25,640 --> 00:08:27,680
  450. I was shocked to the core.
  451.  
  452. 98
  453. 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:32,240
  454. What were the implications
  455. of the spy being a double?
  456.  
  457. 99
  458. 00:08:32,480 --> 00:08:34,919
  459. If he was a double agent
  460.  
  461. 100
  462. 00:08:34,920 --> 00:08:40,280
  463. during one of the most important
  464. wars in Middle Eastern history,
  465.  
  466. 101
  467. 00:08:41,960 --> 00:08:47,480
  468. then all the intelligence the
  469. Israeli's based their decisions on
  470.  
  471. 102
  472. 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:49,040
  473. would be cast into doubt.
  474.  
  475. 103
  476. 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:58,280
  477. Israel is dependent
  478. on her intelligence.
  479.  
  480. 104
  481. 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:02,360
  482. They have to get it right always,
  483.  
  484. 105
  485. 00:09:03,520 --> 00:09:06,960
  486. and if their best
  487. spy misled them,
  488.  
  489. 106
  490. 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:10,520
  491. it will just ruin the reputation.
  492.  
  493. 107
  494. 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:15,400
  495. Therefore,
  496. the intelligence service...
  497.  
  498. 108
  499. 00:09:15,760 --> 00:09:17,479
  500. Okay, Amos.
  501.  
  502. 109
  503. 00:09:17,480 --> 00:09:19,800
  504. ...they have an interest...
  505.  
  506. 110
  507. 00:09:20,160 --> 00:09:21,919
  508. What was at risk?
  509. What was at stake?
  510.  
  511. 111
  512. 00:09:21,920 --> 00:09:25,119
  513. ...in keeping the story intact.
  514.  
  515. 112
  516. 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:26,880
  517. It's a sensitive subject.
  518.  
  519. 113
  520. 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:32,880
  521. The young Bregman
  522. was uber-motivated.
  523.  
  524. 114
  525. 00:09:34,080 --> 00:09:38,440
  526. A scoop like this was something
  527. I'd always dreamt about,
  528.  
  529. 115
  530. 00:09:40,680 --> 00:09:45,440
  531. but then I thought it might be
  532. a very dangerous game.
  533.  
  534. 116
  535. 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:04,040
  536. Ashraf Marwan was...
  537.  
  538. 117
  539. 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:08,280
  540. the son of an army general,
  541.  
  542. 118
  543. 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:14,200
  544. and people see in that
  545. a sign of social seniority.
  546.  
  547. 119
  548. 00:10:16,240 --> 00:10:18,720
  549. He graduated in chemistry.
  550.  
  551. 120
  552. 00:10:18,880 --> 00:10:19,880
  553. At the same time...
  554.  
  555. 121
  556. 00:10:21,560 --> 00:10:26,160
  557. he met Mona, daughter
  558. of Gamal Abdel Nasser...
  559.  
  560. 122
  561. 00:10:28,640 --> 00:10:29,960
  562. President in Egypt.
  563.  
  564. 123
  565. 00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:36,080
  566. They fell in love.
  567.  
  568. 124
  569. 00:10:40,520 --> 00:10:42,280
  570. He knew how...
  571.  
  572. 125
  573. 00:10:43,360 --> 00:10:45,480
  574. to jump to the good bed.
  575.  
  576. 126
  577. 00:10:46,640 --> 00:10:50,720
  578. He married the daughter of
  579. Nasser. The almighty Nasser.
  580.  
  581. 127
  582. 00:10:52,240 --> 00:10:55,800
  583. Nasser was like
  584. God for the Arabs.
  585.  
  586. 128
  587. 00:10:56,240 --> 00:10:57,240
  588. Idol.
  589.  
  590. 129
  591. 00:10:57,720 --> 00:10:58,760
  592. Nasser.
  593.  
  594. 130
  595. 00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:05,720
  596. 1967, this was a crisis
  597. moment for Nasser.
  598.  
  599. 131
  600. 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:11,560
  601. Israel crippled the Egyptian
  602. Air Force on the ground.
  603.  
  604. 132
  605. 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:21,920
  606. And then,
  607. Egypt lost the Sinai Peninsula.
  608.  
  609. 133
  610. 00:11:24,520 --> 00:11:28,240
  611. Egypt felt disbelief that this
  612. could happen to us.
  613.  
  614. 134
  615. 00:11:29,440 --> 00:11:33,040
  616. It was a dent in the dignity
  617. of the country,
  618.  
  619. 135
  620. 00:11:33,400 --> 00:11:36,760
  621. and the process of rebuilding
  622. the army started
  623.  
  624. 136
  625. 00:11:37,360 --> 00:11:40,240
  626. for one objective,
  627. launching a war,
  628.  
  629. 137
  630. 00:11:41,480 --> 00:11:42,960
  631. regaining the Sinai,
  632.  
  633. 138
  634. 00:11:43,120 --> 00:11:48,600
  635. and regaining the sense of pride
  636. which every Egyptian felt...
  637.  
  638. 139
  639. 00:11:49,120 --> 00:11:51,080
  640. before 1967.
  641.  
  642. 140
  643. 00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:55,359
  644. Marwan entered
  645. into the Nasser family
  646.  
  647. 141
  648. 00:11:55,360 --> 00:11:56,600
  649. at this moment of crisis.
  650.  
  651. 142
  652. 00:11:57,840 --> 00:12:02,640
  653. He wants to be important,
  654. but Nasser didn't entrust
  655.  
  656. 143
  657. 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:06,799
  658. into him the kind of missions
  659. that Ashraf Marwan believed,
  660.  
  661. 144
  662. 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:10,040
  663. "Now when I marry into the family
  664. I'll get them."
  665.  
  666. 145
  667. 00:12:11,320 --> 00:12:14,520
  668. Nasser, he felt that this guy
  669.  
  670. 146
  671. 00:12:14,760 --> 00:12:18,319
  672. did not want to marry the girl
  673. for her personality,
  674.  
  675. 147
  676. 00:12:18,320 --> 00:12:21,120
  677. he wanted to marry the daughter
  678. of the President.
  679.  
  680. 148
  681. 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:28,760
  682. So, Nasser gave Ashraf Marwan a
  683. junior position in the presidency.
  684.  
  685. 149
  686. 00:12:29,520 --> 00:12:32,520
  687. It was like when you have
  688. adversary politician,
  689.  
  690. 150
  691. 00:12:32,680 --> 00:12:34,920
  692. you bring him close to keep him
  693. under your eye,
  694.  
  695. 151
  696. 00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:38,120
  697. rather than leave him free
  698. to wreak havoc.
  699.  
  700. 152
  701. 00:12:39,880 --> 00:12:44,200
  702. Ashraf felt in a way
  703. demeaned, punished,
  704.  
  705. 153
  706. 00:12:44,720 --> 00:12:47,600
  707. and made him resent Nasser.
  708.  
  709. 154
  710. 00:12:49,720 --> 00:12:52,720
  711. So, he came to London
  712. with his new wife.
  713.  
  714. 155
  715. 00:12:55,960 --> 00:12:57,880
  716. But reports back home...
  717.  
  718. 156
  719. 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:04,120
  720. indicated that he was loving
  721. an expensive lifestyle,
  722.  
  723. 157
  724. 00:13:04,800 --> 00:13:05,800
  725. nightclubs,
  726.  
  727. 158
  728. 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:08,120
  729. restaurants,
  730.  
  731. 159
  732. 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:12,400
  733. living beyond the means...
  734.  
  735. 160
  736. 00:13:14,400 --> 00:13:16,360
  737. of the ordinary Egyptians.
  738.  
  739. 161
  740. 00:13:21,640 --> 00:13:24,159
  741. Nasser
  742. lived a very frugal life
  743.  
  744. 162
  745. 00:13:24,160 --> 00:13:27,200
  746. and he felt that it was
  747. highly embarrassing.
  748.  
  749. 163
  750. 00:13:27,880 --> 00:13:30,760
  751. Nasser shunted
  752. them back to Cairo.
  753.  
  754. 164
  755. 00:13:31,480 --> 00:13:36,240
  756. Ashraf felt that he was
  757. handcuffed with Nasser.
  758.  
  759. 165
  760. 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:40,520
  761. So, he wants to take
  762. revenge on his father-in-law.
  763.  
  764. 166
  765. 00:13:57,560 --> 00:14:00,239
  766. Israel leaders
  767. call it a total destruction
  768.  
  769. 167
  770. 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:01,560
  771. of Egypt's Sinai forces.
  772.  
  773. 168
  774. 00:14:08,920 --> 00:14:12,440
  775. Immediately
  776. after the Six-Day War of '67...
  777.  
  778. 169
  779. 00:14:14,720 --> 00:14:18,360
  780. the issue of a possible war
  781. down the road with Egypt...
  782.  
  783. 170
  784. 00:14:19,520 --> 00:14:23,720
  785. was the number one
  786. priority of the Mossad.
  787.  
  788. 171
  789. 00:14:29,280 --> 00:14:31,160
  790. Every country,
  791. every government
  792.  
  793. 172
  794. 00:14:31,520 --> 00:14:34,200
  795. has to deal with the intentions
  796.  
  797. 173
  798. 00:14:34,640 --> 00:14:39,680
  799. of our enemies,
  800. and the more you know about it,
  801.  
  802. 174
  803. 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:44,440
  804. the better you can prevent a war.
  805.  
  806. 175
  807. 00:14:46,160 --> 00:14:51,480
  808. So, military intelligence for the
  809. Mossad was very, very important.
  810.  
  811. 176
  812. 00:14:53,840 --> 00:14:58,440
  813. The Mossad
  814. is responsible for...
  815.  
  816. 177
  817. 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:03,440
  818. collection and
  819. special operations.
  820.  
  821. 178
  822. 00:15:16,720 --> 00:15:22,000
  823. This is not the CIA.
  824. CIA deals with all the world.
  825.  
  826. 179
  827. 00:15:22,720 --> 00:15:26,320
  828. He has agent in South America,
  829. in Africa,
  830.  
  831. 180
  832. 00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:30,120
  833. maybe in the Northern Pole,
  834. I don't know.
  835.  
  836. 181
  837. 00:15:30,240 --> 00:15:35,600
  838. Ev... All around the world.
  839. Here, in Israel, it is focused.
  840.  
  841. 182
  842. 00:15:39,120 --> 00:15:40,600
  843. The arch enemies.
  844.  
  845. 183
  846. 00:15:44,640 --> 00:15:47,360
  847. Can you describe
  848. for me your job, your role,
  849.  
  850. 184
  851. 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:48,840
  852. when you were
  853. working in the field?
  854.  
  855. 185
  856. 00:15:48,880 --> 00:15:50,280
  857. No, I prefer not.
  858.  
  859. 186
  860. 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:06,200
  861. So, '67, at that moment, we
  862. started to look for intelligence
  863.  
  864. 187
  865. 00:16:06,760 --> 00:16:10,280
  866. that would either support, or...
  867.  
  868. 188
  869. 00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:15,480
  870. or the opposite, the issue of war
  871. down the road with Egypt.
  872.  
  873. 189
  874. 00:16:32,320 --> 00:16:35,119
  875. Did you have any concerns
  876. about the possible implications
  877.  
  878. 190
  879. 00:16:35,120 --> 00:16:37,000
  880. of unmasking a spy?
  881.  
  882. 191
  883. 00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:41,880
  884. Look, Tom, the Mossad
  885. could be very dangerous
  886.  
  887. 192
  888. 00:16:42,440 --> 00:16:48,080
  889. and unmasking one of the spies
  890. could have endangered me,
  891.  
  892. 193
  893. 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:50,600
  894. but I had to know.
  895.  
  896. 194
  897. 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:55,720
  898. It was a risk, it was a gamble.
  899. I am a bit reckless.
  900.  
  901. 195
  902. 00:16:59,480 --> 00:17:01,440
  903. What did your wife
  904. have to say about all this?
  905.  
  906. 196
  907. 00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:04,960
  908. I knew that she
  909. would be unhappy...
  910.  
  911. 197
  912. 00:17:06,320 --> 00:17:09,599
  913. to see me involved
  914. in such a thing.
  915.  
  916. 198
  917. 00:17:09,600 --> 00:17:13,720
  918. She was much more responsible
  919. and less reckless than me,
  920.  
  921. 199
  922. 00:17:15,080 --> 00:17:18,080
  923. so I told her nothing
  924. of my spy games.
  925.  
  926. 200
  927. 00:17:26,200 --> 00:17:30,800
  928. I poured over hundreds
  929. of articles and books
  930.  
  931. 201
  932. 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:33,480
  933. looking for clues
  934. to see who he was.
  935.  
  936. 202
  937. 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:40,120
  938. And I read anything that
  939. I could put my hands on.
  940.  
  941. 203
  942. 00:17:40,760 --> 00:17:43,959
  943. And then a key book
  944. came into my hand,
  945.  
  946. 204
  947. 00:17:43,960 --> 00:17:47,560
  948. which is the biography
  949. of Eli Zeira,
  950.  
  951. 205
  952. 00:17:48,160 --> 00:17:52,280
  953. the man who said to me that
  954. there was a double agent
  955.  
  956. 206
  957. 00:17:52,480 --> 00:17:54,520
  958. who misled the Mossad.
  959.  
  960. 207
  961. 00:17:54,680 --> 00:17:58,280
  962. Zeira writes about
  963. an unnamed spy,
  964.  
  965. 208
  966. 00:17:59,400 --> 00:18:00,999
  967. and then he mentioned
  968. three people
  969.  
  970. 209
  971. 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:03,639
  972. who were sitting in
  973. a meeting in Riyadh.
  974.  
  975. 210
  976. 00:18:03,640 --> 00:18:05,440
  977. King Faisal of Saudi Arabia.
  978.  
  979. 211
  980. 00:18:05,560 --> 00:18:08,160
  981. Sadat and a third man.
  982.  
  983. 212
  984. 00:18:09,440 --> 00:18:13,039
  985. I was very suspicious
  986. when Zeira did not mention
  987.  
  988. 213
  989. 00:18:13,040 --> 00:18:17,159
  990. the name of the third man
  991. in a chapter
  992.  
  993. 214
  994. 00:18:17,160 --> 00:18:21,559
  995. where it's all about the spy.
  996. And you ask yourself
  997.  
  998. 215
  999. 00:18:21,560 --> 00:18:23,160
  1000. "Why is it missing?"
  1001.  
  1002. 216
  1003. 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:24,759
  1004. So, the fact
  1005. that it was missing...
  1006.  
  1007. 217
  1008. 00:18:24,760 --> 00:18:26,439
  1009. Yeah, exactly.
  1010. The fact that there was
  1011.  
  1012. 218
  1013. 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:28,159
  1014. a missing piece of information...
  1015. It was...
  1016.  
  1017. 219
  1018. 00:18:28,160 --> 00:18:30,400
  1019. It was an editing thing, you see?
  1020.  
  1021. 220
  1022. 00:18:30,560 --> 00:18:32,160
  1023. "Why is it missing?"
  1024. Mm.
  1025.  
  1026. 221
  1027. 00:18:32,440 --> 00:18:34,519
  1028. So, maybe the
  1029. name is not mentioned
  1030.  
  1031. 222
  1032. 00:18:34,520 --> 00:18:36,640
  1033. because someone is
  1034. trying to hide the name.
  1035.  
  1036. 223
  1037. 00:18:37,320 --> 00:18:41,840
  1038. But there is a reference,
  1039. Robinson, page 136.
  1040.  
  1041. 224
  1042. 00:18:46,200 --> 00:18:52,400
  1043. 136. And here is the third man,
  1044. Dr Ashraf Marwan.
  1045.  
  1046. 225
  1047. 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:58,400
  1048. When I saw it all my red lights
  1049. started flashing.
  1050.  
  1051. 226
  1052. 00:19:01,560 --> 00:19:03,560
  1053. My gut was telling me
  1054.  
  1055. 227
  1056. 00:19:03,760 --> 00:19:06,960
  1057. that his name was significant,
  1058. Ashraf Marwan.
  1059.  
  1060. 228
  1061. 00:19:08,360 --> 00:19:10,520
  1062. It was an educated guess.
  1063.  
  1064. 229
  1065. 00:19:16,560 --> 00:19:19,120
  1066. And I sent a fax to Zeira,
  1067.  
  1068. 230
  1069. 00:19:20,040 --> 00:19:24,120
  1070. hoping that he would react
  1071. and confirm the name.
  1072.  
  1073. 231
  1074. 00:19:24,560 --> 00:19:29,240
  1075. I took a punt, but his reply was,
  1076.  
  1077. 232
  1078. 00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:31,880
  1079. "I will not reveal."
  1080.  
  1081. 233
  1082. 00:19:34,680 --> 00:19:36,640
  1083. And this was a setback.
  1084.  
  1085. 234
  1086. 00:19:40,960 --> 00:19:43,719
  1087. But I wonder if
  1088. there was something
  1089.  
  1090. 235
  1091. 00:19:43,720 --> 00:19:47,480
  1092. in the fact Zeira did not deny,
  1093.  
  1094. 236
  1095. 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:52,480
  1096. so I thought that maybe
  1097. I am on the right track.
  1098.  
  1099. 237
  1100. 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:00,839
  1101. ...and refused to negotiate
  1102.  
  1103. 238
  1104. 00:20:00,840 --> 00:20:02,359
  1105. until they were removed.
  1106.  
  1107. 239
  1108. 00:20:02,360 --> 00:20:04,959
  1109. This was the position when
  1110. the Arab world was dealt a blow
  1111.  
  1112. 240
  1113. 00:20:04,960 --> 00:20:07,440
  1114. from which it's still reeling.
  1115.  
  1116. 241
  1117. 00:20:07,560 --> 00:20:09,639
  1118. Now the explosive
  1119. situation in the Middle East
  1120.  
  1121. 242
  1122. 00:20:09,640 --> 00:20:10,920
  1123. has been further complicated
  1124.  
  1125. 243
  1126. 00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:14,080
  1127. by the unexpected death of
  1128. Egypt's President Nasser.
  1129.  
  1130. 244
  1131. 00:20:15,080 --> 00:20:18,280
  1132. This man, Anwar Sadat,
  1133. took over as president-elect.
  1134.  
  1135. 245
  1136. 00:20:19,320 --> 00:20:23,240
  1137. I swear
  1138. by Almighty God to uphold...
  1139.  
  1140. 246
  1141. 00:20:26,840 --> 00:20:30,360
  1142. The big bosses
  1143. under the Nasser regime...
  1144.  
  1145. 247
  1146. 00:20:31,160 --> 00:20:32,280
  1147. they were...
  1148.  
  1149. 248
  1150. 00:20:33,520 --> 00:20:35,920
  1151. unsatisfied with Sadat.
  1152.  
  1153. 249
  1154. 00:20:37,120 --> 00:20:39,560
  1155. There was a kind of rebellion...
  1156.  
  1157. 250
  1158. 00:20:42,760 --> 00:20:43,760
  1159. ...and...
  1160.  
  1161. 251
  1162. 00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:47,640
  1163. Ashraf was very cunning, smart.
  1164.  
  1165. 252
  1166. 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:53,000
  1167. Somehow Marwan got his hands
  1168. on an archive...
  1169.  
  1170. 253
  1171. 00:20:53,880 --> 00:20:55,799
  1172. and turned it over to Sadat,
  1173.  
  1174. 254
  1175. 00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:59,440
  1176. and Sadat used some of
  1177. the information in that archive
  1178.  
  1179. 255
  1180. 00:20:59,680 --> 00:21:01,400
  1181. to put his enemies on trial.
  1182.  
  1183. 256
  1184. 00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:10,360
  1185. Something
  1186. personal? Or of a public nature?
  1187.  
  1188. 257
  1189. 00:21:10,680 --> 00:21:12,360
  1190. The truth
  1191. is in the court's hands.
  1192.  
  1193. 258
  1194. 00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:13,920
  1195. It was
  1196. very consequential
  1197.  
  1198. 259
  1199. 00:21:14,080 --> 00:21:16,479
  1200. in Marwan's future
  1201. career to prove to Sadat
  1202.  
  1203. 260
  1204. 00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:19,439
  1205. that his loyalty to
  1206. him can come at a price
  1207.  
  1208. 261
  1209. 00:21:19,440 --> 00:21:23,280
  1210. of stabbing in the back
  1211. Nasser's closest aids.
  1212.  
  1213. 262
  1214. 00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:25,920
  1215. We must
  1216. make it clear to the public.
  1217.  
  1218. 263
  1219. 00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:34,440
  1220. And Sadat rewarded him. He appointed Ashraf to
  1221. be... the secretary of the Presidential Office.
  1222.  
  1223. 264
  1224. 00:21:45,840 --> 00:21:49,160
  1225. He was part
  1226. of Sadat's inner circle.
  1227.  
  1228. 265
  1229. 00:21:52,280 --> 00:21:54,640
  1230. At the time, he was not 30 yet,
  1231.  
  1232. 266
  1233. 00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:59,680
  1234. and that is the youngest man
  1235. in the job ever.
  1236.  
  1237. 267
  1238. 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:07,480
  1239. But knowing Ashraf Marwan,
  1240. every step is calculated
  1241.  
  1242. 268
  1243. 00:22:07,840 --> 00:22:10,040
  1244. to build for what comes after.
  1245.  
  1246. 269
  1247. 00:22:18,880 --> 00:22:23,240
  1248. I was pretty sure
  1249. Ashraf Marwan was the spy,
  1250.  
  1251. 270
  1252. 00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:26,480
  1253. but I needed a conformation.
  1254.  
  1255. 271
  1256. 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:33,920
  1257. So, I thought that perhaps
  1258. the editor of Zeira's book,
  1259.  
  1260. 272
  1261. 00:22:34,680 --> 00:22:39,200
  1262. Rami Tali, could help
  1263. with the name of this spy.
  1264.  
  1265. 273
  1266. 00:22:41,120 --> 00:22:45,160
  1267. Obviously, the editor discussed
  1268. the matter with Zeira,
  1269.  
  1270. 274
  1271. 00:22:45,280 --> 00:22:47,240
  1272. so I devised a plan.
  1273.  
  1274. 275
  1275. 00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:51,520
  1276. I then took a flight to Tel Aviv.
  1277.  
  1278. 276
  1279. 00:22:58,880 --> 00:23:01,640
  1280. Ronnie Bregman,
  1281. he wanted to make sure
  1282.  
  1283. 277
  1284. 00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:03,400
  1285. that he has the right name.
  1286.  
  1287. 278
  1288. 00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:05,680
  1289. I knew the name,
  1290.  
  1291. 279
  1292. 00:23:06,520 --> 00:23:08,360
  1293. but I told him, "Ronnie,
  1294.  
  1295. 280
  1296. 00:23:08,640 --> 00:23:13,800
  1297. I don't know the name, but if I
  1298. knew it I would not tell you."
  1299.  
  1300. 281
  1301. 00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:17,040
  1302. "I don't know the name,"
  1303. "Don't make me..."
  1304.  
  1305. 282
  1306. 00:23:17,280 --> 00:23:19,000
  1307. This was how it was done.
  1308.  
  1309. 283
  1310. 00:23:19,320 --> 00:23:24,080
  1311. Ten minutes into the conversation
  1312. when he was warmed up,
  1313.  
  1314. 284
  1315. 00:23:24,360 --> 00:23:29,960
  1316. but not yet tired of me,
  1317. I looked him straight in the eye.
  1318.  
  1319. 285
  1320. 00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:31,600
  1321. And Ronnie said...
  1322.  
  1323. 286
  1324. 00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:34,520
  1325. "I know the name
  1326. of the super spy."
  1327.  
  1328. 287
  1329. 00:23:34,760 --> 00:23:38,200
  1330. And I said, "Good for you,"
  1331. and he said...
  1332.  
  1333. 288
  1334. 00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:42,360
  1335. Ashraf Marwan was the super spy.
  1336.  
  1337. 289
  1338. 00:23:44,360 --> 00:23:46,560
  1339. I was taken aback.
  1340.  
  1341. 290
  1342. 00:23:47,360 --> 00:23:50,960
  1343. His response was unmistakable.
  1344.  
  1345. 291
  1346. 00:23:51,600 --> 00:23:55,440
  1347. As far as I remember,
  1348. I did not acknowledge it.
  1349.  
  1350. 292
  1351. 00:23:55,920 --> 00:23:58,560
  1352. He looked away and smiled.
  1353.  
  1354. 293
  1355. 00:23:59,040 --> 00:24:00,040
  1356. Bingo.
  1357.  
  1358. 294
  1359. 00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:01,800
  1360. How do you say the
  1361. English saying?
  1362.  
  1363. 295
  1364. 00:24:02,160 --> 00:24:04,480
  1365. That butter would
  1366. not melt in my mouth.
  1367.  
  1368. 296
  1369. 00:24:04,720 --> 00:24:07,520
  1370. Butter very much
  1371. melts in my mouth.
  1372.  
  1373. 297
  1374. 00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:11,680
  1375. So, uh, when he approached me
  1376. with the name...
  1377.  
  1378. 298
  1379. 00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:13,280
  1380. Yeah,
  1381.  
  1382. 299
  1383. 00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:16,800
  1384. it was some kind of
  1385. an acknowledgment.
  1386.  
  1387. 300
  1388. 00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:23,400
  1389. I returned
  1390. to London a happy man.
  1391.  
  1392. 301
  1393. 00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:25,520
  1394. I had the name.
  1395.  
  1396. 302
  1397. 00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:28,760
  1398. I was delighted, really.
  1399.  
  1400. 303
  1401. 00:24:29,840 --> 00:24:30,840
  1402. Celebrating.
  1403.  
  1404. 304
  1405. 00:24:32,040 --> 00:24:35,720
  1406. But I had to confirm
  1407. that he was a double agent.
  1408.  
  1409. 305
  1410. 00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:44,240
  1411. Okay, so how did the Mossad
  1412. get involved with Ashraf Marwan?
  1413.  
  1414. 306
  1415. 00:24:46,680 --> 00:24:47,880
  1416. He was a walk-in.
  1417.  
  1418. 307
  1419. 00:24:58,280 --> 00:25:00,000
  1420. One day in London,
  1421.  
  1422. 308
  1423. 00:25:01,520 --> 00:25:04,560
  1424. he decided to call
  1425. the Israeli embassy.
  1426.  
  1427. 309
  1428. 00:25:09,480 --> 00:25:11,760
  1429. This is how moments
  1430. in history are made.
  1431.  
  1432. 310
  1433. 00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:16,560
  1434. They are made out of pure luck,
  1435. because when he called the embassy,
  1436.  
  1437. 311
  1438. 00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:21,960
  1439. luckily enough, the head of
  1440. Mossad stations in Europe,
  1441.  
  1442. 312
  1443. 00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:24,880
  1444. Shmuel Goren,
  1445. was visiting the station.
  1446.  
  1447. 313
  1448. 00:25:28,120 --> 00:25:30,640
  1449. I was the
  1450. head of Mossad in Europe.
  1451.  
  1452. 314
  1453. 00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:33,480
  1454. Somebody called.
  1455.  
  1456. 315
  1457. 00:25:33,720 --> 00:25:37,600
  1458. As soon as I heard the name,
  1459. it immediately rang a bell,
  1460.  
  1461. 316
  1462. 00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:39,840
  1463. but I said, "No, it cannot be
  1464.  
  1465. 317
  1466. 00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:41,600
  1467. that someone like him
  1468. would come to us.”
  1469.  
  1470. 318
  1471. 00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:45,400
  1472. When recruiting
  1473. a new agent,
  1474.  
  1475. 319
  1476. 00:25:45,680 --> 00:25:48,640
  1477. what are the risks to
  1478. you, to the Mossad?
  1479.  
  1480. 320
  1481. 00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:53,519
  1482. To the Mossad, first that
  1483. he might be a double agent.
  1484.  
  1485. 321
  1486. 00:25:53,520 --> 00:25:55,720
  1487. Number two, he's a liar.
  1488.  
  1489. 322
  1490. 00:25:56,200 --> 00:25:59,200
  1491. And number three is that
  1492. he can surrender you,
  1493.  
  1494. 323
  1495. 00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:01,040
  1496. which is very dangerous.
  1497.  
  1498. 324
  1499. 00:26:01,280 --> 00:26:04,080
  1500. But being an intelligence
  1501. officer, if you are not...
  1502.  
  1503. 325
  1504. 00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:10,000
  1505. suspicious as part of your
  1506. culture and character,
  1507.  
  1508. 326
  1509. 00:26:10,560 --> 00:26:14,280
  1510. you stand a fair chance not to be a
  1511. successful intelligence officer.
  1512.  
  1513. 327
  1514. 00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:17,640
  1515. And in the case of walk-ins,
  1516.  
  1517. 328
  1518. 00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:20,560
  1519. it is even more important
  1520. to be suspicious.
  1521.  
  1522. 329
  1523. 00:26:25,600 --> 00:26:31,160
  1524. But he said, "The son-in-law of the
  1525. Egyptian president is a walk-in?
  1526.  
  1527. 330
  1528. 00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:36,000
  1529. We cannot miss that opportunity."
  1530.  
  1531. 331
  1532. 00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:38,760
  1533. It was a gamble,
  1534.  
  1535. 332
  1536. 00:26:39,640 --> 00:26:42,480
  1537. because the difference
  1538. in cases like these...
  1539.  
  1540. 333
  1541. 00:26:43,400 --> 00:26:46,720
  1542. is between receiving the Medal
  1543. of Honor or facing disgrace.
  1544.  
  1545. 334
  1546. 00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:54,080
  1547. So, we improvised...
  1548.  
  1549. 335
  1550. 00:26:55,520 --> 00:26:57,720
  1551. against the official protocol.
  1552.  
  1553. 336
  1554. 00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:01,120
  1555. And we scheduled the meeting
  1556. at the hotel that same day.
  1557.  
  1558. 337
  1559. 00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:05,400
  1560. The conversation was short.
  1561.  
  1562. 338
  1563. 00:27:05,800 --> 00:27:11,000
  1564. He gave us authentic minutes
  1565. from meetings in Moscow...
  1566.  
  1567. 339
  1568. 00:27:12,080 --> 00:27:14,960
  1569. with the most high-ranking
  1570. Russian officials
  1571.  
  1572. 340
  1573. 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:19,640
  1574. and the most high-ranking
  1575. Egyptian officials.
  1576.  
  1577. 341
  1578. 00:27:21,120 --> 00:27:24,680
  1579. To be a fly on the wall in these kinds of
  1580. meetings is the dream of any intelligence agent.
  1581.  
  1582. 342
  1583. 00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:41,520
  1584. My task was to go over
  1585. the material he provided,
  1586.  
  1587. 343
  1588. 00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:44,480
  1589. and we couldn't find anything
  1590.  
  1591. 344
  1592. 00:27:44,760 --> 00:27:48,520
  1593. which gave us any doubt
  1594. about his credibility.
  1595.  
  1596. 345
  1597. 00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:52,000
  1598. Okay, so what exactly
  1599. did you do to be certain?
  1600.  
  1601. 346
  1602. 00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:55,640
  1603. Listen, there's no point to...
  1604.  
  1605. 347
  1606. 00:27:56,080 --> 00:27:59,320
  1607. to... get into all the
  1608. details, but...
  1609.  
  1610. 348
  1611. 00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:01,360
  1612. there was no one,
  1613.  
  1614. 349
  1615. 00:28:01,800 --> 00:28:06,360
  1616. or no one case,
  1617. where anybody said, explicitly,
  1618.  
  1619. 350
  1620. 00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:10,880
  1621. in a very determined way,
  1622. that he was not authentic.
  1623.  
  1624. 351
  1625. 00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:15,120
  1626. Why would Marwan,
  1627. now that Nasser was gone,
  1628.  
  1629. 352
  1630. 00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:17,359
  1631. and his ambition was being fulfilled,
  1632. he was the right-hand man
  1633.  
  1634. 353
  1635. 00:28:17,360 --> 00:28:18,360
  1636. of the president...
  1637. Yeah.
  1638.  
  1639. 354
  1640. 00:28:18,440 --> 00:28:20,160
  1641. Why would he want to sell secrets
  1642. to Israel?
  1643.  
  1644. 355
  1645. 00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:23,960
  1646. Why did he do it?
  1647.  
  1648. 356
  1649. 00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:28,759
  1650. To feel important,
  1651. maybe to take revenge
  1652.  
  1653. 357
  1654. 00:28:28,760 --> 00:28:33,440
  1655. on his father-in-law,
  1656. and thirdly, financial reward.
  1657.  
  1658. 358
  1659. 00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:41,319
  1660. All in all, the Mossad paid him $1
  1661. million in the '70s, early '70s.
  1662.  
  1663. 359
  1664. 00:28:41,320 --> 00:28:43,480
  1665. It's a huge amount of money.
  1666.  
  1667. 360
  1668. 00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:45,880
  1669. Everything
  1670. the Israelis say
  1671.  
  1672. 361
  1673. 00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:48,280
  1674. suggests it was resentment
  1675. towards Nasser,
  1676.  
  1677. 362
  1678. 00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:50,720
  1679. hubris, money...
  1680. And that doesn't add up to me.
  1681.  
  1682. 363
  1683. 00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:56,560
  1684. You have to look at
  1685. the Ashraf Marwan angle.
  1686.  
  1687. 364
  1688. 00:28:57,040 --> 00:28:59,000
  1689. "I am a big shot."
  1690.  
  1691. 365
  1692. 00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:08,560
  1693. How did Marwan
  1694. spying for you work exactly?
  1695.  
  1696. 366
  1697. 00:29:10,840 --> 00:29:12,800
  1698. He accompanied Sadat...
  1699.  
  1700. 367
  1701. 00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:16,640
  1702. to meetings with leaders.
  1703.  
  1704. 368
  1705. 00:29:22,880 --> 00:29:28,240
  1706. He listened and was able to
  1707. give us the inside information.
  1708.  
  1709. 369
  1710. 00:29:31,480 --> 00:29:34,240
  1711. When the
  1712. Mossad met with Marwan,
  1713.  
  1714. 370
  1715. 00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:38,320
  1716. the meeting,
  1717. it take place in London.
  1718.  
  1719. 371
  1720. 00:29:40,680 --> 00:29:42,880
  1721. Marwan would provide
  1722. his documents.
  1723.  
  1724. 372
  1725. 00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:49,520
  1726. He would get his money,
  1727. then he would leave first...
  1728.  
  1729. 373
  1730. 00:29:51,520 --> 00:29:55,200
  1731. and the Israeli will leave after him. What was
  1732. so valuable about the information he gave you?
  1733.  
  1734. 374
  1735. 00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:05,960
  1736. The most important pieces of information
  1737. which Ashraf Marwan gave Israel...
  1738.  
  1739. 375
  1740. 00:30:06,640 --> 00:30:11,160
  1741. He brought the order of battle
  1742. of the Egyptian Army.
  1743.  
  1744. 376
  1745. 00:30:11,440 --> 00:30:16,520
  1746. It means that Israel would know
  1747. how Egypt were going to strike.
  1748.  
  1749. 377
  1750. 00:30:17,320 --> 00:30:20,319
  1751. And they would attack us only if
  1752.  
  1753. 378
  1754. 00:30:20,320 --> 00:30:24,320
  1755. they have enough air cover
  1756. provided by the Russians.
  1757.  
  1758. 379
  1759. 00:30:24,840 --> 00:30:27,840
  1760. It is very rare material.
  1761.  
  1762. 380
  1763. 00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:30,800
  1764. It was, in my opinion,
  1765. an earthquake.
  1766.  
  1767. 381
  1768. 00:30:31,160 --> 00:30:32,320
  1769. It was...
  1770.  
  1771. 382
  1772. 00:30:36,280 --> 00:30:37,280
  1773. beautiful.
  1774.  
  1775. 383
  1776. 00:30:37,760 --> 00:30:39,920
  1777. Beautiful. Really.
  1778.  
  1779. 384
  1780. 00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:57,760
  1781. I tried to piece together
  1782. what happened to Ashraf Marwan.
  1783.  
  1784. 385
  1785. 00:30:58,120 --> 00:30:59,160
  1786. Was it murder?
  1787.  
  1788. 386
  1789. 00:31:01,880 --> 00:31:03,160
  1790. Was it suicide?
  1791.  
  1792. 387
  1793. 00:31:06,080 --> 00:31:08,240
  1794. It is very interesting
  1795. to be here.
  1796.  
  1797. 388
  1798. 00:31:24,520 --> 00:31:30,320
  1799. He was on this balcony here
  1800. and he landed in these bushes.
  1801.  
  1802. 389
  1803. 00:31:33,080 --> 00:31:36,720
  1804. The family had always said
  1805. that the trajectory of his fall
  1806.  
  1807. 390
  1808. 00:31:37,120 --> 00:31:40,800
  1809. was such that he fell away from the building to
  1810. such an extent that he must have been thrown.
  1811.  
  1812. 391
  1813. 00:31:44,720 --> 00:31:46,800
  1814. You can only really see it
  1815. when you're in the garden.
  1816.  
  1817. 392
  1818. 00:31:46,840 --> 00:31:50,559
  1819. You can start to see why
  1820. the family were arguing
  1821.  
  1822. 393
  1823. 00:31:50,560 --> 00:31:52,600
  1824. it was bizarre
  1825.  
  1826. 394
  1827. 00:31:52,720 --> 00:31:57,920
  1828. that he landed several feet out
  1829. into these bushes.
  1830.  
  1831. 395
  1832. 00:31:59,960 --> 00:32:03,199
  1833. And when I spoke to
  1834. Ashraf Marwan's wife,
  1835.  
  1836. 396
  1837. 00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:07,840
  1838. Mona, she thought that he may have
  1839. been murdered by the Israelis.
  1840.  
  1841. 397
  1842. 00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:12,759
  1843. Based on this information,
  1844. it was difficult to believe
  1845.  
  1846. 398
  1847. 00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:16,440
  1848. that he had just fallen
  1849. out as part of an accident.
  1850.  
  1851. 399
  1852. 00:32:25,360 --> 00:32:29,400
  1853. I gathered a huge amount
  1854. of data during my research.
  1855.  
  1856. 400
  1857. 00:32:31,280 --> 00:32:33,840
  1858. This is Eli Zeira
  1859. when he was young.
  1860.  
  1861. 401
  1862. 00:32:33,960 --> 00:32:36,720
  1863. He was a good-looking man
  1864. and very clever.
  1865.  
  1866. 402
  1867. 00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:38,840
  1868. Very clever.
  1869.  
  1870. 403
  1871. 00:32:39,840 --> 00:32:44,240
  1872. I had the head of Israeli
  1873. Military Intelligence telling me
  1874.  
  1875. 404
  1876. 00:32:44,360 --> 00:32:46,760
  1877. this spy was a double agent.
  1878.  
  1879. 405
  1880. 00:32:47,240 --> 00:32:51,120
  1881. This could only make Israel
  1882. intelligence look bad,
  1883.  
  1884. 406
  1885. 00:32:52,640 --> 00:32:54,240
  1886. so I had to take notice of it.
  1887.  
  1888. 407
  1889. 00:32:56,400 --> 00:33:01,200
  1890. And then I uncovered something big
  1891. behind the meetings in London.
  1892.  
  1893. 408
  1894. 00:33:01,640 --> 00:33:02,920
  1895. Marwan was reckless,
  1896.  
  1897. 409
  1898. 00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:06,440
  1899. he would just do stupid things,
  1900. take chances.
  1901.  
  1902. 410
  1903. 00:33:07,520 --> 00:33:11,760
  1904. He would phone the Israelis,
  1905. the embassy, directly.
  1906.  
  1907. 411
  1908. 00:33:12,760 --> 00:33:17,279
  1909. Ignoring the careful system whereby
  1910. you should phone them indirectly
  1911.  
  1912. 412
  1913. 00:33:17,280 --> 00:33:20,560
  1914. using a third party,
  1915. a lady in London.
  1916.  
  1917. 413
  1918. 00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:22,679
  1919. Of course, all of the lines
  1920.  
  1921. 414
  1922. 00:33:22,680 --> 00:33:27,160
  1923. could have been taped
  1924. by other agencies, by the MI6.
  1925.  
  1926. 415
  1927. 00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:31,000
  1928. And he would arrive in meetings
  1929.  
  1930. 416
  1931. 00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:34,880
  1932. driving the car of the
  1933. Egyptian Embassy in London.
  1934.  
  1935. 417
  1936. 00:33:36,280 --> 00:33:42,000
  1937. The fact that Marwan was so
  1938. confident to do such things
  1939.  
  1940. 418
  1941. 00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:46,439
  1942. in the open perhaps points
  1943. to the fact that he knew
  1944.  
  1945. 419
  1946. 00:33:46,440 --> 00:33:49,799
  1947. that it's okay,
  1948. he was a double agent
  1949.  
  1950. 420
  1951. 00:33:49,800 --> 00:33:52,360
  1952. and the Egyptians will accept it.
  1953.  
  1954. 421
  1955. 00:33:53,840 --> 00:33:58,880
  1956. So, my conclusion is that
  1957. General Eli Zeira was correct.
  1958.  
  1959. 422
  1960. 00:34:00,480 --> 00:34:02,280
  1961. The spy was a double agent.
  1962.  
  1963. 423
  1964. 00:34:05,440 --> 00:34:06,920
  1965. Ronnie,
  1966. I've spoken to the Mossad
  1967.  
  1968. 424
  1969. 00:34:07,160 --> 00:34:09,920
  1970. and what they are telling me
  1971. is pretty compelling.
  1972.  
  1973. 425
  1974. 00:34:12,320 --> 00:34:14,919
  1975. I think that Ashraf Marwan
  1976.  
  1977. 426
  1978. 00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:19,280
  1979. was not the person
  1980. the Israelis thought he was.
  1981.  
  1982. 427
  1983. 00:34:52,600 --> 00:34:53,600
  1984. Okay for sound?
  1985.  
  1986. 428
  1987. 00:34:54,320 --> 00:34:55,320
  1988. Ready?
  1989.  
  1990. 429
  1991. 00:34:55,600 --> 00:34:56,600
  1992. Yeah.
  1993.  
  1994. 430
  1995. 00:34:57,800 --> 00:35:01,639
  1996. Abdallah, Israel believe
  1997. Ashraf gave them everything.
  1998.  
  1999. 431
  2000. 00:35:01,640 --> 00:35:02,640
  2001. Good for them.
  2002.  
  2003. 432
  2004. 00:35:03,960 --> 00:35:08,520
  2005. Ashraf Marwan, I believe that
  2006. he served Egypt well.
  2007.  
  2008. 433
  2009. 00:35:08,880 --> 00:35:12,640
  2010. He did it under
  2011. instructions from Sadat,
  2012.  
  2013. 434
  2014. 00:35:13,040 --> 00:35:16,480
  2015. he did not do it out
  2016. of his own free will.
  2017.  
  2018. 435
  2019. 00:35:16,760 --> 00:35:22,680
  2020. Albeit, he was prepared to play
  2021. the dangerous game.
  2022.  
  2023. 436
  2024. 00:35:28,120 --> 00:35:33,920
  2025. When Sadat became president
  2026. of Egypt, his first priority
  2027.  
  2028. 437
  2029. 00:35:34,320 --> 00:35:39,840
  2030. was to get back the lands
  2031. Egypt lost in 1967.
  2032.  
  2033. 438
  2034. 00:35:42,600 --> 00:35:47,840
  2035. It was a holistic
  2036. movement within the country,
  2037.  
  2038. 439
  2039. 00:35:48,360 --> 00:35:53,120
  2040. everyone coming together
  2041. for one objective,
  2042.  
  2043. 440
  2044. 00:35:53,680 --> 00:35:59,160
  2045. launching a war, regaining the Sinai,
  2046. revitalizing the Arab world,
  2047.  
  2048. 441
  2049. 00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:04,080
  2050. and creating a new spirit
  2051. for the future.
  2052.  
  2053. 442
  2054. 00:36:07,640 --> 00:36:10,800
  2055. But knowing that the Israelis had
  2056.  
  2057. 443
  2058. 00:36:10,960 --> 00:36:14,680
  2059. weapons from the United States
  2060. and western countries,
  2061.  
  2062. 444
  2063. 00:36:14,920 --> 00:36:18,440
  2064. it had to have some
  2065. cunning in the plan.
  2066.  
  2067. 445
  2068. 00:36:23,120 --> 00:36:27,680
  2069. And Sadat has played this
  2070. in the most perfect way.
  2071.  
  2072. 446
  2073. 00:36:29,680 --> 00:36:33,040
  2074. Sadat wanted a very
  2075. convincing agent
  2076.  
  2077. 447
  2078. 00:36:33,440 --> 00:36:36,880
  2079. to feed information
  2080. to the Israelis.
  2081.  
  2082. 448
  2083. 00:36:37,080 --> 00:36:38,080
  2084. And...
  2085.  
  2086. 449
  2087. 00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:42,880
  2088. Ashraf Marwan was the best actor
  2089. to play the part.
  2090.  
  2091. 450
  2092. 00:36:47,360 --> 00:36:53,400
  2093. Everything was, like, stage-managed
  2094. to the highest possible standard.
  2095.  
  2096. 451
  2097. 00:36:56,080 --> 00:37:00,520
  2098. They studied very well
  2099. the Israeli mentality
  2100.  
  2101. 452
  2102. 00:37:00,640 --> 00:37:04,360
  2103. to create the image
  2104. to fool the Israelis.
  2105.  
  2106. 453
  2107. 00:37:04,960 --> 00:37:09,000
  2108. And he did not go to
  2109. them on his knees.
  2110.  
  2111. 454
  2112. 00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:12,600
  2113. He went to them full of himself.
  2114.  
  2115. 455
  2116. 00:37:13,080 --> 00:37:16,080
  2117. The Ashraf Marwan angle...
  2118.  
  2119. 456
  2120. 00:37:16,280 --> 00:37:19,920
  2121. a playboy, fun-loving
  2122. with a sense of pride.
  2123.  
  2124. 457
  2125. 00:37:20,320 --> 00:37:22,360
  2126. "I am a big shot."
  2127.  
  2128. 458
  2129. 00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:26,600
  2130. And he was very successful
  2131. in convincing them
  2132.  
  2133. 459
  2134. 00:37:26,880 --> 00:37:29,840
  2135. that he is serious
  2136. about working for them.
  2137.  
  2138. 460
  2139. 00:37:31,360 --> 00:37:37,360
  2140. Ashraf Marwan supplied the Israelis with
  2141. the Egyptian preparations for the war,
  2142.  
  2143. 461
  2144. 00:37:37,640 --> 00:37:39,800
  2145. but not complete,
  2146.  
  2147. 462
  2148. 00:37:40,280 --> 00:37:45,040
  2149. but the Israelis were very
  2150. happy with what he gave them.
  2151.  
  2152. 463
  2153. 00:37:45,360 --> 00:37:47,040
  2154. So, he was accepted.
  2155. The information we got
  2156.  
  2157. 464
  2158. 00:37:48,920 --> 00:37:52,200
  2159. comes along once
  2160. in a hundred years.
  2161.  
  2162. 465
  2163. 00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:59,040
  2164. And they call him the...
  2165. "the agent of the century."
  2166.  
  2167. 466
  2168. 00:38:04,720 --> 00:38:07,880
  2169. All under instructions
  2170. from Sadat.
  2171.  
  2172. 467
  2173. 00:38:11,280 --> 00:38:12,919
  2174. There's this
  2175. double agent theory
  2176.  
  2177. 468
  2178. 00:38:12,920 --> 00:38:14,280
  2179. and I would like your opinion.
  2180.  
  2181. 469
  2182. 00:38:14,840 --> 00:38:16,480
  2183. No other country in the world
  2184.  
  2185. 470
  2186. 00:38:16,680 --> 00:38:20,720
  2187. would allow this kind of material to
  2188. fall into the hands of their enemies.
  2189.  
  2190. 471
  2191. 00:38:20,880 --> 00:38:21,920
  2192. He's a traitor.
  2193.  
  2194. 472
  2195. 00:38:22,440 --> 00:38:24,920
  2196. He's just a simple traitor.
  2197.  
  2198. 473
  2199. 00:38:25,120 --> 00:38:26,120
  2200. That's it.
  2201.  
  2202. 474
  2203. 00:38:27,200 --> 00:38:29,440
  2204. How did the
  2205. information Marwan gave you
  2206.  
  2207. 475
  2208. 00:38:29,600 --> 00:38:30,720
  2209. influence your thinking?
  2210.  
  2211. 476
  2212. 00:38:32,280 --> 00:38:36,520
  2213. Marwan, he reported one of the
  2214. conditions for going to war...
  2215.  
  2216. 477
  2217. 00:38:37,200 --> 00:38:40,000
  2218. was long-range bombers.
  2219.  
  2220. 478
  2221. 00:38:41,920 --> 00:38:45,320
  2222. And the Russians,
  2223. they hesitated to provide
  2224.  
  2225. 479
  2226. 00:38:45,480 --> 00:38:48,160
  2227. the Egyptians deep
  2228. bombing capabilities.
  2229.  
  2230. 480
  2231. 00:38:48,560 --> 00:38:52,720
  2232. So, the Israeli evaluators
  2233. of the intelligence
  2234.  
  2235. 481
  2236. 00:38:52,920 --> 00:38:56,880
  2237. were in the notion that
  2238. they are not going to fight us.
  2239.  
  2240. 482
  2241. 00:38:57,760 --> 00:39:02,360
  2242. The underlying message
  2243. of all the information
  2244.  
  2245. 483
  2246. 00:39:02,480 --> 00:39:08,480
  2247. given by Marwan
  2248. was that Egypt will not attack
  2249.  
  2250. 484
  2251. 00:39:08,600 --> 00:39:11,800
  2252. before she got certain weapons.
  2253.  
  2254. 485
  2255. 00:39:15,840 --> 00:39:18,440
  2256. But what the Israelis
  2257. didn't know...
  2258.  
  2259. 486
  2260. 00:39:19,960 --> 00:39:24,200
  2261. was that Sadat decided
  2262. to go to war against them...
  2263.  
  2264. 487
  2265. 00:39:25,120 --> 00:39:26,680
  2266. even without the weapons.
  2267.  
  2268. 488
  2269. 00:39:28,280 --> 00:39:32,639
  2270. What Sadat needed
  2271. was to surprise the Israelis,
  2272.  
  2273. 489
  2274. 00:39:32,640 --> 00:39:35,120
  2275. to catch them unprepared.
  2276.  
  2277. 490
  2278. 00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:41,720
  2279. The key issue was how
  2280. to surprise the Israelis.
  2281.  
  2282. 491
  2283. 00:39:43,120 --> 00:39:46,600
  2284. And Egypt felt the right time
  2285.  
  2286. 492
  2287. 00:39:47,080 --> 00:39:50,720
  2288. is to attack them on Yom Kippur,
  2289.  
  2290. 493
  2291. 00:39:51,480 --> 00:39:54,640
  2292. which is a holy day in Israel,
  2293.  
  2294. 494
  2295. 00:39:54,800 --> 00:39:57,399
  2296. when the Israelis
  2297. don't listen to the radio,
  2298.  
  2299. 495
  2300. 00:39:57,400 --> 00:39:59,000
  2301. television is off.
  2302.  
  2303. 496
  2304. 00:39:59,400 --> 00:40:03,800
  2305. They are just insulated in the
  2306. synagogues and in the houses.
  2307.  
  2308. 497
  2309. 00:40:10,760 --> 00:40:15,120
  2310. On the 6th of October, 1973,
  2311.  
  2312. 498
  2313. 00:40:15,480 --> 00:40:21,880
  2314. the Egyptian units on the ground
  2315. were told, "Now!"
  2316.  
  2317. 499
  2318. 00:40:28,120 --> 00:40:31,079
  2319. 100,000
  2320. Egyptian troops
  2321.  
  2322. 500
  2323. 00:40:31,080 --> 00:40:33,320
  2324. start crossing the Suez Canal.
  2325.  
  2326. 501
  2327. 00:40:33,600 --> 00:40:34,600
  2328. Shoot!
  2329.  
  2330. 502
  2331. 00:40:34,760 --> 00:40:40,160
  2332. Igniting their spirit
  2333. and mind and a will to win.
  2334.  
  2335. 503
  2336. 00:40:43,520 --> 00:40:44,560
  2337. On the other side,
  2338.  
  2339. 504
  2340. 00:40:44,680 --> 00:40:48,800
  2341. there are only 452 Israeli
  2342. soldiers.
  2343.  
  2344. 505
  2345. 00:41:00,920 --> 00:41:05,640
  2346. The Israelis are caught
  2347. unprepared, off-balanced.
  2348.  
  2349. 506
  2350. 00:41:05,760 --> 00:41:07,440
  2351. It did succeed in
  2352. crushing the myth
  2353.  
  2354. 507
  2355. 00:41:09,400 --> 00:41:13,400
  2356. of Israel's invincibility,
  2357. and the first Israeli surrenders
  2358.  
  2359. 508
  2360. 00:41:13,840 --> 00:41:17,160
  2361. were moments of rare triumph
  2362. for the Egyptian commanders.
  2363.  
  2364. 509
  2365. 00:41:19,840 --> 00:41:22,840
  2366. The Egyptian surprise
  2367. was very successful.
  2368.  
  2369. 510
  2370. 00:41:25,520 --> 00:41:27,120
  2371. Just like that...
  2372.  
  2373. 511
  2374. 00:41:44,840 --> 00:41:48,840
  2375. The synagogue was full of people
  2376. all around here.
  2377.  
  2378. 512
  2379. 00:41:49,640 --> 00:41:54,960
  2380. We started seeing
  2381. traffic on the streets.
  2382.  
  2383. 513
  2384. 00:41:55,160 --> 00:41:56,800
  2385. The army came.
  2386.  
  2387. 514
  2388. 00:41:57,000 --> 00:42:01,440
  2389. People were simply taken
  2390. onto the army vehicles.
  2391.  
  2392. 515
  2393. 00:42:03,640 --> 00:42:06,520
  2394. I can tell you, it was all chaos.
  2395.  
  2396. 516
  2397. 00:42:16,120 --> 00:42:18,000
  2398. I was mobilized, recruited...
  2399.  
  2400. 517
  2401. 00:42:20,920 --> 00:42:23,240
  2402. then I headed to Sinai.
  2403.  
  2404. 518
  2405. 00:42:24,920 --> 00:42:27,600
  2406. We believed that the
  2407. Israeli army is invincible
  2408.  
  2409. 519
  2410. 00:42:27,760 --> 00:42:30,399
  2411. and the Arabs are inferior,
  2412.  
  2413. 520
  2414. 00:42:30,400 --> 00:42:33,080
  2415. and that it would be
  2416. a stroll in the park,
  2417.  
  2418. 521
  2419. 00:42:34,080 --> 00:42:37,600
  2420. but we realized that,
  2421. actually, it's not a joke.
  2422.  
  2423. 522
  2424. 00:42:57,400 --> 00:42:59,840
  2425. We were bombarded from the air,
  2426.  
  2427. 523
  2428. 00:43:01,440 --> 00:43:03,520
  2429. we were bombarded from the land.
  2430.  
  2431. 524
  2432. 00:43:10,640 --> 00:43:14,560
  2433. We fought almost face-to-face
  2434. with Egyptian soldiers.
  2435.  
  2436. 525
  2437. 00:43:17,040 --> 00:43:18,120
  2438. They were good fighters.
  2439.  
  2440. 526
  2441. 00:43:19,880 --> 00:43:24,440
  2442. I saw people dying around me.
  2443. I was frightened all the time.
  2444.  
  2445. 527
  2446. 00:43:24,760 --> 00:43:26,000
  2447. You think that this is the end.
  2448.  
  2449. 528
  2450. 00:43:36,760 --> 00:43:39,680
  2451. They took
  2452. five kilometers of Sinai,
  2453.  
  2454. 529
  2455. 00:43:40,640 --> 00:43:43,120
  2456. and they dug in,
  2457.  
  2458. 530
  2459. 00:43:43,760 --> 00:43:47,040
  2460. and they rebuffed everything.
  2461.  
  2462. 531
  2463. 00:43:56,040 --> 00:43:58,960
  2464. And actually,
  2465. our defense minister, Dayan,
  2466.  
  2467. 532
  2468. 00:43:59,160 --> 00:44:02,520
  2469. came out on television
  2470. and talked to the nation,
  2471.  
  2472. 533
  2473. 00:44:02,680 --> 00:44:09,120
  2474. and explained to us that
  2475. the situation is bad indeed.
  2476.  
  2477. 534
  2478. 00:44:10,000 --> 00:44:11,680
  2479. The war is difficult.
  2480.  
  2481. 535
  2482. 00:44:12,440 --> 00:44:17,560
  2483. Very harsh collisions,
  2484. on the ground and in the sky.
  2485.  
  2486. 536
  2487. 00:44:18,280 --> 00:44:20,240
  2488. He looked down and said...
  2489.  
  2490. 537
  2491. 00:44:21,040 --> 00:44:23,560
  2492. And we
  2493. are fighting for our lives.
  2494.  
  2495. 538
  2496. 00:44:24,800 --> 00:44:30,840
  2497. Us, fighting for our life?
  2498. We were the heroes in 1967.
  2499.  
  2500. 539
  2501. 00:44:31,000 --> 00:44:32,559
  2502. What happened now?
  2503.  
  2504. 540
  2505. 00:44:32,560 --> 00:44:37,200
  2506. So, him on television
  2507. was a difficult moment in Israel.
  2508.  
  2509. 541
  2510. 00:44:45,080 --> 00:44:47,080
  2511. When the war was over...
  2512.  
  2513. 542
  2514. 00:44:48,800 --> 00:44:51,680
  2515. ...the Egyptian people
  2516. were extremely happy.
  2517.  
  2518. 543
  2519. 00:44:58,120 --> 00:45:01,240
  2520. Can I tell you something
  2521. which not many people know?
  2522.  
  2523. 544
  2524. 00:45:01,520 --> 00:45:04,720
  2525. During the 1973 war days,
  2526.  
  2527. 545
  2528. 00:45:05,080 --> 00:45:09,000
  2529. the rate of crime
  2530. dwindled to zero.
  2531.  
  2532. 546
  2533. 00:45:09,200 --> 00:45:10,960
  2534. There was no crime.
  2535.  
  2536. 547
  2537. 00:45:11,200 --> 00:45:15,400
  2538. No of fence at all, everyone...
  2539. united with everyone.
  2540.  
  2541. 548
  2542. 00:45:15,600 --> 00:45:17,320
  2543. The one goal they had was
  2544.  
  2545. 549
  2546. 00:45:17,440 --> 00:45:20,720
  2547. to regain their sense of pride
  2548. and dignity.
  2549.  
  2550. 550
  2551. 00:45:30,560 --> 00:45:31,800
  2552. Ashraf Marwan...
  2553.  
  2554. 551
  2555. 00:45:33,000 --> 00:45:38,160
  2556. ...he enabled Egypt to gain
  2557. the surprise advantage.
  2558.  
  2559. 552
  2560. 00:45:43,920 --> 00:45:46,919
  2561. The Egyptians are adamant
  2562. they got the jump on you in '73,
  2563.  
  2564. 553
  2565. 00:45:46,920 --> 00:45:49,239
  2566. because Ashraf Marwan misled you.
  2567.  
  2568. 554
  2569. 00:45:49,240 --> 00:45:53,320
  2570. But it's just the opposite, he
  2571. didn't... they didn't surprise us.
  2572.  
  2573. 555
  2574. 00:45:53,880 --> 00:45:55,880
  2575. They gave us an early alert.
  2576.  
  2577. 556
  2578. 00:46:08,560 --> 00:46:09,800
  2579. Before the war...
  2580. Ashraf Marwan,
  2581.  
  2582. 557
  2583. 00:46:12,720 --> 00:46:14,600
  2584. he asked for a meeting,
  2585.  
  2586. 558
  2587. 00:46:15,320 --> 00:46:18,920
  2588. gave the code word: "chemicals."
  2589.  
  2590. 559
  2591. 00:46:20,760 --> 00:46:23,120
  2592. And he told him,
  2593. "Tomorrow, I'll be in London.
  2594.  
  2595. 560
  2596. 00:46:23,800 --> 00:46:25,480
  2597. I want Zvika Zamir,
  2598.  
  2599. 561
  2600. 00:46:26,200 --> 00:46:28,680
  2601. the director of the
  2602. Mossad, to come."
  2603.  
  2604. 562
  2605. 00:46:30,560 --> 00:46:33,759
  2606. The meeting took place at about
  2607.  
  2608. 563
  2609. 00:46:33,760 --> 00:46:36,000
  2610. ten o'clock p.m.
  2611.  
  2612. 564
  2613. 00:46:45,400 --> 00:46:49,520
  2614. Zvika sat scribbling the essence
  2615. of the story.
  2616.  
  2617. 565
  2618. 00:46:51,200 --> 00:46:53,160
  2619. Ashraf Marwan, he said,
  2620.  
  2621. 566
  2622. 00:46:53,280 --> 00:46:55,680
  2623. "Tomorrow the war
  2624. would be at sunset."
  2625.  
  2626. 567
  2627. 00:46:57,320 --> 00:46:58,440
  2628. Zvika,
  2629.  
  2630. 568
  2631. 00:46:59,160 --> 00:47:02,560
  2632. he sent the early warning
  2633. to his personal assistant.
  2634.  
  2635. 569
  2636. 00:47:04,160 --> 00:47:06,600
  2637. It was disseminated to the...
  2638.  
  2639. 570
  2640. 00:47:07,360 --> 00:47:09,200
  2641. ...director of
  2642. Military Intelligence.
  2643.  
  2644. 571
  2645. 00:47:11,000 --> 00:47:12,680
  2646. We could
  2647. prepare ourselves...
  2648.  
  2649. 572
  2650. 00:47:14,000 --> 00:47:15,240
  2651. for the attack.
  2652.  
  2653. 573
  2654. 00:47:15,800 --> 00:47:18,560
  2655. Ashraf, he gave the plan!
  2656.  
  2657. 574
  2658. 00:47:25,280 --> 00:47:26,320
  2659. Wait a second...
  2660.  
  2661. 575
  2662. 00:47:28,080 --> 00:47:32,560
  2663. Ashraf said the war would start at sunset,
  2664. and yet the surprise attack was at two...
  2665.  
  2666. 576
  2667. 00:47:32,720 --> 00:47:34,000
  2668. Wasn't that misleading?
  2669.  
  2670. 577
  2671. 00:47:34,320 --> 00:47:36,160
  2672. I'll answer it!
  2673.  
  2674. 578
  2675. 00:47:36,400 --> 00:47:39,920
  2676. See, I saw the full report.
  2677.  
  2678. 579
  2679. 00:47:44,120 --> 00:47:45,520
  2680. The Syrians,
  2681.  
  2682. 580
  2683. 00:47:46,320 --> 00:47:49,720
  2684. they wanted the attack to be
  2685. in the morning.
  2686.  
  2687. 581
  2688. 00:47:51,520 --> 00:47:55,280
  2689. On October the 2nd,
  2690. the Egyptian minister of war
  2691.  
  2692. 582
  2693. 00:47:55,480 --> 00:47:56,960
  2694. reached a compromise.
  2695.  
  2696. 583
  2697. 00:47:57,320 --> 00:47:58,320
  2698. "Okay...
  2699.  
  2700. 584
  2701. 00:47:58,480 --> 00:47:59,920
  2702. not sunset,
  2703.  
  2704. 585
  2705. 00:48:00,320 --> 00:48:04,960
  2706. ten minutes to two
  2707. o'clock, afternoon."
  2708.  
  2709. 586
  2710. 00:48:06,160 --> 00:48:10,640
  2711. Marwan,
  2712. he didn't know about the change.
  2713.  
  2714. 587
  2715. 00:48:11,520 --> 00:48:14,680
  2716. Because he was not in Egypt.
  2717. He went on a mission.
  2718.  
  2719. 588
  2720. 00:48:17,200 --> 00:48:21,999
  2721. There are those
  2722. who say that Marwan did not know
  2723.  
  2724. 589
  2725. 00:48:22,000 --> 00:48:25,440
  2726. that war starts
  2727. four hours earlier.
  2728.  
  2729. 590
  2730. 00:48:25,960 --> 00:48:29,640
  2731. I don't buy it, I think
  2732. that he was just too close...
  2733.  
  2734. 591
  2735. 00:48:31,760 --> 00:48:35,000
  2736. ...to the leadership not
  2737. to know such facts.
  2738.  
  2739. 592
  2740. 00:48:36,360 --> 00:48:40,680
  2741. The fact that he said that
  2742. it will start at sunset
  2743.  
  2744. 593
  2745. 00:48:41,280 --> 00:48:46,680
  2746. was the climax of him misleading
  2747. the Mossad and Israel.
  2748.  
  2749. 594
  2750. 00:48:47,480 --> 00:48:51,679
  2751. But Mossad agents have
  2752. a very clear motivation
  2753.  
  2754. 595
  2755. 00:48:51,680 --> 00:48:53,600
  2756. to tell the world
  2757. that he was genuine.
  2758.  
  2759. 596
  2760. 00:48:56,200 --> 00:49:00,880
  2761. So, I was convinced Ashraf
  2762. Marwan misled the Israelis.
  2763.  
  2764. 597
  2765. 00:49:02,520 --> 00:49:04,480
  2766. Now I wanted to write
  2767. a book about him...
  2768.  
  2769. 598
  2770. 00:49:05,600 --> 00:49:10,119
  2771. but without the confirmation
  2772. I couldn't just blame someone
  2773.  
  2774. 599
  2775. 00:49:10,120 --> 00:49:12,880
  2776. of being a spy or a double agent.
  2777.  
  2778. 600
  2779. 00:49:14,200 --> 00:49:17,160
  2780. And they wanted to
  2781. hear it from Ashraf.
  2782.  
  2783. 601
  2784. 00:49:18,480 --> 00:49:20,360
  2785. I wanted to hear
  2786. the story from him.
  2787.  
  2788. 602
  2789. 00:49:23,480 --> 00:49:26,080
  2790. So, I published A
  2791. History of Israel.
  2792.  
  2793. 603
  2794. 00:49:27,920 --> 00:49:32,320
  2795. I wanted to tease Ashraf
  2796. out so I wrote in the book,
  2797.  
  2798. 604
  2799. 00:49:32,480 --> 00:49:35,200
  2800. without mentioning his name,
  2801. that he was
  2802.  
  2803. 605
  2804. 00:49:35,400 --> 00:49:39,800
  2805. a close family member
  2806. of President Nasser
  2807.  
  2808. 606
  2809. 00:49:40,040 --> 00:49:45,520
  2810. and that the Israelis used to
  2811. refer to him as "the Son-in-Law."
  2812.  
  2813. 607
  2814. 00:49:47,520 --> 00:49:50,280
  2815. By the way, the Israelis never
  2816. called him "the Son-in-Law,"
  2817.  
  2818. 608
  2819. 00:49:50,440 --> 00:49:55,880
  2820. this was my invention in
  2821. order for him to react.
  2822.  
  2823. 609
  2824. 00:49:57,000 --> 00:50:02,240
  2825. I sent him the book with a
  2826. dedication to Ashraf Marwan,
  2827.  
  2828. 610
  2829. 00:50:02,360 --> 00:50:04,320
  2830. a hero of Egypt,
  2831.  
  2832. 611
  2833. 00:50:07,320 --> 00:50:08,840
  2834. but no response.
  2835.  
  2836. 612
  2837. 00:50:10,840 --> 00:50:13,720
  2838. This is, by the way, Tommy,
  2839. a very boring book...
  2840.  
  2841. 613
  2842. 00:50:14,480 --> 00:50:16,280
  2843. except for this story.
  2844.  
  2845. 614
  2846. 00:50:16,800 --> 00:50:17,800
  2847. Yeah.
  2848.  
  2849. 615
  2850. 00:50:18,880 --> 00:50:19,960
  2851. Then, a breakthrough.
  2852.  
  2853. 616
  2854. 00:50:21,520 --> 00:50:27,040
  2855. An Egyptian journalist contacted
  2856. Ashraf Marwan asking him,
  2857.  
  2858. 617
  2859. 00:50:27,360 --> 00:50:31,040
  2860. "Are you the person at the heart
  2861. of Bregman's story?"
  2862.  
  2863. 618
  2864. 00:50:32,200 --> 00:50:33,760
  2865. To which he responded,
  2866.  
  2867. 619
  2868. 00:50:35,160 --> 00:50:38,640
  2869. "Bregman's book is
  2870. a stupid detective story."
  2871.  
  2872. 620
  2873. 00:50:40,120 --> 00:50:41,280
  2874. In a...
  2875.  
  2876. 621
  2877. 00:50:42,480 --> 00:50:46,880
  2878. childish sort of
  2879. way, I was upset.
  2880.  
  2881. 622
  2882. 00:50:48,480 --> 00:50:52,520
  2883. So, when another Egyptian
  2884. journalist contacted me...
  2885.  
  2886. 623
  2887. 00:50:53,840 --> 00:50:58,600
  2888. I confirmed, Ashraf Marwan,
  2889. he was the Son-in-Law.
  2890.  
  2891. 624
  2892. 00:50:59,760 --> 00:51:03,280
  2893. A perfect spy,
  2894. an Egyptian national hero...
  2895.  
  2896. 625
  2897. 00:51:04,120 --> 00:51:07,600
  2898. for misleading Israel,
  2899. and they should name
  2900.  
  2901. 626
  2902. 00:51:07,840 --> 00:51:10,160
  2903. a street after him in Cairo.
  2904.  
  2905. 627
  2906. 00:51:16,720 --> 00:51:19,120
  2907. I was obsessed with it.
  2908.  
  2909. 628
  2910. 00:51:20,640 --> 00:51:23,720
  2911. And if you have
  2912. something so important...
  2913.  
  2914. 629
  2915. 00:51:25,560 --> 00:51:28,000
  2916. ...and you don't
  2917. tell your wife...
  2918.  
  2919. 630
  2920. 00:51:30,600 --> 00:51:35,399
  2921. ...I'm sure it does have an
  2922. impact on the relationship.
  2923.  
  2924. 631
  2925. 00:51:35,400 --> 00:51:36,480
  2926. ...two, one!
  2927.  
  2928. 632
  2929. 00:51:38,880 --> 00:51:45,720
  2930. A few weeks later I picked up
  2931. a copy of El a Ram il a Rabi.
  2932.  
  2933. 633
  2934. 00:51:47,080 --> 00:51:48,360
  2935. Oh, that's the interview.
  2936.  
  2937. 634
  2938. 00:51:49,080 --> 00:51:52,240
  2939. "A perfect spy and
  2940. a national hero...
  2941.  
  2942. 635
  2943. 00:51:53,440 --> 00:51:54,680
  2944. Ashraf Marwan"
  2945.  
  2946. 636
  2947. 00:51:56,280 --> 00:51:59,880
  2948. And it caused a huge
  2949. stir in the Middle East.
  2950.  
  2951. 637
  2952. 00:52:00,880 --> 00:52:03,760
  2953. "The agent is exposed."
  2954.  
  2955. 638
  2956. 00:52:03,960 --> 00:52:09,440
  2957. I saw my picture in the
  2958. book and my heart sank.
  2959.  
  2960. 639
  2961. 00:52:10,000 --> 00:52:11,440
  2962. It was quite shocking for me.
  2963.  
  2964. 640
  2965. 00:52:13,160 --> 00:52:17,079
  2966. I wondered what would be
  2967. the reaction of Marwan,
  2968.  
  2969. 641
  2970. 00:52:17,080 --> 00:52:18,720
  2971. of the Egyptians, of the Mossad.
  2972.  
  2973. 642
  2974. 00:52:19,680 --> 00:52:20,880
  2975. It was very worrying.
  2976.  
  2977. 643
  2978. 00:52:33,920 --> 00:52:37,280
  2979. The next day, I'm in the garden.
  2980.  
  2981. 644
  2982. 00:52:38,600 --> 00:52:42,040
  2983. Through the window,
  2984. I can see my wife banging.
  2985.  
  2986. 645
  2987. 00:52:43,720 --> 00:52:45,520
  2988. "You have a telephone call..."
  2989.  
  2990. 646
  2991. 00:52:47,200 --> 00:52:48,200
  2992. I pick up the phone,
  2993.  
  2994. 647
  2995. 00:52:48,600 --> 00:52:51,320
  2996. and someone says, "How are you?"
  2997.  
  2998. 648
  2999. 00:52:52,600 --> 00:52:54,200
  3000. It's an Arabic accent.
  3001.  
  3002. 649
  3003. 00:52:54,400 --> 00:52:56,440
  3004. "And who are you?" I ask.
  3005.  
  3006. 650
  3007. 00:52:57,120 --> 00:53:01,080
  3008. "I am the person
  3009. you've written about."
  3010.  
  3011. 651
  3012. 00:53:05,120 --> 00:53:06,120
  3013. I'm taken aback.
  3014.  
  3015. 652
  3016. 00:53:09,520 --> 00:53:11,760
  3017. He says, "We should meet up."
  3018.  
  3019. 653
  3020. 00:53:33,840 --> 00:53:38,039
  3021. I was about to meet up with
  3022. one of the greatest spies
  3023.  
  3024. 654
  3025. 00:53:38,040 --> 00:53:39,600
  3026. in modern history.
  3027.  
  3028. 655
  3029. 00:53:40,480 --> 00:53:42,920
  3030. Quite a dangerous exercise.
  3031.  
  3032. 656
  3033. 00:53:45,960 --> 00:53:47,400
  3034. So, I was concerned.
  3035.  
  3036. 657
  3037. 00:53:48,400 --> 00:53:54,080
  3038. I took some precautions, I left
  3039. a message to my wife saying,
  3040.  
  3041. 658
  3042. 00:53:54,200 --> 00:53:56,280
  3043. "I am meeting Ashraf Marwan."
  3044.  
  3045. 659
  3046. 00:54:01,960 --> 00:54:04,360
  3047. And I walked
  3048. to the Intercontinental Hotel,
  3049.  
  3050. 660
  3051. 00:54:05,360 --> 00:54:07,320
  3052. looking back from time-to-time.
  3053.  
  3054. 661
  3055. 00:54:18,600 --> 00:54:20,080
  3056. He was already there.
  3057.  
  3058. 662
  3059. 00:54:20,800 --> 00:54:23,319
  3060. I've never seen him before,
  3061. and I was quite surprised
  3062.  
  3063. 663
  3064. 00:54:23,320 --> 00:54:25,040
  3065. to see how tall he was,
  3066.  
  3067. 664
  3068. 00:54:26,840 --> 00:54:29,640
  3069. well-dressed with a scarf,
  3070.  
  3071. 665
  3072. 00:54:29,800 --> 00:54:34,040
  3073. a red scarf, pacing up and down.
  3074.  
  3075. 666
  3076. 00:54:35,440 --> 00:54:37,880
  3077. And although we never met before,
  3078.  
  3079. 667
  3080. 00:54:38,080 --> 00:54:40,280
  3081. we immediately
  3082. recognized each other.
  3083.  
  3084. 668
  3085. 00:54:41,600 --> 00:54:43,480
  3086. "How are you?" I ask.
  3087.  
  3088. 669
  3089. 00:54:43,880 --> 00:54:47,560
  3090. "I'm ill," he says.
  3091. "I just had a few operations."
  3092.  
  3093. 670
  3094. 00:54:47,680 --> 00:54:49,000
  3095. We ordered coffees,
  3096.  
  3097. 671
  3098. 00:54:49,680 --> 00:54:54,440
  3099. and when the coffee
  3100. did not come to our table,
  3101.  
  3102. 672
  3103. 00:54:54,640 --> 00:54:58,760
  3104. he got up and went
  3105. and fetched it for us,
  3106.  
  3107. 673
  3108. 00:54:59,040 --> 00:55:00,280
  3109. which was a big mistake.
  3110.  
  3111. 674
  3112. 00:55:00,520 --> 00:55:02,439
  3113. He could have put
  3114. something inside,
  3115.  
  3116. 675
  3117. 00:55:02,440 --> 00:55:04,440
  3118. this was my only
  3119. mistake in the meeting.
  3120.  
  3121. 676
  3122. 00:55:05,480 --> 00:55:10,200
  3123. I said to him I had one big
  3124. question I wanted to ask him.
  3125.  
  3126. 677
  3127. 00:55:12,040 --> 00:55:17,640
  3128. Why did you say sunset when
  3129. the war started at 2:00 p.m.?
  3130.  
  3131. 678
  3132. 00:55:18,760 --> 00:55:23,440
  3133. He smiled and said, "What
  3134. are a few hours between us?"
  3135.  
  3136. 679
  3137. 00:55:25,120 --> 00:55:26,240
  3138. Bingo!
  3139.  
  3140. 680
  3141. 00:55:28,040 --> 00:55:31,720
  3142. This was a real admission
  3143. that he was misleading Israel.
  3144.  
  3145. 681
  3146. 00:55:33,520 --> 00:55:37,800
  3147. But then he added that he is
  3148. concerned about his safety...
  3149.  
  3150. 682
  3151. 00:55:41,280 --> 00:55:43,040
  3152. ...and it was left at that.
  3153.  
  3154. 683
  3155. 00:55:46,880 --> 00:55:51,720
  3156. It was amazing,
  3157. and I was very happy to be alive.
  3158.  
  3159. 684
  3160. 00:55:58,920 --> 00:56:02,080
  3161. General Eli Zeira was correct,
  3162.  
  3163. 685
  3164. 00:56:02,240 --> 00:56:06,320
  3165. the mysterious spy who worked
  3166. for Israel was a double agent.
  3167.  
  3168. 686
  3169. 00:56:07,120 --> 00:56:08,319
  3170. This is bullshit!
  3171.  
  3172. 687
  3173. 00:56:08,320 --> 00:56:09,919
  3174. Well, he's wrong!
  3175. Tell me what you really...
  3176.  
  3177. 688
  3178. 00:56:09,920 --> 00:56:11,240
  3179. Tell me what you really think!
  3180.  
  3181. 689
  3182. 00:56:11,360 --> 00:56:14,120
  3183. I think Ronnie is wrong.
  3184.  
  3185. 690
  3186. 00:56:14,600 --> 00:56:19,000
  3187. What Eli Zeira was doing
  3188. was spreading fake news
  3189.  
  3190. 691
  3191. 00:56:19,200 --> 00:56:21,679
  3192. four decades before
  3193. Trump came to power,
  3194.  
  3195. 692
  3196. 00:56:21,680 --> 00:56:23,200
  3197. and invented that term.
  3198.  
  3199. 693
  3200. 00:56:28,720 --> 00:56:31,439
  3201. This was the day
  3202. when Israel mourned her dead,
  3203.  
  3204. 694
  3205. 00:56:31,440 --> 00:56:35,120
  3206. the latest casualty
  3207. FIGURES: 1,854 killed.
  3208.  
  3209. 695
  3210. 00:56:36,760 --> 00:56:39,800
  3211. The impact of the surprise
  3212. was, for me,
  3213.  
  3214. 696
  3215. 00:56:40,000 --> 00:56:44,200
  3216. a thing that haunts
  3217. me to this day.
  3218.  
  3219. 697
  3220. 00:56:44,920 --> 00:56:47,160
  3221. Certainly, I have anger.
  3222.  
  3223. 698
  3224. 00:56:48,040 --> 00:56:50,239
  3225. If we have someone like Marwan,
  3226.  
  3227. 699
  3228. 00:56:50,240 --> 00:56:56,040
  3229. who told us and warned us
  3230. a day before to prepare the army,
  3231.  
  3232. 700
  3233. 00:56:56,680 --> 00:57:00,320
  3234. our intelligence
  3235. really fucked up.
  3236.  
  3237. 701
  3238. 00:57:07,560 --> 00:57:09,920
  3239. Of course, I'm angry.
  3240. Very much so.
  3241.  
  3242. 702
  3243. 00:57:34,240 --> 00:57:35,240
  3244. After the war,
  3245.  
  3246. 703
  3247. 00:57:35,640 --> 00:57:38,240
  3248. there was an inquiry committee
  3249.  
  3250. 704
  3251. 00:57:39,000 --> 00:57:42,200
  3252. for the failure
  3253. of the military intelligence.
  3254.  
  3255. 705
  3256. 00:57:55,120 --> 00:57:57,040
  3257. It was the responsibility
  3258.  
  3259. 706
  3260. 00:57:57,240 --> 00:57:59,320
  3261. of the head of
  3262. the Military Intelligence,
  3263.  
  3264. 707
  3265. 00:58:00,320 --> 00:58:04,200
  3266. General Zeira, to give the alert,
  3267. and he did not.
  3268.  
  3269. 708
  3270. 00:58:04,880 --> 00:58:07,640
  3271. Eli Zeira, when he was asked,
  3272.  
  3273. 709
  3274. 00:58:08,480 --> 00:58:11,599
  3275. "Why you didn't do anything
  3276.  
  3277. 710
  3278. 00:58:11,600 --> 00:58:14,520
  3279. with such tremendous
  3280. early warning?"
  3281.  
  3282. 711
  3283. 00:58:14,920 --> 00:58:20,239
  3284. he say, "I didn't want to bother
  3285. the chief of staff, he was busy."
  3286.  
  3287. 712
  3288. 00:58:20,240 --> 00:58:21,240
  3289. Really?
  3290.  
  3291. 713
  3292. 00:58:22,000 --> 00:58:26,120
  3293. Because Eli Zeira,
  3294. he thought they would attack us
  3295.  
  3296. 714
  3297. 00:58:26,280 --> 00:58:30,480
  3298. only if they have enough air
  3299. cover provided by the Russians,
  3300.  
  3301. 715
  3302. 00:58:30,600 --> 00:58:34,759
  3303. and the air cover is not yet
  3304. ready.
  3305.  
  3306. 716
  3307. 00:58:34,760 --> 00:58:38,360
  3308. Eli Zeira didn't believe
  3309. Ashraf Marwan's warnings.
  3310.  
  3311. 717
  3312. 00:58:53,200 --> 00:58:55,320
  3313. The inquiry committee,
  3314.  
  3315. 718
  3316. 00:58:57,320 --> 00:58:59,600
  3317. they concluded Eli Zeira...
  3318.  
  3319. 719
  3320. 00:59:00,440 --> 00:59:05,200
  3321. ...bore the main responsibility
  3322. for the failure in the war.
  3323.  
  3324. 720
  3325. 00:59:06,640 --> 00:59:10,200
  3326. Eli Zeira was ousted
  3327. from active service.
  3328.  
  3329. 721
  3330. 00:59:12,480 --> 00:59:18,800
  3331. And he left the country. He
  3332. went with his family to the US.
  3333.  
  3334. 722
  3335. 00:59:20,280 --> 00:59:25,240
  3336. About 13 years after the war,
  3337. Eli published his book.
  3338.  
  3339. 723
  3340. 00:59:26,680 --> 00:59:30,160
  3341. He came to the
  3342. conclusion that Marwan
  3343.  
  3344. 724
  3345. 00:59:30,440 --> 00:59:36,880
  3346. was a double agent and his real employers
  3347. were the Egyptians and not the Israelis.
  3348.  
  3349. 725
  3350. 00:59:37,480 --> 00:59:38,720
  3351. Eli Zeira,
  3352.  
  3353. 726
  3354. 00:59:39,280 --> 00:59:41,960
  3355. he want to find a scapegoat.
  3356.  
  3357. 727
  3358. 00:59:44,440 --> 00:59:48,680
  3359. All the stories about
  3360. the double agent,
  3361.  
  3362. 728
  3363. 00:59:49,120 --> 00:59:51,120
  3364. it stems from Eli Zeira.
  3365.  
  3366. 729
  3367. 00:59:51,520 --> 00:59:55,200
  3368. He want to justify himself.
  3369.  
  3370. 730
  3371. 00:59:56,080 --> 00:59:58,520
  3372. I am furious about him.
  3373.  
  3374. 731
  3375. 01:00:00,080 --> 01:00:02,680
  3376. What can I do?
  3377.  
  3378. 732
  3379. 01:00:22,760 --> 01:00:25,480
  3380. I actually spoke to Zeira yesterday.
  3381. Zeira said, "All that is facts."
  3382.  
  3383. 733
  3384. 01:00:29,280 --> 01:00:30,280
  3385. So?
  3386.  
  3387. 734
  3388. 01:00:31,920 --> 01:00:33,440
  3389. What do you want to prove?
  3390.  
  3391. 735
  3392. 01:00:33,640 --> 01:00:36,480
  3393. I'll, uh... I'll, uh...
  3394. I'll throw it away.
  3395.  
  3396. 736
  3397. 01:00:37,000 --> 01:00:40,880
  3398. He said, "On October 4th, at early
  3399. afternoon, the Soviets started..."
  3400.  
  3401. 737
  3402. 01:00:41,000 --> 01:00:42,000
  3403. Listen...
  3404.  
  3405. 738
  3406. 01:00:44,080 --> 01:00:46,400
  3407. Can you stop here?
  3408. I'll tell you...
  3409.  
  3410. 739
  3411. 01:00:46,720 --> 01:00:47,720
  3412. off...
  3413.  
  3414. 740
  3415. 01:01:02,080 --> 01:01:05,199
  3416. When Zeira wanted
  3417. to rehabilitate himself,
  3418.  
  3419. 741
  3420. 01:01:05,200 --> 01:01:09,160
  3421. he started talking to
  3422. journalists, writers,
  3423.  
  3424. 742
  3425. 01:01:09,320 --> 01:01:11,200
  3426. and he gave them some hints.
  3427.  
  3428. 743
  3429. 01:01:11,800 --> 01:01:14,600
  3430. One day he asked
  3431. me for a meeting.
  3432.  
  3433. 744
  3434. 01:01:15,280 --> 01:01:20,439
  3435. He tried to feed me also
  3436. with this false bullshit,
  3437.  
  3438. 745
  3439. 01:01:20,440 --> 01:01:22,440
  3440. uh, of double agent.
  3441.  
  3442. 746
  3443. 01:01:22,840 --> 01:01:27,279
  3444. I listened to him and I told him,
  3445. "Eli, you are wrong.
  3446.  
  3447. 747
  3448. 01:01:27,280 --> 01:01:29,319
  3449. You are feeding
  3450. false information
  3451.  
  3452. 748
  3453. 01:01:29,320 --> 01:01:32,679
  3454. just for your pride,
  3455. hubris, ego, whatever,"
  3456.  
  3457. 749
  3458. 01:01:32,680 --> 01:01:36,000
  3459. and I didn't write the story
  3460. because I have more integrity.
  3461.  
  3462. 750
  3463. 01:01:36,440 --> 01:01:38,520
  3464. But why kill a good
  3465. story with the facts?
  3466.  
  3467. 751
  3468. 01:01:40,040 --> 01:01:43,240
  3469. And Ronnie Bregman
  3470. believed Eli Zeira...
  3471.  
  3472. 752
  3473. 01:01:44,520 --> 01:01:49,800
  3474. published the name in El a Ran
  3475. and spread he was a double agent.
  3476.  
  3477. 753
  3478. 01:02:02,280 --> 01:02:05,000
  3479. About a
  3480. month after the murder...
  3481.  
  3482. 754
  3483. 01:02:06,960 --> 01:02:09,080
  3484. there was a major development.
  3485.  
  3486. 755
  3487. 01:02:12,320 --> 01:02:14,480
  3488. There were three witnesses,
  3489.  
  3490. 756
  3491. 01:02:15,480 --> 01:02:19,560
  3492. and they were sitting in a room
  3493. which overlooked the balcony,
  3494.  
  3495. 757
  3496. 01:02:20,000 --> 01:02:22,440
  3497. just 20 yards from his home.
  3498.  
  3499. 758
  3500. 01:02:37,120 --> 01:02:43,159
  3501. So, I presume witness Joseph Rapasi
  3502. would have been sitting here,
  3503.  
  3504. 759
  3505. 01:02:43,160 --> 01:02:46,280
  3506. because he had the direct
  3507. view of the balcony.
  3508.  
  3509. 760
  3510. 01:02:50,720 --> 01:02:54,040
  3511. He saw from the corner
  3512. of his eye something fall
  3513.  
  3514. 761
  3515. 01:02:55,440 --> 01:02:58,240
  3516. but they then rushed
  3517. over to the window,
  3518.  
  3519. 762
  3520. 01:02:59,440 --> 01:03:02,560
  3521. looked down and could
  3522. see Ashraf Marwan's body.
  3523.  
  3524. 763
  3525. 01:03:04,280 --> 01:03:08,840
  3526. And it was then that he
  3527. saw two shadowy figures,
  3528.  
  3529. 764
  3530. 01:03:10,320 --> 01:03:13,040
  3531. Middle Eastern appearance
  3532. looking over the balcony.
  3533.  
  3534. 765
  3535. 01:03:14,120 --> 01:03:18,880
  3536. I flew to Hungary and
  3537. met Rapasi in Budapest,
  3538.  
  3539. 766
  3540. 01:03:20,120 --> 01:03:23,839
  3541. and he did confirm to me
  3542. that that was his story,
  3543.  
  3544. 767
  3545. 01:03:23,840 --> 01:03:26,320
  3546. which, of course,
  3547. deepened the mystery.
  3548.  
  3549. 768
  3550. 01:03:27,600 --> 01:03:30,040
  3551. At the time,
  3552. it was a major development,
  3553.  
  3554. 769
  3555. 01:03:30,200 --> 01:03:32,639
  3556. because it looked
  3557. as if it could be,
  3558.  
  3559. 770
  3560. 01:03:32,640 --> 01:03:34,759
  3561. if they were people of
  3562. Middle Eastern appearance,
  3563.  
  3564. 771
  3565. 01:03:34,760 --> 01:03:38,480
  3566. maybe they could be
  3567. Egyptian secret services,
  3568.  
  3569. 772
  3570. 01:03:40,240 --> 01:03:43,920
  3571. and it did fuel speculation about
  3572. who had possibly killed him.
  3573.  
  3574. 773
  3575. 01:03:51,720 --> 01:03:55,760
  3576. After the meeting in the
  3577. Intercontinental Hotel in London,
  3578.  
  3579. 774
  3580. 01:03:56,840 --> 01:04:01,240
  3581. Ashraf, he would phone
  3582. from time to time.
  3583.  
  3584. 775
  3585. 01:04:02,640 --> 01:04:05,600
  3586. I think he was... lonely.
  3587.  
  3588. 776
  3589. 01:04:06,280 --> 01:04:09,399
  3590. He could not have discussed
  3591. it with Mona, his wife,
  3592.  
  3593. 777
  3594. 01:04:09,400 --> 01:04:12,040
  3595. he could not have discussed
  3596. his spy games
  3597.  
  3598. 778
  3599. 01:04:12,240 --> 01:04:17,080
  3600. with his kids or friends,
  3601. so, ironically, he had me,
  3602.  
  3603. 779
  3604. 01:04:18,560 --> 01:04:21,160
  3605. the person who exposed
  3606. him in the first place.
  3607.  
  3608. 780
  3609. 01:04:24,400 --> 01:04:27,160
  3610. Ashraf had strange habits.
  3611.  
  3612. 781
  3613. 01:04:27,600 --> 01:04:30,400
  3614. He would phone me
  3615. and keep quiet...
  3616.  
  3617. 782
  3618. 01:04:31,440 --> 01:04:35,120
  3619. ...listening to my voice
  3620. at the other end of the line,
  3621.  
  3622. 783
  3623. 01:04:35,840 --> 01:04:37,160
  3624. putting down the phone,
  3625.  
  3626. 784
  3627. 01:04:38,600 --> 01:04:41,920
  3628. ring again and start
  3629. a conversation.
  3630.  
  3631. 785
  3632. 01:04:44,680 --> 01:04:50,200
  3633. The more Ashraf asked personal
  3634. questions about family and kids,
  3635.  
  3636. 786
  3637. 01:04:50,320 --> 01:04:54,960
  3638. the more concerned
  3639. I became for him.
  3640.  
  3641. 787
  3642. 01:04:55,560 --> 01:05:00,960
  3643. Because as long as he was
  3644. the Son-in-Law with no face,
  3645.  
  3646. 788
  3647. 01:05:02,120 --> 01:05:05,880
  3648. I did not care about
  3649. him as a human being.
  3650.  
  3651. 789
  3652. 01:05:06,840 --> 01:05:09,120
  3653. But now I had a
  3654. relationship with him,
  3655.  
  3656. 790
  3657. 01:05:09,240 --> 01:05:13,000
  3658. I knew about his operations,
  3659. about the family, about the kids,
  3660.  
  3661. 791
  3662. 01:05:14,200 --> 01:05:19,320
  3663. that I became very worried that
  3664. something might happen to him,
  3665.  
  3666. 792
  3667. 01:05:19,720 --> 01:05:23,840
  3668. that perhaps the Egyptians
  3669. would not buy into my story
  3670.  
  3671. 793
  3672. 01:05:24,160 --> 01:05:26,280
  3673. of him being their perfect spy,
  3674.  
  3675. 794
  3676. 01:05:26,400 --> 01:05:30,560
  3677. the double agent,
  3678. and they would try to hurt him,
  3679.  
  3680. 795
  3681. 01:05:30,680 --> 01:05:36,360
  3682. or perhaps the Mossad
  3683. might do a stupid thing.
  3684.  
  3685. 796
  3686. 01:05:39,960 --> 01:05:45,320
  3687. I spent sleepless nights concerned
  3688. about what could happen.
  3689.  
  3690. 797
  3691. 01:05:46,960 --> 01:05:51,680
  3692. I thought that if anything happened
  3693. to him it would be on my conscience,
  3694.  
  3695. 798
  3696. 01:05:53,400 --> 01:05:59,520
  3697. and ironically, from trying
  3698. to unmask this super spy,
  3699.  
  3700. 799
  3701. 01:05:59,760 --> 01:06:03,600
  3702. I started looking for
  3703. ways to protect him.
  3704.  
  3705. 800
  3706. 01:06:05,000 --> 01:06:09,479
  3707. Anything which was said
  3708. about him, to report to him,
  3709.  
  3710. 801
  3711. 01:06:09,480 --> 01:06:12,240
  3712. so he could take precautions.
  3713.  
  3714. 802
  3715. 01:06:12,440 --> 01:06:18,519
  3716. All my work, my lectures, my writing,
  3717. my family, all was put aside.
  3718.  
  3719. 803
  3720. 01:06:18,520 --> 01:06:21,480
  3721. He became the first priority.
  3722.  
  3723. 804
  3724. 01:06:23,280 --> 01:06:26,519
  3725. By that time, I was so worried
  3726.  
  3727. 805
  3728. 01:06:26,520 --> 01:06:32,160
  3729. that something would happen to
  3730. him that I would just look for
  3731.  
  3732. 806
  3733. 01:06:32,280 --> 01:06:36,640
  3734. anything written about him, and he would get the articles
  3735. and usually just phone back and ask a few questions,
  3736.  
  3737. 807
  3738. 01:06:39,320 --> 01:06:41,320
  3739. because most of
  3740. them were in Hebrew.
  3741.  
  3742. 808
  3743. 01:06:44,040 --> 01:06:47,360
  3744. On one occasion something
  3745. was published in Israel,
  3746.  
  3747. 809
  3748. 01:06:47,640 --> 01:06:52,920
  3749. the article is about
  3750. Ashraf Marwan shaking hands
  3751.  
  3752. 810
  3753. 01:06:53,040 --> 01:06:55,960
  3754. with Egypt's President Mubarak.
  3755.  
  3756. 811
  3757. 01:06:56,160 --> 01:06:57,760
  3758. And the title is,
  3759.  
  3760. 812
  3761. 01:06:57,880 --> 01:07:03,480
  3762. "The man...
  3763. There is Mossad's man in Cairo."
  3764.  
  3765. 813
  3766. 01:07:04,480 --> 01:07:08,159
  3767. "And why did Mubarak
  3768. hug the person
  3769.  
  3770. 814
  3771. 01:07:08,160 --> 01:07:13,000
  3772. who is regarded as
  3773. the best Mossad agent in Egypt?"
  3774.  
  3775. 815
  3776. 01:07:14,320 --> 01:07:17,600
  3777. I thought the Egyptians
  3778. might want to have revenge.
  3779.  
  3780. 816
  3781. 01:07:18,640 --> 01:07:21,960
  3782. I sent it to Ashraf,
  3783. and when he got it,
  3784.  
  3785. 817
  3786. 01:07:22,080 --> 01:07:24,920
  3787. he phoned me from a taxi...
  3788.  
  3789. 818
  3790. 01:07:28,080 --> 01:07:31,040
  3791. and he just shouted
  3792. and actually cried.
  3793.  
  3794. 819
  3795. 01:07:31,160 --> 01:07:33,160
  3796. “Why are they doing it to me?
  3797.  
  3798. 820
  3799. 01:07:33,800 --> 01:07:37,959
  3800. They, the Mossad,
  3801. is trying to drive a wedge
  3802.  
  3803. 821
  3804. 01:07:37,960 --> 01:07:42,639
  3805. between me and Mubarak,
  3806. and this is their revenge
  3807.  
  3808. 822
  3809. 01:07:42,640 --> 01:07:44,840
  3810. for me misleading them.”
  3811.  
  3812. 823
  3813. 01:07:45,800 --> 01:07:51,040
  3814. He was so upset
  3815. that even I became very upset.
  3816.  
  3817. 824
  3818. 01:07:51,200 --> 01:07:54,799
  3819. Do you think he was upset
  3820. because Israel's story was a lie?
  3821.  
  3822. 825
  3823. 01:07:54,800 --> 01:07:57,080
  3824. Yes. And then he said,
  3825.  
  3826. 826
  3827. 01:07:57,280 --> 01:07:59,360
  3828. "There was no one spy,
  3829.  
  3830. 827
  3831. 01:08:00,360 --> 01:08:04,319
  3832. we were a group of 40
  3833. people whose task it was
  3834.  
  3835. 828
  3836. 01:08:04,320 --> 01:08:07,399
  3837. to feed the Israelis."
  3838.  
  3839. 829
  3840. 01:08:07,400 --> 01:08:11,760
  3841. "There was no single double
  3842. agent. There was Egypt."
  3843.  
  3844. 830
  3845. 01:08:24,760 --> 01:08:28,200
  3846. He told me about the medals
  3847. he received from Sadat.
  3848.  
  3849. 831
  3850. 01:08:38,520 --> 01:08:42,640
  3851. Wow. It was huge.
  3852. I couldn't believe it.
  3853.  
  3854. 832
  3855. 01:08:48,800 --> 01:08:49,999
  3856. But he was scared.
  3857.  
  3858. 833
  3859. 01:08:50,000 --> 01:08:54,559
  3860. He told me he feared for his
  3861. life, and I just realized
  3862.  
  3863. 834
  3864. 01:08:54,560 --> 01:08:59,200
  3865. what a stupid thing it was
  3866. to unmask a living spy.
  3867.  
  3868. 835
  3869. 01:09:00,600 --> 01:09:03,119
  3870. But Ronnie, you told
  3871. me that the higher value
  3872.  
  3873. 836
  3874. 01:09:03,120 --> 01:09:06,479
  3875. of unmasking Marwan was about
  3876. staying true to history,
  3877.  
  3878. 837
  3879. 01:09:06,480 --> 01:09:09,480
  3880. and having an accurate
  3881. record of what happened.
  3882.  
  3883. 838
  3884. 01:09:10,840 --> 01:09:15,560
  3885. The truth of the
  3886. matter... when I unmasked Marwan,
  3887.  
  3888. 839
  3889. 01:09:16,440 --> 01:09:18,120
  3890. I couldn't care
  3891. less about history,
  3892.  
  3893. 840
  3894. 01:09:18,480 --> 01:09:23,280
  3895. I just cared about
  3896. a huge scoop that I had.
  3897.  
  3898. 841
  3899. 01:09:28,400 --> 01:09:33,000
  3900. He wanted, as he put
  3901. it, the story to die.
  3902.  
  3903. 842
  3904. 01:09:38,640 --> 01:09:42,920
  3905. Let's open up another chapter
  3906. of this conversation
  3907.  
  3908. 843
  3909. 01:09:43,040 --> 01:09:44,840
  3910. that will be published.
  3911.  
  3912. 844
  3913. 01:09:46,160 --> 01:09:48,120
  3914. Ashraf Marwan,
  3915. Dr Ashraf Marwan...
  3916.  
  3917. 845
  3918. 01:09:48,240 --> 01:09:50,840
  3919. You think he's a double agent.
  3920. Yes.
  3921.  
  3922. 846
  3923. 01:09:51,000 --> 01:09:54,000
  3924. But everyone who checked up on the
  3925. issue says there is no chance in hell!
  3926.  
  3927. 847
  3928. 01:09:54,120 --> 01:09:56,880
  3929. They say he was not a double
  3930. agent, he was our agent.
  3931.  
  3932. 848
  3933. 01:09:57,200 --> 01:10:01,240
  3934. Zeira published a new
  3935. version of his book,
  3936.  
  3937. 849
  3938. 01:10:01,520 --> 01:10:04,999
  3939. and to promote the book,
  3940. he went to a television studio
  3941.  
  3942. 850
  3943. 01:10:05,000 --> 01:10:06,200
  3944. and he said...
  3945.  
  3946. 851
  3947. 01:10:06,720 --> 01:10:09,840
  3948. Regarding Marwan,
  3949. he gave us excellent information,
  3950.  
  3951. 852
  3952. 01:10:10,840 --> 01:10:15,280
  3953. right up until the time of war,
  3954. then he fucked us over.
  3955.  
  3956. 853
  3957. 01:10:18,160 --> 01:10:23,280
  3958. An interview with Commander Eli Zeira here
  3959. on this show about the Yom Kippur War
  3960.  
  3961. 854
  3962. 01:10:23,560 --> 01:10:26,519
  3963. made an earthquake
  3964. in the intelligence community.
  3965.  
  3966. 855
  3967. 01:10:26,520 --> 01:10:29,640
  3968. Head of the Mossad, Zvi Zamir,
  3969. answers back.
  3970.  
  3971. 856
  3972. 01:10:30,560 --> 01:10:33,280
  3973. Zamir called him a liar.
  3974. "You lie."
  3975.  
  3976. 857
  3977. 01:10:33,640 --> 01:10:36,760
  3978. He, Eli Zeira,
  3979. is censoring information!
  3980.  
  3981. 858
  3982. 01:10:37,200 --> 01:10:39,759
  3983. He releases information
  3984. that reflects,
  3985.  
  3986. 859
  3987. 01:10:39,760 --> 01:10:42,040
  3988. you know what,
  3989. his sick state of mind!
  3990.  
  3991. 860
  3992. 01:10:44,040 --> 01:10:48,119
  3993. So, Zeira
  3994. took him to court for libel,
  3995.  
  3996. 861
  3997. 01:10:48,120 --> 01:10:52,880
  3998. so Zamir countered by taking
  3999. Zeira to court for libel.
  4000.  
  4001. 862
  4002. 01:10:54,920 --> 01:10:57,040
  4003. So, there were two libel cases.
  4004.  
  4005. 863
  4006. 01:10:57,440 --> 01:11:00,760
  4007. The Mossad realized that
  4008. it's getting out of hand.
  4009.  
  4010. 864
  4011. 01:11:01,080 --> 01:11:05,080
  4012. These two elderly gentlemen
  4013. which were compared
  4014.  
  4015. 865
  4016. 01:11:05,240 --> 01:11:06,919
  4017. to those who are
  4018. sitting on the balcony
  4019.  
  4020. 866
  4021. 01:11:06,920 --> 01:11:11,839
  4022. in the market shops, quarreling
  4023. and spilling secrets...
  4024.  
  4025. 867
  4026. 01:11:11,840 --> 01:11:15,280
  4027. So, the Mossad said,
  4028. "Let's go to arbitration."
  4029.  
  4030. 868
  4031. 01:11:19,280 --> 01:11:24,719
  4032. I was invited to the
  4033. arbitration by General Eli Zeira,
  4034.  
  4035. 869
  4036. 01:11:24,720 --> 01:11:27,640
  4037. who paid for my flight
  4038. ticket, by the way.
  4039.  
  4040. 870
  4041. 01:11:27,760 --> 01:11:32,280
  4042. Zeira wanted me to tell the judge
  4043. that he was not my source,
  4044.  
  4045. 871
  4046. 01:11:33,360 --> 01:11:34,560
  4047. which was correct.
  4048.  
  4049. 872
  4050. 01:11:36,560 --> 01:11:40,479
  4051. But the judge asked me about
  4052. Zeira's book, to which I said,
  4053.  
  4054. 873
  4055. 01:11:40,480 --> 01:11:42,840
  4056. "Yes,
  4057. it was an important source."
  4058.  
  4059. 874
  4060. 01:11:44,840 --> 01:11:49,279
  4061. The lawyer of the head of
  4062. the Mossad took out this book
  4063.  
  4064. 875
  4065. 01:11:49,280 --> 01:11:50,880
  4066. and waved it in the air.
  4067.  
  4068. 876
  4069. 01:11:52,400 --> 01:11:55,880
  4070. I understood that was
  4071. a big mistake to admit...
  4072.  
  4073. 877
  4074. 01:11:56,680 --> 01:12:00,519
  4075. that the book was my source,
  4076. because for the judge,
  4077.  
  4078. 878
  4079. 01:12:00,520 --> 01:12:04,200
  4080. the book and Eli Zeira
  4081. were basically the same.
  4082.  
  4083. 879
  4084. 01:12:05,560 --> 01:12:09,120
  4085. So stupid to be brought
  4086. there all the way from London
  4087.  
  4088. 880
  4089. 01:12:09,400 --> 01:12:13,920
  4090. to give testimony to
  4091. protect Zeira, and, in fact,
  4092.  
  4093. 881
  4094. 01:12:14,240 --> 01:12:18,440
  4095. I was the one who put,
  4096. indirectly, the blame on Zeira
  4097.  
  4098. 882
  4099. 01:12:18,560 --> 01:12:23,280
  4100. by saying that his book was one
  4101. of my most important sources.
  4102.  
  4103. 883
  4104. 01:12:23,720 --> 01:12:25,440
  4105. It was very
  4106. embarrassing, in fact.
  4107.  
  4108. 884
  4109. 01:12:26,360 --> 01:12:27,520
  4110. After all that...
  4111.  
  4112. 885
  4113. 01:12:27,720 --> 01:12:29,319
  4114. Yeah.
  4115.  
  4116. 886
  4117. 01:12:29,320 --> 01:12:30,400
  4118. Terrible.
  4119.  
  4120. 887
  4121. 01:12:30,680 --> 01:12:33,319
  4122. It's amazing.
  4123. It's not amazing, Tommy.
  4124.  
  4125. 888
  4126. 01:12:33,320 --> 01:12:34,679
  4127. It's terrible.
  4128.  
  4129. 889
  4130. 01:12:34,680 --> 01:12:36,480
  4131. Everyone thinks that I'm clever.
  4132.  
  4133. 890
  4134. 01:12:36,640 --> 01:12:37,920
  4135. I was so stupid.
  4136.  
  4137. 891
  4138. 01:12:41,360 --> 01:12:42,560
  4139. And Zeira lost.
  4140.  
  4141. 892
  4142. 01:12:48,480 --> 01:12:50,320
  4143. And then came a big mistake.
  4144.  
  4145. 893
  4146. 01:12:51,680 --> 01:12:56,680
  4147. The judge wrote a report
  4148. where openly he stated
  4149.  
  4150. 894
  4151. 01:12:56,960 --> 01:13:01,440
  4152. that Ashraf Marwan
  4153. was a Mossad agent.
  4154.  
  4155. 895
  4156. 01:13:01,560 --> 01:13:07,960
  4157. This is the report of the judge,
  4158. Zeira versus Zamir.
  4159.  
  4160. 896
  4161. 01:13:09,160 --> 01:13:14,680
  4162. Here, look, Ashraf's name
  4163. is mentioned many times,
  4164.  
  4165. 897
  4166. 01:13:14,840 --> 01:13:15,840
  4167. which was terrible.
  4168.  
  4169. 898
  4170. 01:13:16,880 --> 01:13:21,680
  4171. Here they say there
  4172. was a top agent...
  4173.  
  4174. 899
  4175. 01:13:23,960 --> 01:13:25,880
  4176. who was handled by the Mossad.
  4177.  
  4178. 900
  4179. 01:13:26,080 --> 01:13:29,440
  4180. "The agent, or Marwan..."
  4181.  
  4182. 901
  4183. 01:13:30,240 --> 01:13:32,040
  4184. And they expose
  4185. him, his name, here.
  4186.  
  4187. 902
  4188. 01:13:33,480 --> 01:13:37,400
  4189. So, he is mentioned in
  4190. this report so many times.
  4191.  
  4192. 903
  4193. 01:13:38,480 --> 01:13:42,759
  4194. As long as a historian, Ahron Bregman,
  4195. said what he said about Marwan,
  4196.  
  4197. 904
  4198. 01:13:42,760 --> 01:13:47,760
  4199. this was bad but not
  4200. the end of the world.
  4201.  
  4202. 905
  4203. 01:13:48,960 --> 01:13:52,440
  4204. But the moment a judge says...
  4205.  
  4206. 906
  4207. 01:13:54,560 --> 01:13:56,520
  4208. "the agent, Marwan,"
  4209.  
  4210. 907
  4211. 01:13:56,720 --> 01:13:57,800
  4212. this was official.
  4213.  
  4214. 908
  4215. 01:13:57,920 --> 01:14:00,400
  4216. When I saw it,
  4217. the report, online,
  4218.  
  4219. 909
  4220. 01:14:01,120 --> 01:14:03,160
  4221. I nearly fell off my chair.
  4222.  
  4223. 910
  4224. 01:14:04,920 --> 01:14:08,600
  4225. His life was in real danger.
  4226.  
  4227. 911
  4228. 01:14:10,040 --> 01:14:15,160
  4229. I sent a fax message to
  4230. Ashraf Marwan to phone me.
  4231.  
  4232. 912
  4233. 01:14:17,000 --> 01:14:21,520
  4234. I collected my son, put him
  4235. in front of the television.
  4236.  
  4237. 913
  4238. 01:14:21,960 --> 01:14:24,279
  4239. The telephone answering
  4240. machine was flashing.
  4241.  
  4242. 914
  4243. 01:14:24,280 --> 01:14:28,960
  4244. Message
  4245. received today at 1:52 p.m.
  4246.  
  4247. 915
  4248. 01:14:29,200 --> 01:14:34,680
  4249. And I was taken aback when
  4250. I heard Ashraf's own voice.
  4251.  
  4252. 916
  4253. 01:14:36,000 --> 01:14:36,880
  4254. Hello, hi.
  4255.  
  4256. 917
  4257. 01:14:37,000 --> 01:14:39,200
  4258. Hello. About your book,
  4259. if you could call me back...
  4260.  
  4261. 918
  4262. 01:14:39,600 --> 01:14:40,880
  4263. on my mobile. Thank you.
  4264.  
  4265. 919
  4266. 01:14:43,840 --> 01:14:45,840
  4267. It was very unusual.
  4268.  
  4269. 920
  4270. 01:14:46,320 --> 01:14:49,599
  4271. Ashraf was a real spy,
  4272. spies don't leave messages...
  4273.  
  4274. 921
  4275. 01:14:49,600 --> 01:14:52,320
  4276. ...and then a second message.
  4277.  
  4278. 922
  4279. 01:14:53,680 --> 01:14:55,640
  4280. Please.
  4281. Hello, can you call me?
  4282.  
  4283. 923
  4284. 01:14:55,760 --> 01:14:57,800
  4285. It's about your book. Thank you.
  4286.  
  4287. 924
  4288. 01:14:59,720 --> 01:15:01,320
  4289. To return the call using the...
  4290.  
  4291. 925
  4292. 01:15:01,840 --> 01:15:03,480
  4293. DR. I could see that he was...
  4294.  
  4295. 926
  4296. 01:15:03,760 --> 01:15:05,720
  4297. ...under pressure.
  4298.  
  4299. 927
  4300. 01:15:08,200 --> 01:15:09,200
  4301. Please.
  4302.  
  4303. 928
  4304. 01:15:09,280 --> 01:15:11,519
  4305. Hello, can you call me?
  4306. It's about your book.
  4307.  
  4308. 929
  4309. 01:15:11,520 --> 01:15:12,520
  4310. Thank you.
  4311.  
  4312. 930
  4313. 01:15:14,760 --> 01:15:16,760
  4314. Almost one after the other.
  4315.  
  4316. 931
  4317. 01:15:16,960 --> 01:15:20,880
  4318. Message
  4319. received today at 3:11 p.m.
  4320.  
  4321. 932
  4322. 01:15:21,760 --> 01:15:23,400
  4323. Hello,
  4324. hi, good afternoon.
  4325.  
  4326. 933
  4327. 01:15:23,680 --> 01:15:25,519
  4328. If you could call me,
  4329. I'm the subject of your book.
  4330.  
  4331. 934
  4332. 01:15:25,520 --> 01:15:26,520
  4333. Thank you.
  4334.  
  4335. 935
  4336. 01:15:27,080 --> 01:15:28,640
  4337. To listen to the message again...
  4338.  
  4339. 936
  4340. 01:15:30,480 --> 01:15:33,160
  4341. I've known him for five years.
  4342.  
  4343. 937
  4344. 01:15:33,600 --> 01:15:37,279
  4345. This was the first time
  4346. that he left messages
  4347.  
  4348. 938
  4349. 01:15:37,280 --> 01:15:38,720
  4350. on my answering machine.
  4351.  
  4352. 939
  4353. 01:15:40,880 --> 01:15:46,959
  4354. I took out my old tape recorder
  4355. and I, for the first time,
  4356.  
  4357. 940
  4358. 01:15:46,960 --> 01:15:49,600
  4359. decided to record
  4360. the conversation.
  4361.  
  4362. 941
  4363. 01:15:51,520 --> 01:15:56,720
  4364. I dialed the number,
  4365. my finger was shaking.
  4366.  
  4367. 942
  4368. 01:15:58,120 --> 01:15:59,200
  4369. He picked up the phone.
  4370.  
  4371. 943
  4372. 01:16:01,320 --> 01:16:02,760
  4373. Hello, my friend.
  4374.  
  4375. 944
  4376. 01:16:03,880 --> 01:16:05,839
  4377. I'm okay, and how are you?
  4378.  
  4379. 945
  4380. 01:16:05,840 --> 01:16:07,240
  4381. Yes, sure. Absolutely.
  4382.  
  4383. 946
  4384. 01:16:07,440 --> 01:16:09,759
  4385. Yes, yes. Absolutely, yes.
  4386.  
  4387. 947
  4388. 01:16:09,760 --> 01:16:10,760
  4389. Bye-bye.
  4390.  
  4391. 948
  4392. 01:16:12,040 --> 01:16:13,399
  4393. He asked me to phone him again.
  4394.  
  4395. 949
  4396. 01:16:13,400 --> 01:16:14,400
  4397. "Put it down."
  4398.  
  4399. 950
  4400. 01:16:14,640 --> 01:16:16,320
  4401. And two minutes later...
  4402.  
  4403. 951
  4404. 01:16:17,000 --> 01:16:18,840
  4405. I'm talking
  4406. to myself two minutes later...
  4407.  
  4408. 952
  4409. 01:16:21,160 --> 01:16:23,520
  4410. and he is not answering,
  4411. which was strange.
  4412.  
  4413. 953
  4414. 01:16:25,320 --> 01:16:28,519
  4415. I was very concerned that he
  4416. said to me, "Phone me again,"
  4417.  
  4418. 954
  4419. 01:16:28,520 --> 01:16:30,839
  4420. and then I tried again...
  4421. So, something
  4422.  
  4423. 955
  4424. 01:16:30,840 --> 01:16:33,479
  4425. is happening in the room
  4426. when I am talking to him.
  4427.  
  4428. 956
  4429. 01:16:33,480 --> 01:16:35,000
  4430. You see, I am waiting for him.
  4431.  
  4432. 957
  4433. 01:16:36,200 --> 01:16:38,040
  4434. And two minutes later...
  4435.  
  4436. 958
  4437. 01:16:39,640 --> 01:16:40,640
  4438. Third time.
  4439.  
  4440. 959
  4441. 01:16:44,200 --> 01:16:45,960
  4442. What's happening in the room?
  4443.  
  4444. 960
  4445. 01:16:46,320 --> 01:16:47,960
  4446. Are you there, you know?
  4447.  
  4448. 961
  4449. 01:16:48,080 --> 01:16:50,240
  4450. I phoned him, he said,
  4451. "Phone me again."
  4452.  
  4453. 962
  4454. 01:16:51,600 --> 01:16:53,480
  4455. I'm trying and trying and trying.
  4456.  
  4457. 963
  4458. 01:16:56,920 --> 01:16:58,120
  4459. Hi, hello.
  4460.  
  4461. 964
  4462. 01:16:58,880 --> 01:17:00,600
  4463. No, no, no. Don't worry.
  4464.  
  4465. 965
  4466. 01:17:00,720 --> 01:17:05,240
  4467. So, um, the report of the judge
  4468. came out...
  4469.  
  4470. 966
  4471. 01:17:06,080 --> 01:17:09,080
  4472. and there are details there.
  4473. This is the bottom line.
  4474.  
  4475. 967
  4476. 01:17:10,600 --> 01:17:13,720
  4477. Ashraf wanted the story to die,
  4478.  
  4479. 968
  4480. 01:17:15,040 --> 01:17:20,319
  4481. what he gets here is a
  4482. report from me that his story
  4483.  
  4484. 969
  4485. 01:17:20,320 --> 01:17:23,040
  4486. is very much alive,
  4487.  
  4488. 970
  4489. 01:17:23,560 --> 01:17:26,199
  4490. and I'm sure that
  4491. he is very stressed.
  4492.  
  4493. 971
  4494. 01:17:26,200 --> 01:17:27,679
  4495. I am sure that he
  4496. is very worried.
  4497.  
  4498. 972
  4499. 01:17:27,680 --> 01:17:28,880
  4500. It's awful for him.
  4501.  
  4502. 973
  4503. 01:17:30,120 --> 01:17:31,640
  4504. Are you in England?
  4505.  
  4506. 974
  4507. 01:17:35,560 --> 01:17:39,560
  4508. Tomorrow, I will be in town.
  4509. I will be at King's College.
  4510.  
  4511. 975
  4512. 01:17:39,960 --> 01:17:42,680
  4513. If you want to meet, we can meet,
  4514. but it's up to you.
  4515.  
  4516. 976
  4517. 01:17:43,640 --> 01:17:45,359
  4518. Okay, my friend. All the best.
  4519.  
  4520. 977
  4521. 01:17:45,360 --> 01:17:46,560
  4522. Bye-bye. Bye-bye.
  4523.  
  4524. 978
  4525. 01:17:48,520 --> 01:17:49,640
  4526. I am shaking.
  4527.  
  4528. 979
  4529. 01:18:13,800 --> 01:18:19,360
  4530. This is one of the rare events
  4531. where people pay with their lives.
  4532.  
  4533. 980
  4534. 01:18:20,640 --> 01:18:21,920
  4535. He paid with his life,
  4536.  
  4537. 981
  4538. 01:18:23,240 --> 01:18:24,560
  4539. and he didn't deserve it.
  4540.  
  4541. 982
  4542. 01:18:43,520 --> 01:18:46,440
  4543. After the
  4544. death of Ashraf Marwan,
  4545.  
  4546. 983
  4547. 01:18:47,480 --> 01:18:49,160
  4548. Ronnie was in shock.
  4549.  
  4550. 984
  4551. 01:18:52,080 --> 01:18:54,320
  4552. I felt big pain.
  4553. It was very painful when he died.
  4554.  
  4555. 985
  4556. 01:18:59,760 --> 01:19:04,760
  4557. I spent hours in the mountains
  4558. thinking about it,
  4559.  
  4560. 986
  4561. 01:19:04,880 --> 01:19:06,560
  4562. reflecting about it.
  4563.  
  4564. 987
  4565. 01:19:07,520 --> 01:19:10,720
  4566. His death was my
  4567. failure to protect him.
  4568.  
  4569. 988
  4570. 01:19:11,720 --> 01:19:14,040
  4571. This is how I looked at it.
  4572.  
  4573. 989
  4574. 01:19:16,720 --> 01:19:20,240
  4575. I flew to
  4576. interview Ronnie Bregman.
  4577.  
  4578. 990
  4579. 01:19:20,640 --> 01:19:24,960
  4580. We had a very lengthy conversation,
  4581. he said, "Maybe it's my fault."
  4582.  
  4583. 991
  4584. 01:19:26,320 --> 01:19:30,599
  4585. Then we talked a lot in details
  4586. with all these arguments
  4587.  
  4588. 992
  4589. 01:19:30,600 --> 01:19:32,680
  4590. which I raised before.
  4591.  
  4592. 993
  4593. 01:19:33,560 --> 01:19:38,080
  4594. At the end of it, Ronnie told me,
  4595. "You know, Yossi? You are right.
  4596.  
  4597. 994
  4598. 01:19:38,640 --> 01:19:41,240
  4599. I don't believe anymore
  4600. that he was a double agent,
  4601.  
  4602. 995
  4603. 01:19:41,400 --> 01:19:42,400
  4604. you convinced me."
  4605.  
  4606. 996
  4607. 01:19:46,000 --> 01:19:52,040
  4608. Eli had a clique
  4609. of journalists surrounding him.
  4610.  
  4611. 997
  4612. 01:19:52,560 --> 01:19:54,640
  4613. And among them, one historian.
  4614.  
  4615. 998
  4616. 01:19:55,000 --> 01:19:58,279
  4617. If you ask me,
  4618. and I'm not just saying this,
  4619.  
  4620. 999
  4621. 01:19:58,280 --> 01:20:00,080
  4622. these people are disgusting.
  4623.  
  4624. 1000
  4625. 01:20:00,680 --> 01:20:01,679
  4626. Why?
  4627.  
  4628. 1001
  4629. 01:20:01,680 --> 01:20:04,040
  4630. Because these people
  4631. distort the truth.
  4632.  
  4633. 1002
  4634. 01:20:16,680 --> 01:20:17,960
  4635. Yeah, the funeral.
  4636.  
  4637. 1003
  4638. 01:20:18,520 --> 01:20:24,320
  4639. They asked me, "Okay,
  4640. he got such an Egypt funeral.
  4641.  
  4642. 1004
  4643. 01:20:24,640 --> 01:20:30,120
  4644. With all the leadership
  4645. coming with black suits.
  4646.  
  4647. 1005
  4648. 01:20:31,000 --> 01:20:37,480
  4649. His widow stand there. All the
  4650. high echelon passed by her,
  4651.  
  4652. 1006
  4653. 01:20:38,080 --> 01:20:40,280
  4654. kissing her or whispering..."
  4655.  
  4656. 1007
  4657. 01:20:40,480 --> 01:20:45,240
  4658. They asked me, "How could it
  4659. be that this is a traitor?"
  4660.  
  4661. 1008
  4662. 01:20:46,800 --> 01:20:49,560
  4663. I watched many mafia movies.
  4664.  
  4665. 1009
  4666. 01:20:50,120 --> 01:20:53,919
  4667. When the mafia killed
  4668. one of their members,
  4669.  
  4670. 1010
  4671. 01:20:53,920 --> 01:20:58,200
  4672. all the dons are passing
  4673. by the widow, whispering,
  4674.  
  4675. 1011
  4676. 01:20:59,280 --> 01:21:02,320
  4677. "We will give you money,"
  4678. "We will give you money."
  4679.  
  4680. 1012
  4681. 01:21:03,120 --> 01:21:06,080
  4682. The funeral of Ashraf Marwan...
  4683.  
  4684. 1013
  4685. 01:21:07,040 --> 01:21:09,560
  4686. reminds me the same.
  4687.  
  4688. 1014
  4689. 01:21:09,720 --> 01:21:11,360
  4690. This is Westminster Coroner Court
  4691.  
  4692. 1015
  4693. 01:21:21,640 --> 01:21:25,079
  4694. where there was a three-day
  4695. hearing to decide a verdict
  4696.  
  4697. 1016
  4698. 01:21:25,080 --> 01:21:27,040
  4699. on the death of Ashraf Marwan.
  4700.  
  4701. 1017
  4702. 01:21:29,720 --> 01:21:33,920
  4703. During the inquest, it was mentioned
  4704. he had been writing his memoirs.
  4705.  
  4706. 1018
  4707. 01:21:35,320 --> 01:21:37,719
  4708. I had seen where
  4709. the memoirs were supposed
  4710.  
  4711. 1019
  4712. 01:21:37,720 --> 01:21:41,960
  4713. to have been stored on the shelf
  4714. and they'd disappeared,
  4715.  
  4716. 1020
  4717. 01:21:42,080 --> 01:21:44,479
  4718. according to the family,
  4719. on the day that he died.
  4720.  
  4721. 1021
  4722. 01:21:44,480 --> 01:21:49,640
  4723. Now, in those memoirs he was
  4724. expected to discuss his role
  4725.  
  4726. 1022
  4727. 01:21:49,800 --> 01:21:51,760
  4728. in the October War.
  4729.  
  4730. 1023
  4731. 01:21:52,000 --> 01:21:53,599
  4732. Of course, he was going to reject
  4733.  
  4734. 1024
  4735. 01:21:53,600 --> 01:21:56,240
  4736. the allegation that
  4737. he was a Mossad agent,
  4738.  
  4739. 1025
  4740. 01:21:56,640 --> 01:22:00,240
  4741. but they'd disappeared,
  4742. according to the family.
  4743.  
  4744. 1026
  4745. 01:22:03,560 --> 01:22:06,159
  4746. The Marwan
  4747. family, through their lawyer,
  4748.  
  4749. 1027
  4750. 01:22:06,160 --> 01:22:08,640
  4751. asked me to appear
  4752. before the coroner.
  4753.  
  4754. 1028
  4755. 01:22:09,960 --> 01:22:14,040
  4756. I was sitting where the coroner
  4757. listened to the testimonies
  4758.  
  4759. 1029
  4760. 01:22:14,280 --> 01:22:16,760
  4761. and it was quite confusing,
  4762.  
  4763. 1030
  4764. 01:22:16,960 --> 01:22:22,439
  4765. and my mind was telling me,
  4766. "Wow, it was a murder."
  4767.  
  4768. 1031
  4769. 01:22:22,440 --> 01:22:25,039
  4770. And then a minute later,
  4771. "No, it was an accident."
  4772.  
  4773. 1032
  4774. 01:22:25,040 --> 01:22:27,080
  4775. And then, "No, it was a suicide."
  4776.  
  4777. 1033
  4778. 01:22:27,240 --> 01:22:31,200
  4779. And to sit there with the family,
  4780. at the back of my mind,
  4781.  
  4782. 1034
  4783. 01:22:31,360 --> 01:22:35,999
  4784. there was the question,
  4785. "What was my responsibility?"
  4786.  
  4787. 1035
  4788. 01:22:36,000 --> 01:22:38,640
  4789. It was a very
  4790. unpleasant experience.
  4791.  
  4792. 1036
  4793. 01:22:39,760 --> 01:22:41,920
  4794. There was a three-day
  4795. hearing to decide,
  4796.  
  4797. 1037
  4798. 01:22:43,640 --> 01:22:44,920
  4799. and at the end of it,
  4800.  
  4801. 1038
  4802. 01:22:45,040 --> 01:22:47,920
  4803. the coroner handed down
  4804. an open verdict on his death.
  4805.  
  4806. 1039
  4807. 01:22:55,360 --> 01:22:56,959
  4808. Which the family were
  4809. very pleased about,
  4810.  
  4811. 1040
  4812. 01:22:56,960 --> 01:23:00,560
  4813. because it allowed the family to rule out suicide.
  4814. I did feel for Mona, she was devastated.
  4815.  
  4816. 1041
  4817. 01:23:20,880 --> 01:23:26,760
  4818. Madame Mona, what was the
  4819. hardest moment in your life?
  4820.  
  4821. 1042
  4822. 01:23:26,920 --> 01:23:28,080
  4823. Two moments...
  4824.  
  4825. 1043
  4826. 01:23:29,600 --> 01:23:32,759
  4827. ...the death of
  4828. my father and my mother,
  4829.  
  4830. 1044
  4831. 01:23:32,760 --> 01:23:34,400
  4832. and the loss of Ashraf.
  4833.  
  4834. 1045
  4835. 01:23:34,960 --> 01:23:40,360
  4836. But at the end of the day,
  4837. as his wife, I lost him,
  4838.  
  4839. 1046
  4840. 01:23:41,120 --> 01:23:43,600
  4841. but at the same
  4842. time, I feel grateful
  4843.  
  4844. 1047
  4845. 01:23:43,720 --> 01:23:47,560
  4846. that I could be with him
  4847. for 30 years.
  4848.  
  4849. 1048
  4850. 01:24:36,560 --> 01:24:38,120
  4851. So if he
  4852. was in touch with Israel,
  4853.  
  4854. 1049
  4855. 01:24:38,280 --> 01:24:40,960
  4856. then it was out of orders
  4857. from the Egyptian side?
  4858.  
  4859. 1050
  4860. 01:24:41,840 --> 01:24:47,160
  4861. This is
  4862. not even to be questioned;
  4863.  
  4864. 1051
  4865. 01:24:47,320 --> 01:24:52,000
  4866. I am not going to defend
  4867. something that I don't need to.
  4868.  
  4869. 1052
  4870. 01:24:52,280 --> 01:24:56,239
  4871. This is something that I
  4872. am sure of 100 percent,
  4873.  
  4874. 1053
  4875. 01:24:56,240 --> 01:24:59,080
  4876. not even just 100 percent...
  4877.  
  4878. 1054
  4879. 01:25:05,800 --> 01:25:07,880
  4880. Everyone fought
  4881. in his or her way.
  4882.  
  4883. 1055
  4884. 01:25:09,440 --> 01:25:12,160
  4885. Ashraf Marwan in
  4886. Egypt is regarded as a patriot
  4887.  
  4888. 1056
  4889. 01:25:12,480 --> 01:25:16,080
  4890. who worked for Sadat to
  4891. deceive the Israelis.
  4892.  
  4893. 1057
  4894. 01:25:16,240 --> 01:25:20,960
  4895. Basically, by giving Egypt a
  4896. four-hour lead in the 1973 war,
  4897.  
  4898. 1058
  4899. 01:25:22,120 --> 01:25:25,160
  4900. but Israel regard him
  4901. as a national hero.
  4902.  
  4903. 1059
  4904. 01:25:25,720 --> 01:25:28,240
  4905. Double is very hard to believe.
  4906.  
  4907. 1060
  4908. 01:25:29,040 --> 01:25:31,920
  4909. In my opinion, he was ours.
  4910.  
  4911. 1061
  4912. 01:25:32,160 --> 01:25:36,880
  4913. The Israeli side of
  4914. things is supported by evidence,
  4915.  
  4916. 1062
  4917. 01:25:37,080 --> 01:25:41,960
  4918. the Egyptian side has yet
  4919. to present its own record,
  4920.  
  4921. 1063
  4922. 01:25:42,360 --> 01:25:46,520
  4923. and only when both of them
  4924. are available can we decide
  4925.  
  4926. 1064
  4927. 01:25:46,640 --> 01:25:49,200
  4928. which is the more authentic
  4929. version of the story.
  4930.  
  4931. 1065
  4932. 01:25:50,440 --> 01:25:54,840
  4933. The question is: Why is the
  4934. Egyptian Intelligence Services,
  4935.  
  4936. 1066
  4937. 01:25:54,960 --> 01:25:58,319
  4938. 50 years down the line, not
  4939. releasing any shred of evidence
  4940.  
  4941. 1067
  4942. 01:25:58,320 --> 01:26:00,160
  4943. about Ashraf Marwan?
  4944.  
  4945. 1068
  4946. 01:26:01,760 --> 01:26:04,959
  4947. The fact that we do
  4948. not have any evidence
  4949.  
  4950. 1069
  4951. 01:26:04,960 --> 01:26:07,400
  4952. is really not about
  4953. Ashraf Marwan.
  4954.  
  4955. 1070
  4956. 01:26:07,560 --> 01:26:12,880
  4957. It is about the fact that if the
  4958. Egyptians release any documents,
  4959.  
  4960. 1071
  4961. 01:26:13,040 --> 01:26:18,759
  4962. it will establish a precedent that
  4963. the public can have a say on how
  4964.  
  4965. 1072
  4966. 01:26:18,760 --> 01:26:21,479
  4967. the Egyptian State
  4968. should be transparent,
  4969.  
  4970. 1073
  4971. 01:26:21,480 --> 01:26:24,760
  4972. that it should be accountable,
  4973. and the Egyptian State
  4974.  
  4975. 1074
  4976. 01:26:24,920 --> 01:26:27,160
  4977. doesn't want to establish
  4978. this precedent at all.
  4979.  
  4980. 1075
  4981. 01:26:28,400 --> 01:26:32,760
  4982. Even though, by not revealing
  4983. anything about Ashraf Marwan,
  4984.  
  4985. 1076
  4986. 01:26:33,000 --> 01:26:36,479
  4987. it can be still raising
  4988. suspicion that, in fact,
  4989.  
  4990. 1077
  4991. 01:26:36,480 --> 01:26:39,320
  4992. he was an Israeli spy
  4993. rather than a double agent.
  4994.  
  4995. 1078
  4996. 01:26:40,280 --> 01:26:43,520
  4997. The Ashraf Marwan story,
  4998. this is not the real story.
  4999.  
  5000. 1079
  5001. 01:26:43,680 --> 01:26:47,560
  5002. This is a side story of
  5003. something that is much bigger.
  5004.  
  5005. 1080
  5006. 01:26:50,120 --> 01:26:52,560
  5007. The Egyptian people,
  5008. they want to know the truth.
  5009.  
  5010. 1081
  5011. 01:27:06,960 --> 01:27:09,280
  5012. We have the
  5013. full report of the meeting
  5014.  
  5015. 1082
  5016. 01:27:09,440 --> 01:27:14,120
  5017. between Zamir and Ashraf Marwan
  5018. just released by the Israelis.
  5019.  
  5020. 1083
  5021. 01:27:15,320 --> 01:27:18,119
  5022. There are five pages,
  5023. enough information
  5024.  
  5025. 1084
  5026. 01:27:18,120 --> 01:27:22,480
  5027. for the two schools of thought
  5028. to find enough elements
  5029.  
  5030. 1085
  5031. 01:27:22,680 --> 01:27:24,840
  5032. to support their own theory.
  5033.  
  5034. 1086
  5035. 01:27:27,840 --> 01:27:31,200
  5036. I always believed Ashraf
  5037. was a double agent,
  5038.  
  5039. 1087
  5040. 01:27:31,680 --> 01:27:32,920
  5041. I never doubted that.
  5042.  
  5043. 1088
  5044. 01:27:34,120 --> 01:27:37,519
  5045. I don't understand why
  5046. he's still sticking
  5047.  
  5048. 1089
  5049. 01:27:37,520 --> 01:27:40,799
  5050. to this bullshit theory
  5051. of a double agent.
  5052.  
  5053. 1090
  5054. 01:27:40,800 --> 01:27:43,039
  5055. I can understand that
  5056. maybe at the beginning
  5057.  
  5058. 1091
  5059. 01:27:43,040 --> 01:27:46,840
  5060. he was under this spell and
  5061. the impression of Eli Zeira.
  5062.  
  5063. 1092
  5064. 01:27:47,040 --> 01:27:50,799
  5065. Fine. But then,
  5066. after he already admitted
  5067.  
  5068. 1093
  5069. 01:27:50,800 --> 01:27:53,960
  5070. in our conversation,
  5071. he was almost crying.
  5072.  
  5073. 1094
  5074. 01:27:54,280 --> 01:27:56,200
  5075. I don't know.
  5076. It's an enigma for me.
  5077.  
  5078. 1095
  5079. 01:27:57,640 --> 01:28:00,239
  5080. Yossi told me
  5081. that he convinced you
  5082.  
  5083. 1096
  5084. 01:28:00,240 --> 01:28:02,919
  5085. Ashraf was not a double agent.
  5086.  
  5087. 1097
  5088. 01:28:02,920 --> 01:28:05,400
  5089. I don't think that
  5090. this was the case.
  5091.  
  5092. 1098
  5093. 01:28:05,520 --> 01:28:09,719
  5094. Yossi believes in what he
  5095. believes, along with the Mossad.
  5096.  
  5097. 1099
  5098. 01:28:09,720 --> 01:28:12,720
  5099. The truth, it's in the
  5100. eye of the beholder.
  5101.  
  5102. 1100
  5103. 01:28:14,640 --> 01:28:16,560
  5104. The fact
  5105. that he is not ready to...
  5106.  
  5107. 1101
  5108. 01:28:16,680 --> 01:28:19,200
  5109. face the real story and to...
  5110.  
  5111. 1102
  5112. 01:28:19,920 --> 01:28:24,680
  5113. to have the courage and the guts
  5114. to say, "I was mistaken,"
  5115.  
  5116. 1103
  5117. 01:28:25,000 --> 01:28:28,680
  5118. it's his problem
  5119. with his conscience.
  5120.  
  5121. 1104
  5122. 01:28:31,720 --> 01:28:35,920
  5123. Unmasking the name
  5124. of a human source,
  5125.  
  5126. 1105
  5127. 01:28:36,760 --> 01:28:38,000
  5128. it's a sin.
  5129.  
  5130. 1106
  5131. 01:28:38,400 --> 01:28:39,880
  5132. What would
  5133. you say to him?
  5134.  
  5135. 1107
  5136. 01:28:40,080 --> 01:28:42,240
  5137. "Go to hell, bastard!"
  5138.  
  5139. 1108
  5140. 01:28:42,840 --> 01:28:44,720
  5141. Really. "Go to hell, bastard!"
  5142.  
  5143. 1109
  5144. 01:28:45,240 --> 01:28:46,360
  5145. "How dare you?"
  5146.  
  5147. 1110
  5148. 01:28:48,000 --> 01:28:51,680
  5149. Because you don't
  5150. put in danger a human being
  5151.  
  5152. 1111
  5153. 01:28:51,840 --> 01:28:54,800
  5154. because you want to be famous.
  5155.  
  5156. 1112
  5157. 01:28:55,520 --> 01:28:58,040
  5158. When it comes
  5159. to the story of Ashraf Marwan
  5160.  
  5161. 1113
  5162. 01:28:58,160 --> 01:29:00,480
  5163. there is no ego in me.
  5164.  
  5165. 1114
  5166. 01:29:01,040 --> 01:29:05,640
  5167. The Mossad, they can't give up on
  5168. their story of Ashraf.
  5169.  
  5170. 1115
  5171. 01:29:07,240 --> 01:29:10,720
  5172. And when I'm in bed at night,
  5173. as you put it,
  5174.  
  5175. 1116
  5176. 01:29:11,480 --> 01:29:15,800
  5177. I don't really think about
  5178. whether or not he was double.
  5179.  
  5180. 1117
  5181. 01:29:16,240 --> 01:29:19,520
  5182. I lost interest in this
  5183. question, Tommy.
  5184.  
  5185. 1118
  5186. 01:29:19,680 --> 01:29:24,360
  5187. It's about the pain
  5188. which I inflicted on him
  5189.  
  5190. 1119
  5191. 01:29:24,680 --> 01:29:26,480
  5192. in unmasking him.
  5193.  
  5194. 1120
  5195. 01:29:27,760 --> 01:29:29,960
  5196. I just want you
  5197. to ponder a question, though,
  5198.  
  5199. 1121
  5200. 01:29:30,280 --> 01:29:32,960
  5201. is still believing
  5202. that he's a double agent,
  5203.  
  5204. 1122
  5205. 01:29:33,400 --> 01:29:36,319
  5206. is it not easier to believe that,
  5207.  
  5208. 1123
  5209. 01:29:36,320 --> 01:29:38,039
  5210. because then everything
  5211. you went through
  5212.  
  5213. 1124
  5214. 01:29:38,040 --> 01:29:39,920
  5215. would at least then
  5216. not be for nothing?
  5217.  
  5218. 1125
  5219. 01:31:08,320 --> 01:31:10,480
  5220. What impact did
  5221. this have on your marriage?
  5222.  
  5223. 1126
  5224. 01:31:10,960 --> 01:31:12,200
  5225. Of course, I divorced,
  5226.  
  5227. 1127
  5228. 01:31:12,640 --> 01:31:15,640
  5229. but it was not because of
  5230. the Marwan story.
  5231.  
  5232. 1128
  5233. 01:31:16,400 --> 01:31:21,720
  5234. But I think, in hindsight, it does
  5235. have impact, because it's a secret.
  5236.  
  5237. 1129
  5238. 01:31:23,120 --> 01:31:26,240
  5239. My then wife, when she
  5240. came to know about it,
  5241.  
  5242. 1130
  5243. 01:31:26,440 --> 01:31:31,280
  5244. she had the common sense to tell
  5245. me that it will end in tears.
  5246.  
  5247. 1131
  5248. 01:31:32,640 --> 01:31:34,920
  5249. But it was,
  5250. of course... it was too late.
  5251.  
  5252. 1132
  5253. 01:31:35,560 --> 01:31:40,880
  5254. And by that time, the train
  5255. already left the station.
  5256.  
  5257. 1133
  5258. 01:31:42,440 --> 01:31:45,560
  5259. Maybe your fish,
  5260. they want to have more food.
  5261.  
  5262. 1134
  5263. 01:31:45,800 --> 01:31:46,960
  5264. They love food.
  5265.  
  5266. 1135
  5267. 01:31:48,400 --> 01:31:51,759
  5268. My fish, if I open this
  5269. one, they jump.
  5270.  
  5271. 1136
  5272. 01:31:51,760 --> 01:31:52,840
  5273. Do they?
  5274. Yeah.
  5275.  
  5276. 1137
  5277. 01:31:53,720 --> 01:31:56,000
  5278. They are guppies.
  5279. You know, guppies like to jump.
  5280.  
  5281. 1138
  5282. 01:31:57,360 --> 01:32:01,440
  5283. But with them they jump
  5284. and I can save them...
  5285.  
  5286. 1139
  5287. 01:32:02,880 --> 01:32:06,040
  5288. ...because I just bring them
  5289. from the floor and put them back.
  5290.  
  5291. 1140
  5292. 01:32:06,200 --> 01:32:07,880
  5293. Look. Look how many of them.
  5294.  
  5295. 1141
  5296. 01:32:15,760 --> 01:32:18,640
  5297. This afternoon
  5298. historic documents
  5299.  
  5300. 1142
  5301. 01:32:18,800 --> 01:32:23,359
  5302. concluding the Treaty of Peace
  5303. between the Arab Republic of Egypt
  5304.  
  5305. 1143
  5306. 01:32:23,360 --> 01:32:25,920
  5307. and the State of
  5308. Israel will be signed.
  5309.  
  5310. 1144
  5311. 01:32:28,480 --> 01:32:30,280
  5312. It's better to have
  5313. the three of us together.
  5314.  
  5315. 1145
  5316. 01:32:30,400 --> 01:32:31,400
  5317. Very good.
  5318.  
  5319. 1146
  5320. 01:32:36,000 --> 01:32:37,440
  5321. I'm so proud of both of you.
  5322.  
  5323. 1147
  5324. 01:32:37,560 --> 01:32:38,799
  5325. God bless you both.
  5326.  
  5327. 1148
  5328. 01:32:38,800 --> 01:32:40,320
  5329. Thank you,
  5330. Mr. President.
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