MOONSTONE FILMS CORRESPONDENT ARAFAT INVESTIGATED TITLE SEQUENCE 59:57 00:00 MUSIC TITLE: ‘CORRESPONDENT’ 00:06 ARCHIVE: SLO-MO MS ARAFAT SLO-MO MEDICS ATTENDING SUICIDE BOMB VICTIM 00:10 00:11 00:12 PRESIDENT BUSH V/O Mr Arafat has failed as a leader. MS ISRAELI TANKS DRIVES L-R MS ARAB WOMEN AT GRAVESIDE, PAN TO GRAVES MS PARADE OF WOULD-BE SUICIDE BOMBERS, EXPLOSIVES STRAPPED AROUND WAISTS 00:14 00:17 00:20 PRESIDENT BUSH V/O If the Palestinian people want peace they must have leadership that is absolutely 100% committed to fighting off terror L/A WS ARAFAT GIVES VICTORY SIGNAL FROM WINDOW MS ARMS OF MAN IN CROWD SIGNALLING BACK 00:24 00:25 00:33 COMM Yasser Arafat, once a regular visitor to the White House, has been put into isolation by President Bush and Ariel Sharon, Israel’s prime minister. Are they right to blame him for three years of killing? 00:39 EYAD SARRAJ V/O Arafat knows - MS EYAD SARRAJ, I/V SYNC 00:40 EYAD SARRAJ - that military we cannot win over the Israelis. ARCHIVE: SLO-MO MS ARAFAT RAISES ZAKARIA ZUBAIDI’S ARM ALOFT SLO-MO WS ARMED PALESTINIANS IN STREET 00:43 00:49 EYAD SARRAJ V/O But he, I think believes, that by using armed struggle that he could squeeze the Israelis into making peace SLO-MO MS ISRAELI CARRYING INJURED GIRL 00:53 00:54 EHUT OLMERT V/O don’t tell me that we are ignoring their leader. MS EHUT OLMERT, I/V SYNC FADE TO BLACK 00:57 EHUT OLMERT We are ignoring a terrorist killer. ARCHIVE: MS ARAFAT GIVING VICTORY SALUTE FREEZE FRAME & TITLE SUPERED: ‘ARAFAT INVESTIGATED’ 01:00 01:02 EXT. DAY: L/A WS BOWEN’S ARMOURED PRESS CAR DRIVES TOWARD CAMERA 01:07 MS BOWEN DRIVING, TO CAMERA CAPTION SUPERED: ‘JEREMY BOWEN’ 01:15 01:16 JEREMY BOWEN I’ve been covering the Middle East since 1990. I was based in Jerusalem for five years as the BBC’s Middle East correspondent. All that time one of the fixed points has always been Yasser Arafat. For getting on for four decades, he’s been the leader of the Palestinians. I’ve come back to see why Sharon and Bush want to replace him. And to see how well they’re doing. L/A WS BOWEN’S CAR APPROACHES & PASSES CAMERA 01:39 GVs ARMED GUARDS AT CHECKPOINT CHECKING DOCUMENTS ETC 01:42 01:43 MUSIC 01:45 01:53 COMM You can’t drive more than a few miles in the West Bank without running into an Israeli army checkpoint. COMM Most Palestinians, most of the time, can’t leave their towns and villages. MCU ISRAELI FLAG SEEN THRU WINDOW OF ARMOURED CAR 01:58 MS BOWEN DRIVING, VIEW OF ROAD AHEAD THRU WINDSCREEN BCU BOWEN, PROFILE 02:01 02:02 02:06 COMM It’s simpler for journalists – though we travelled in a bullet proof vehicle. In the occupied territories it’s easy to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. WS TRACK PAST RAMALLAH ROAD SIGH TRACKING SHOTS OF RAMALLAH STREETS 02:10 02:12 02:14 COMM This was Ramallah, the town where Yasser Arafat is confined. I drove in just after suicide bombers had killed 15 Israelis. MS SHUTTERED UP SHOP CU PADLOCK WS SHUTTERED SHOPS MCU PADLOCK FASTENED 02:22 02:24 02:26 02:29 COMM Shopkeepers were locking up early. Everyone was expecting more Israeli reprisals – the question was what they’d do. CU SHOPKEEPER, I/V SYNC CAPTION SUPERED: ‘HANI ABU SHRIEF’ 02::31 02:33 HANI ABU SHRIEF (translation) I am afraid the army will come back again and do what they did before. This way we’ll be ready to shut down to avoid any danger to the shop. O/S WS HANI ABU SHRIEF 02:43 02:44 BOWEN What – what is the expectation of people in Ramallah at the moment? BCU HANI ABU SHRIEF 02:46 02:48 HANI ABU SHRIEF (translation) Everyone expects a full invasion tonight, especially at the President’s headquarters. TRACKING SHOTS PAST BLASTED & BATTERED BUILDINGS OF ARAFAT’S COMPOUND 02:57 02:59 COMM On the edge of Ramallah’s town centre is Yasser Arafat’s West Bank headquarters. For 18 months this has been his world. WS GUARD SLUMPED IN CHAIR BY RUINED GATEWAY 03:07 MUSIC WS SHATTERED BUILDING WS PILE OF BURNT-OUT CARS WS BOWEN, PAN R WITH HIM 03:10 03:12 03:13 03:15 COMM Most of it has been blown up or bulldozed during Israeli incursions. Arafat doesn’t leave in case the Israelis don’t allow him back. MS TATTERED ARAFAT POSTERS ON WALL MS MAN LOOKING OUT OF WINDOW THRU BINOCULARS 03:20 03:21 03:23 COMM But even though Arafat is isolated, he’s not alone. He can’t go out, so people come to him. WS PRO-ARAFAT DEMONSTRATORS WITH BANNERS GVs DEMONSTATORS WITH FLAGS 03:26 03:29 03:30 CHANTING COMM Arafat’s people call him Abu Ammar – father of the builder. It’s a name he took on when he was a young man. L/A LS ARAFAT WAVES FROM UPPER WINDOW 03:36 CHANTING (subtitles) Give us weapons, Abu ‘Ammar MS DEMONSTRATOR CHANTING INTO LOUDHAILER 03:40 The Zionists will be set alight CU MAN CHANTING 03:44 Yasser (obscured) Yasser 03:48 He’s the symbol of the people BCU BOWEN WATCHING CU MAN IN YELLOW HEADSCARF 03:52 03:56 COMM Arafat is confined here because Israel, and the Americans, say he is responsible for the violence – especially the suicide bombings. L/A MS ARAFAT LEADING CHANT FROM UPPER WINDOW 04:00 CHANTING (subtitles) We were born to carry machine guns CU MAN HOLDS UP ARAFAT POSTER 04:04 We pledge ourselves to the cause WS JEEP APPROACHES, CAMERAN EMERGES FROM SIDESTREET 04:08 ISRAELI PLANE FLYING OVERHEAD 04:12 MS JEREMY BOWEN TO CAMERA 04:17 JEREMY BOWEN The Israelis have raided Ramallah today. Their jeeps have been cruising past the gates of the compound. Their tanks are never more than a mile or so away. Everybody here is expecting trouble – maybe big trouble. ISRAELI JET FLYING OVERHEAD 04:30 GVs RUBBLE BEING CLEARED 04:43 04:37 COMM As the Palestinians rearranged the rubble, the Israelis did not, after all, send in the troops. Instead the Israeli cabinet decided to exile Arafat. That’s still a step too far for the Americans, so no date was set. EXT. EVE: WS RAMALLAH STREET AT DUSK FADE TO 04:51 MUSIC H/A PANORAMIC SHOT OF COUNTYSIDE, HIGHWAY IN R F/G 04:55 EXT. NIGHT: WS COLUMN OF TRAFFIC IN JAM ON HIGHWAY 04:59 WS MAN STANDING BY CAR DOOR LOOKING AT TRAFFIC AHEAD 05:00 05:03 COMM It was slow getting back to Jerusalem that night. Israel, like the Palestinians, was expecting more violence. MS JEREMY BOWEN AT ROADSIDE, TO CAMERA 05:07 JEREMY BOWEN It looks as if the police have had another warning about suicide bombers trying to get into Jerusalem. This is one of the main highways into the city. A roadblock has been set up about a mile that way. It’s jammed solid. GVs PALESTINIANS HAVING PAPERS & VEHICLES CHECKED AT ROADBLOCK 05:21 H/A WS TRAFFIC JAM 05:22 05:37 COMM Palestinians using the roads are automatically suspects. Israel insists all its actions are in self defence. Its overwhelmingly strong security forces control the roads, the sea and the sky – but it holds Yasser Arafat responsible when the bombers get through. ARCHIVE: SLO-MO AFTERMATH OF SUICIDE BOMBING, INJURED HELPED TO AMBULANCES ETC 05:42 MUSIC CAPTION: (OBSCURED) 05:47 05:48 COMM This bomb, these killings – and more of the same in Tel Aviv – led directly to the order for Arafat’s expulsion. MS BLOODSTAINED ROAD FADE TO 05:56 STILL: DAVID APPLEBAUM & DAUGHTER Z/I TO BCU 06:01 06:03 COMM Among the dead in Jerusalem were Dr David Applebaum and his daughter Nava. MS JEREMY BOWEN OUTSIDE APPLEBAUM’S HOUSE, TO CAMERA 06:09 JEREMY BOWEN The Applebaum family home is just there – it’s about a mile from, where David and Nava Applebaum were killed. The Jewish tradition is that for about a week after people die, the family receive condolence visits from friends and relations. I’m just going up there now. MCU WOMAN ENTERING HOUSE 06:28 CU PHOTO ALBUM IN HANDS 06:30 STILL: CU DAVID APPLEBAUM 06:33 FADE TO 06:34 COMM David Applebaum, originally from the United States, was a well-known local doctor. STILL: APPLEBAUM LOOKING AT X- RAY 06:38 06:39 NATAN APPLEBAUM V/O My dad spent his life helping others. He was a doctor - MCU NATAN APPLEBAUM, I/V SYNC CAPTION SUPERED: ‘NATAN APPLEBAUM’ 06:44 06:46 NATAN APPLEBAUM - in various hospitals, on the ambulances. He was the first one at many terrorist attacks. He saved thousands and thousands of lives. WS PEOPLE ENTERING HOUSE TO OFFER CONDOLENCES 06:53 CU MAN 06:54 06:57 NATAN APPLEBAUM V/O He was – he was in the States, he came back Tuesday morning. Tuesday night he was killed. STILL: NAVA IN WEDDING DRESS 07:00 COMM Nava Applebaum and her father were killed on the night before her wedding. 07:05 NATAN APPLEBAUM V/O My sister’s hopes were - MCU NATAN APPLEBAUM, I/V SYNC 07:06 NATAN APPLEBAUM - to get married and start – start her - her family and continue living here. CU PHOTO ALBUM, TILT UP TO MAN LOOKING AT IT BCU GIRL 07:12 07:21 NATAN APPLEBAUM V/O Everybody was home having last preparations people were hungry so they decided to go get some takeaway and he purposely went with her so he could have a chat with her. GVs RELATIONS, FRIENDS CHATTING 07:23 07:24 NATAN APPLEBAUM V/O The terrorists need to be eradicated. 07:24 JEREMY BOWEN V/O Would you like to see Yasser Arafat expelled? CU NATAN APPLEBAUM, I/V SYNC 07:28 NATAN APPLEBAUM Getting rid of Arafat will not solve our problems, but he is definitely one of the people that need to be taken out. B/W ARCHIVE: SLO-MO MCU ARAFAT WAVING & HOLDING MICROCPHONE FREEZE FRAME & FADE TO 07:30 07:39 MUSIC EXT. DAY: TRACKING SHOTS OF COUNTRYSIDE & ROAD 07:40 07:43 COMM To investigate Arafat’s links with the people that Israelis consider terrorists we went to Jenin, on the northern part of the West Bank, just across the border from Israel. MS BOWEN DRIVING, TO CAMERA 07:54 07:57 JEREMY BOWEN This is the way into Jenin. There’s a real contrast to the lush farmland on the Israeli side. TRACKING SHOT OF ROAD BLOCK AHEAD, Z/I ON TANKS AT SIDE OF ROAD 08:03 JEREMY BOWEN V/O This feels like the entrance to a war zone O/S MS SOLDIER OPENS DOOR TO CHECK BOWEN’S PAPERS 08:11 JEREMY BOWEN Shalom … BBC WS TANK SEEN THRU WINDSCREEN 08:16 WS OBSERVATION POST 08:17 08:20 COMM Israeli forces blockade Jenin – and every other town on the West Bank. H/A PANORAMIC SHOT OF JENIN & MOUNTAINS BEYOND TRACKING SHOT OF JENIN STREET, THRU WINDSCREEN 08:23 08:24 08:28 COMM We went there to look at Arafat’s relationship with the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades. WS TRACK PAST SHOPS & PARKED CARS LS BOY WALKS PAST RUINED HOUSE 08:31 08:35 COMM They were frontline Palestinian fighters when Israel reoccupied Jenin and the rest of the West Bank last year. CU RUBBLE OF WRECKED BUILDING CU ARAFAT POSTER AMONG RUBBLE 08:38 08:39 08:42 COMM And they’re also suicide bombers. STILL: HAIDAR IRSHEID ON MOBILE PHONE 08:45 08:46 COMM Haidar Irsheid was the governor of Jenin, appointed by Yasser Arafat himself to to represent the Palestinian Authority RECONSTRUCTION: ABDUCTION OF HAIDAR IRSHEID 08:55 MUSIC CAPTION SUPERED: ‘RECONSTRUCTION’ 08:58 09:03 09:19 COMM In July, men from the Al Aqsa brigades went to his house – and took him away at gunpoint. COMM They say he was corrupt – or perhaps it was a convenient way for Arafat to remove him. EXT. DAY: H/S WS STREET & TRAFFIC IN JENIN 09:24 WS PEOPLE AT CAFÉ TABLES CHATTING MS MEN CHATTING 09:25 09:28 09:31 COMM The gunmen took the governor to the centre of Jenin, a crowded place, where plenty of people could see how they dealt with their enemies. MCU MOHAMMED, I/V SYNC CAPTION SUPERED: ‘MOHAMMED’ 09:35 09:37 MOHAMMED (translation) I rushed outside and saw them throw a man face-down on the ground. They started beating him, opening a wound in his head. MCU MAJDI SADI, I/V SYNC CAPTION SUPERED: ‘MAJDI SADI’ 09:43 09:44 09:46 MAJDI SADI (translation) They were hitting him with sticks. They said he was the Governor and that he’d embezzled money and was a troublemaker and a gangster. MCU MOHAMMED, I/V SYNC 10:01 10:03 MOHAMMED (translation) His mother tried to help him, but she was hit as well. RECONSTRUCTION: HAIDAR IRSHEID BUNDLED INTO CAR & DRIVEN AWAY 10:07 10:08 MOHAMMED V/O (translation) Then they drove him away. 10:10 MUSIC 10:12 COMM It took a personal phone call from Yasser Arafat to get the governor released. He fled to Jordan, denying the allegations against him. ARCHIVE: SLO-MO MS MEMBER OF AL AQSA BRIGADE HOLDING ARAFAT POSTER 10:23 10:26 COMM It’s clear that Arafat has a close relationship with the Al Aqsa brigades. SLO-MO HOODED ARMED MEN 10:30 10:33 COMM I wanted to meet them. SLO-MO MS PAN L WITH MAN CARRYING RIFLE 10:36 EXT. DAY: CU WHEELS OF BOWEN’S ARMOURED CAR AS IT PULLS UP 10:40 MS BOWEN GETS OUT OF CAR, TO CAMERA 10:46 HE TURNS & WALKS AWAY FROM CAMERA 10:49 JEREMY BOWEN The people we’re going to see are on Israel’s wanted list. Getting this far has taken complicated negotiations, a couple of hours of waiting and a succession of intermediaries. Now it looks as if we’ve arrived. WS BOWEN APPROACHES DOWN ALLEY 11:06 TRACK WITH BOWEN DOWN ALLEY L/A WS BOWEN ENTERS COURTYARD & SITS DOWN TO WAIT 11:07 11:09 11:12 11:17 COMM Israel has a policy of seeking out and killing men on its wanted list. Finding the kidnappers wasn’t easy. COMM There was another long wait, in the back yard of a woman whose husband and young son were killed by the Israelis. LS ZAKARIA & HIS MEN APPEAR AROUND CORNER PAN L AS ZAKARIA & BOWEN SHAKE HANDS, FOLLOWED BY LIEUTENANTS 11:24 11:27 11:37 COMM When they arrived they had a certain swagger. COMM Zakaria Zubaidi, leader of Jenin’s Al Aqsa brigades, is 27. His lieutenants are barely out of their teens. MCU GUN, TILT UP TO LIEUTENANT 11:48 COMM Israel regards them as terrorists. In Jenin they are heroes. WS ZAKARIA & LIEUTENANTS SIT TO TALK TO BOWEN 11:53 11:54 COMM When the Israeli army isn’t around, the young men who dethroned the governor are in charge. CU GUN BARREL 12:01 MS ZAKARIA ZUBAIDI, I/V SYNC CAPTION SUPERED: ‘ZAKARIA ZUBAIDI Leader, Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades Jenin Refugee Camp’ CU COFFEE CUP IN HAND MS ZAKARIA A/B 12:05 12:06 12:14 12:17 ZAKARIA ZUBAIDI (translation) We did not kidnap the governor of Jenin. We took him into custody for a few hours. We want the President and the Palestinian Authority to hold him responsible for his actions because he stole money from the people. He also sent two of his thugs to assassinate a member of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades. That’s why we took him into custody. CU HAND RESTING ON GUN WS BOWEN & ZAKARIA MS ZAKARIA 12:29 12:33 12:37 12:38 12:40 JEREMY BOWEN When you captured the Governor of Jenin, did Yasser Arafat speak to you directly telling you to release him? ZAKARIA ZUBAIDI (translation) Yes. JEREMY BOWEN What did he say? ZAKARIA ZUBAIDI (translation) We don’t question his decisions. They[‘re carried out first, and discussed later. 12:44 MUSIC B/W ARCHIVE: SLO-MO ARAFA GIVING PEACE/VICTORY SIGN TO CROWD 12:46 FADE TO 12:48 COMM Arafat is the man they trust – because of his past and because of what he’s going through now. LS BOWENT TALKING TO ZAKARIA & LIEUTENANTS IN COURTYARD 12:55 12:56 JEREMY BOWEN How important to you is Yasser Arafat as a leader? MCU ZAKARIA 12:59 13:00 ZAKARIA ZUBAIDI (translation) He’s important because he’s a patriot. CU WALLET OPENED TO DISPLAY PHOTO 13:04 ZAKARIA ZUBAIDI (translation) This is Yasser Arafat. 13:06 JEREMY BOWEN This is a picture of Yasser Arafat as a young man, when he was a fighter, right? 13:11 13:18 ZAKARIA ZUBAIDI (translation) Yasser Arafat with his weapon. All his life he’s been a loyal fighter. JEREMY BOWEN With a gun. Yasser Arafat with a kalashnikov, probably in the late ‘60s as a young man. TILT UP TO ZAKARIA MS ZAKARIA 13:28 13:31 13:33 ZAKARIA ZUBAIDI (translation) He’s a man of peace and war, a man of resistance. JEREMY BOWEN Is that what you want to be like? Is he your role model? 13:36 ZAKARIA ZUBAIDI (translation) I follow him because he is an honest man. At the same time he is free and seeks peace. MS LIEUTENANT KEEPING LOOK-OUT 13:44 MCU ZAKARIA FIRES GUN 13:47 WS ZAKARIA FIRES GUN AT TREE 13:50 13:52 COMM Zubaidi shot at a tree to show off the Israeli army M-16s they’ve obtained MS SMALL BOY WITH PISTOL, LIEUTENANT GREETS HIM WITH A KISS MS BOY FUSSED OVER BY LIEUTENANTS, PAN L TO FATAH BOSS 13:58 14:00 14:03 COMM Officially Fatah, Arafat’s dominant faction in the PLO, is coy about its relationship with the brigades. But Fatah fixed up the interview, which was supervised by the local Fatah boss. L/A MS BOWEN TALKING TO ZAKARIA & FATAH BOSS 14:16 JEREMY BOWEN So you’re the Chief of Fatah here? BCU BOWEN 14:22 14:24 14:25 TRANSLATOR He’s the General Secretary of Fatah here JEREMY BOWEN So explain to me, Fatah and the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, are they part of the same organisation? Are you separate, are you together, how close are you? BCU ATA ABU RUMAILEH CAPTION SUPERED: ‘ARA ABU RUMAILEH General Secretary of Fatah Jenin Refugee Camp’ CU ZAKARIA’S HAND ON HIS SHOULDER 14:34 14:35 14:36 14:44 ATA ABU RUMAILEH (translation) Fatah has two sections: a military wing, led by the military and a political wing led by the politicians. But there is no difference between Fatah and the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades. BCU ZAKARIA 14:48 JEREMY BOWEN Are you his boss or he is your boss? L/A MS BOWEN, ZAKARIA & RUMAILEH 14:51 14:53 JEREMY BOWEN One’s a politician and one’s a soldier? OK, so who’s more important now – the politician or the soldier? CU LIEUTENANT, TILT DOWN TO SMALL BOY CU RUMAILEH 14:59 15:01 15:04 ATA ABU RUMAILEH (translation) During this period of Israeli aggression, the military has the upper hand. We are defending our people and we cannot defend them using speeches and demonstrations. MS ZAKARIA BCU RUMAILEH 15:16 15:19 JEREMY BOWEN And who is in charge of both of these two parts of the organisation, is it Arafat? 15:21 ATA ABU RUMAILEH Yasser Arafat BCU BOWEN BCU RUMAILEH 15:23 15:26 ATA ABU RUMAILEH (translation) He’s the only leader of the Palestinian people. We only recognise Arafat as our leader. 15:29 MUSIC WS ZAKARIA & OTHERS WALK AWAY 15:30 ARCHIVE: SLO-MO MS ARAFAT AT DESK 15:34 15:35 EYAD SARRAJ V/O Arafat uses violence as a tactical thing. He, I think, believes -. MS EYAD SARRAJ, I/V SYNC CAPTION SUPERED: ‘EYAD SARRAJ Palestinian Independent Commission for Citizens’ Rights’ 15:41 15:43 EYAD SARRAJ - that he could squeeze the Israelis into a position of saying okay, Mr Arafat, we’re going to sit at the table. Well, Sharon is the complete opposite - ARCHIVE: SLO-MO WS SHARON, Z/I AS HE REMOVES SPECTACLES 15:53 EYAD SARRAJ V/O - of that, and he believes that overwhelming power is the way to make the Palestinians and Arafat completely submit. MS EYAD SARRAJ, I/V SYNC 16:02 EYAD SARRAJ Between them there is this tug of war that is causing the harm to everyone else. ARCHIVE: AFTERMATH OF SUICIDE BOMBING – FIRE & MAN HELPED TO AMBULANCE 16:08 16:11 COMM The Al Aqsa brigades have carried out 13 suicide attacks during this uprising, killing more than 60 people. ARCHIVE: ARAFAT CONDEMNING SUICIDE BOMBING. (ITN 3 19-5-2003) 16:20 ARAFAT I condemn it completely this terrorist activity. ARCHIVE: AFTERMATH OF SUICIDE BOMBING 16:24 ARCHIVE: ARAFAT CONDEMNING SUICIDE BOMBING )APTN 19-5-2003 Story Number: 374957) 16:26 ARAFAT You know we are against - ARCHIVE: AFTERMATH OF SUICIDE BOMBING 16:28 ARAFAT V/O - these suicidal activities ARCHIVE: ARAFAT CONDEMNING TERRORISM EX (APTN 8-12-2001) 16:33 ARAFAT Yes I am against terrorism ARCHIVE: AFTERMATH OF SUICIDE BOMBING 16:35 COMM The Israelis say his words are lies. EXT. DAY: WS WOMEN’S RALLY IN THE MUKATA 16:40 CU FLAGS 16:42 CHANTING (subtitles) To Jerusalem we are heading CU YOUNG WOMAN IN CROWD 16:46 martyrs by the millions CU ARAFAT WATCHING RALLY 16:49 MCU CAMERAMAN CU ARAFAT HANDED GIRL HOLDING FLAG B/W STILL: DALAL AL MUGHRABI 16:50 16:53 16:56 16:59 COMM Israel says that when he speaks to his own people, he shows what he really thinks. Just outside the door of his headquarters, he invoked the memory of Dalal al Mughrabi, widely regarded by Palestinians as a national heroine. MS BANK OF NEWS CAMERAS AT RALLY BCU ARAFAT POSTER 17:04 17:05 17:08 ARAFAT (subtitles) Dalal al Mughrabi… is the road to victory MCU ARAFAT LEADING CHANTING 17:11 WOMEN CHANTING (subtitles) Dalal al Mughrabi is the road to victory B/W STILL: DALAL AS ACTIVIST ARCHIVE: LS BURNING BUS, MARCH 13 1978 17:17 17:18 17:22 COMM In 1978 Dalal al Mughrabi led a group of Palestinian gunmen who landed on an Israeli beach in rubber dinghies. ARCHIVE: AFTERMATH OF ATTACK, INJURED IN AMBULANCES, COFFINS AT FUNERAL CAPTION SUPERED: ‘March 1978’ 17:27 ACTUALITY The 11 terrorists carried with them a combination of sub-machine guns, rockets and mortar grenades. In an orgy of bloodshed on the coastal road, 37 people were killed and 76 injured. It was the worst terrorist incident in the history of Israel. EXT. DAY: WS WOMEN’S RALLY AT THE MUKATA MCU ARAFAT 17:47 17:49 17:53 COMM Palestinians deny he’s urging the women to emulate Mughrabi. Instead, they say, the chants are symbolic, ritualistic – not a guide to policy. MS EYAD SARRAJ, I/V SYNC 18:01 EYAD SARRAJ He believes that leaders have to er, er, er, excite the people in order to lead. MCU ARAFAT WATCHING WOMEN’S RALLY A/B O/S LS ARAFAT WATCHING RALLY 18:12 18:19 EYAD SARRAJ V/O If the Israelis are not going to leave the land by themselves peacefully, with negotiations, the Palestinians will continue to resist This is the me – real meaning. MS EYAD SARRAJ, I/V SYNC 18:24 EYAD SARRAJ So Arafat is only translating these sentiments into his short sentences, er, which become like slogans. MCU ARAFAT WATCHING WOMEN’S RALLY A/B, Z/O TO MS 18:32 EYAD SARRAJ V/O I think that he doesn’t know that leadership doesn’t have to be through slogans and excitement. MS EYAD SARRAJ, I/V SYNC 18:38 EYAD SARRAJ It can be also through very wise speeches that give the people directions. L/A WS ARAFAT MAKES PEACE/VICTORY GESTURE FROM WINDOW 18:45 18:46 MUSIC MS ARMS OF MAN IN CROWD SIGNALLING BACK 18:47 ARCHIVE: INTIFADA, YOUTHS THROWING STONES, ISRAELI SOLDIERS OPENING FIRE ETC ARCHIVE: PALESTINIAN FUNERAL WS HOODED PLO MEN FIRE INTO THE AIR 18:48 18:49 18:56 19:05 19:09 COMM The intifada started in September 2000 after the collapse of the Camp David summit COMM Six years of peace talks to deliver a state for Palestinians and real security for the Israelis ended with bloodshed. Every attempt to revive the peace process since then failed. Both sides blame each other. ARCHIVE: WOUNDED ISRAELI SOLDIER CARRIED TO SAFETY ARCHIVE: WS HELICOPTER LANDING 19:12 19:16 COMM Early on Israel and the United States tried to get Arafat to make a speech calling off the Intifada. EXT. DAY: LS BOWEN & KALMAN AT TABLE ON CAFÉ TERRACE 19:19 19:20 COMM Like the other foreign journalists in Jerusalem, Matthew Kalman was waiting to hear it. MS MATTHEW KALMAN, I/V SYNC CAPTION SUPERED: ‘MATTHEW KALMAN Journalist’ 19:26 MATTHEW KALMAN I think you have to remember that this was before the suicide bombings, it was before the real nasty terrorism. ARCHIVE: YOUTHS THROWING STONES 19:33 MATTHEW KALMAN V/O - and at that time it did seem to be containable MS MATTHEW KALMAN, I/V SYNC 19:38 MATTHEW KALMAN The plan formulated by the Americans was that the Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Barak, the Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, would each make a statement at mid afternoon - ARCHIVE: ISRAELI SOLDIERS FIRING TEAR GAS FROM ARMOURED CAR & YOUTHS THROWING STONES WITH SLINGSHOTS 19:50 MATTHEW KALMAN V/O - announcing that the fighting would stop and each side would withdraw. Ehud Barak - MS MATTHEW KALMAN, I/V SYNC 19:56 MATTHEW KALMAN - was sitting in his office, with a crew from Israel television and radio, with his statement prepared and they were waiting for confirmation that Yasser Arafat was doing the same with er, his broadcasting people in his office. And the messages kept going backwards and forwards that Arafat wasn’t yet ready, that the people weren’t yet in place er, and at first it was delayed by an hour, and then by another hour and then it was postponed and then it just disappeared. WS/2S BOWEN & KALMAN MS MATTHEW KALMAN 20:28 20:30 JEREMY BOWEN Afterwards who got the blame? MATTHEW KALMAN The Americans blamed Arafat. Very clearly. ARCHIVE: YOUTHS THROWING STONES, RUNNING FROM TEAR GAS 20:35 20:37 COMM But Palestinians don’t believe Arafat could have stopped an uprising which had its own dynamic. His speeches reflected Palestinian opinion – they didn’t challenge it. ARCHIVE: MS ARAFAT EMBRACING ARAB LEADER & ADDRESSING DOHA CONFERENCE (EX AL JAZEERA dated 11 NOV 2000) 20:47 20:48 COMM He played to his audience at home - and either forgot or didn’t care that the Americans were listening too. CAPTION SUPERED: ‘NOVEMBER 2000’ 20:54 20:55 20:58 ARAFAT (subtitles) Our people are more determined than ever 21:01 to continue our struggle through this just uprising 21:06 whose aim is to express our longing for freedom… 21:12 independence and salvation from the clutches… ARCHIVE: PALESTINIANS DEMONSTRATING AT FUNERAL 21:17 ARAFAT V/O (subtitles) of the aggressive Israeli occupation MS MOURNING WOMAN BY WALL 21:22 in all its violent and destructive forms MS WEEPING CHILD 21:26 21:29 MUSIC ARCHIVE: GVs ISRAELI TANKS IN STREETS, REOCCUPATION OF WEST BANK 21:31 ARCHIVE: STORMING OF ARAFAT’S COMPOUND 21:33 21:45 21:49 COMM But Israel worked hard – and successfully – to identify what it was doing with America’s war on terrorism. In April 2002, Israeli troops reoccupied the west bank. They stormed Yasser Arafat’s compound in Ramallah, COMM They claimed to have found documents proving that Arafat was funding suicide bombers. MCU ARAFAT 21:58 22:00 COMM Israel wanted regime change – and so did its most important friend. ARCHIVE: BUSH SPEECH – (JUNE 24 2002) CAPTION SUPERED: ‘JUNE 2002’ 22:04 22:05 PRESIDENT BUSH Today Palestinian Authorities are encouraging – not opposing – terrorism. This is unacceptable. Peace requires a new and different Palestinian leadership. ARCHIVE: SLO-MO BCU ARAFAT MOPPING BROW, Z/O TO MS 22:22 MUSIC ALI JARBAWI SYNC 22:26 ALI JARBAWI V/O Well Arafat is Palestine walking on legs. MS ALI JARBAWI, I/V SYNC CAPTION SUPERED: ‘DR ALI JARBAWI Professor of Political Science Birzeit University’ 22:29 ALI JARBAWI He thinks that he symbolises the whole struggle, basically, and he doesn’t differentiate between the national interest and his own interest. ARCHIVE: MS ARAFAT, HAND TO MOUTH, Z/I TO CU Z/O TO WS 22:38 ALI JARBAWI V/O Of course, if you are a symbol of Palestinian er, resistance and someone from abroad will tell you, ‘we don’t want to talk to you and you have to remove your leader,’ then it has to backfire. And it did EXT. EVE: MOON EMERGES FROM CLOUDS 22:53 22:54 MUSIC RECONSTRUCTION: PALESTINIAN OPPOSITION MEMBER ARRIVING FOR SECRET NIGHT TIME MEETING CAPTION SUPERED: ‘RECONSTRUCTION’ 22:57 22:59 COMM Arafat’s Palestinian critics – and there have been many of them – sensed this was their chance. What was starting to look like an opposition to Arafat held a series of what they hoped were discrete meetings STILL: NABIL AMR FADE TO 23:11 23:12 COMM One of them, Nabil Amr, had written an open letter to Arafat criticising his leadership. RECONSTRUCTION: 2ND OPPOSITION LEADER ARRIVING AT ABU MAZEN’S HOUSE 23:18 23:20 COMM Some of the meetings were held at the home of a politician seen for many years as a potential successor to Arafat. STILL: CU ABU MAZEN, Z/I TO BCU 23:28 COMM He was Abu Mazen and he criticised the way that the intifada had become an armed confrontation with Israel. ARCHIVE: MS ABU MAZEN, I/V SYNC (EX AL JAZEERA DATED 25/9/2002( CAPTION SUPERED: ‘SEPTEMBER 2002’ 23:36 23:39 ABU MAZEN (translation) Things went over the top. Personally I was against using firearms and shooting from residential areas against civilians – practises which led to anarchy. Mistakes were made. RECONSTRUCTION: OPPOSITION LEADERS DISCUSSING CAPTION SUPERED: ‘RECONSTRUCTION’ 23:55 23:56 COMM Arafat responded to the meetings and the criticism. He seems to have regarded them as a conspiracy against him. RECONSTRUCTION: YOUTH SPRAYING GRAFFITI 24:05 COMM Young men sprayed graffitti - a traditional form of political expression here condemning traitors who were selling their souls to America and Israel RECONSTRUCTION: ARAFAT LOYALISTS SHOOT UP NABIL AMR’S HOUSE 24:18 COMM One night Arafat loyalists from the Al Aqsa Martyr’s Brigades went to Nabil Amr’s house and delivered a stronger message. WS NABIL AMR’S HOUSE 24:30 24:33 COMM Nobody was hurt. But everyone knew what the bullets meant. Arafat was not prepared to listen to his critics – let alone share power with them. CU BROKEN TILE ON ROOF 24:39 CU BULLET HOLE IN WALL CU 2ND BULLET MARK 24:40 24:42 24:45 JEREMY BOWEN V/O After these meetings that Abu Mazen had, people have suggested that Arafat may have seen - seen it as a conspiracy against him. MS ALI JARBAWI, I/V SYNC 24:47 ALI JARBAWI Well internally they – we have so many difficulties. We don’t have a – an elaborate political system. We’re talking about personalities basically and the clash of personalities, and in doing so you have to understand what’s going on and how people manoeuvre in – in political life. So yes, there were manoeuvres by many. ARCHIVE: ABU MAZEN IN STREET SURROUNDED BY BODYGUARDS & PRESS 25:12 ARCHIVE: ABU MAZEN SWORN IN AS PRIME MINISTER 25:17 25:18 COMM But Arafat couldn’t resist huge external pressures. Last May he appointed Abu Mazen as Palestinian prime minister ARCHIVE: SLO-MO MS ABU MAZEN LOOKING THOUGHTFUL 25:26 MUSIC EXT. EVE: GVS GAZA CITY 25:28 GVS ABU MAZEN ARMED CONVOY LEAVING HQ 25:38 COMM In Gaza, there was an early test of the new prime minister’s authority. Abu Mazen – moving around in heavily protected convoys – was determined to start building the institutions of a state in waiting, which he believed Arafat had neglected. L/A WS PALESTINIAN FLAG ON POLE 25:58 26:00 JEREMY BOWEN V/O This is Abu Mazen’s headquarters in Gaza. WS BOWEN TO CAMERA, OUTSIDE CIVIL SERVICE BUILDING 26:02 JEREMY BOWEN One of his first targets for reform was Mohammed Abu Sharia, the head of the Civil Service. This is Mr Abu Sharia’s headquarters, the building next door. L/A WS CIVIL SERVICE BUILDING WS ARAFAT POSTER ON WALL 26:13 26:17 JEREMY BOWEN V/O But when Abu Mazen decided to replace him with his own man, he found out that Mr Abu Sharia had some very powerful friends. ARCHIVE: ARMED MEN OUTSIDE CIVIL SERVICE BUILDING CAPTION SUPERED: ’29 AUG 2003’ 26:22 GVs GUNMEN ON BUILDING & MAN LED FROM BUILDING 26:24 26:25 COMM Once again, gunmen from the Al Aqsa martyrs brigades intervened. Abu Mazen had American backing. It meant nothing in Gaza. CU GUN IN HANDS 26:34 SPOKESMAN (translation) We are here to carry out a decision taken by Yasser Arafat MS SPOKESMAN 26:36 26:37 He is our leader CU GUNS IN HANDS 26:39 Any attempt to challenge his decision will be met with bullets ARCHIVE: ARMED MEN INVADING THE OFFICE & CLEARING STREET OUTSIDE (AL JAZEERA) 26:43 26:44 COMM Replacing the head of civil service was considered crucial. The incumbent was accused of corruption, of abusing his post, which controlled official jobs. But for Arafat this was not about reform – it was about power. MS MAN LEADING PRO-ARAFAT DEMONSTRATION 27:05 27:06 CHANTING (subtitles) Do you want any leader other than Arafat? 27:09 No MS BOWEN OUTSIDE CIVIL SERVICE BUILDING, TO CAMERA 27:11 JEREMY BOWEN There was a clear lesson in all this for Abu Mazen. His writ as Prime Minister didn’t even run to the building next door. ARCHIVE: ARMED MEN IN CIVIL SERVICE BUILDING CHATTING 27:20 FRAMED PHOTO OF ARAFAT & SARRAJ ON WALL 27:23 27:24 EYAD SARRAJ V/O Er, Arafat is – is er, a man that is - MS EYAD SARRAJ, I/V SYNC 27:27 EYAD SARRAJ - almost self centred. I mean, he – he doesn’t like anybody challenging him. STILL: PAN FROM ARAFAT LOOKING SUSPICIOUS TO ABU MAZEN WITH HAND TO CHIN 27:31 EYAD SARRAJ V/O He can work with people, people can work with him, but not challenging him. MS EYAD SARRAJ, I/V SYNC 27:36 EYAD SARRAJ And I think this is basic er, er, understanding of Arafat. STILLl ABU MAZEN & PRESIDENT BUSH STILL: ABU MASEN WITH PRESIDENT BUSH & ARIEL SHARON 27:40 27:44 EYAD SARRAJ V/O I think, Abu Mazen could not handle Arafat properly. He was taking the show for himself. That was too much for Arafat to bear. ARCHIVE: MS ARAFAT SPEAKING AT MICROPHONE 27:49 27:51 EYAD SARRAJ V/O Arafat is full of mistakes, but he’s still the father of the nation. EXT. DAY: SLO-MO WS ZAKARIA & LIEUTENANTS WALK TOWARD CAMERA 27:57 MUSIC MS GUN IN HAND 28:00 28:03 COMM Arafat’s loyal Al Aqsa brigades were also a target of the new Government. Abu Mazen thought he’d found a way to influence them. WS HAMAYEL & BODYGUARDS LEAVING BUILDING TRACK WITH HAMAYEL & BODYGUARDS TOWARD CAR MS BONNET OF CAR AS IT DRIVES OFF 28:08 28:09 28:13 28:23 COMM Abdel Fattah Hamayel, one of his ministers, implemented the policy. The idea was to offer the gunmen a small salary which Abu Mazen hoped might even stop the suicide bombs. Hamayel felt for them. As a young man he too was a gunman – and spent twenty years in Israeli jails. MS HAMAYEL, I/V SYNC CAPTION SUPERED: ‘ABDEL FATAH HAMAYEL Former Minister of Sports and Youth Palestinian Authority’ 28:29 28:30 28:33 ABDEL FATAH HAMAYEL (translation) Originally, some people in these groups had been chosen to work for the security services. EXT. DAY: BCU GUN IN BODYGUARD’S HANDS, PAN TO FACE CU GUN PART BEING CLEANED 28:37 28:41 ABDEL FATAH HAMAYEL V/O (translation) So they were getting salaries, and still are doing so. MS HAMAYEL, I/V SYNC 28:46 28:47 ABDEL FATAH HAMAYEL (translation) Others weren’t getting anything. INT. DAY: GVs MAN HOLDING BABY 28:51 28:56 A lot of them have families to support – they have wives, children and homes. MS HAMAYEL, I/V SYNC 29:05 ABDEL FATAH HAMAYEL (translation) So a decision was taken to cover their living expenses, just as other groups are supported by the Palestinian Authority. INT. DAY: CU MAN FEEDING BABY, PAN TO GUN ON HIP WS MAN PUTS BABY IN COT 29:13 29:15 29:17 29:20 ABDEL FATAH HAMAYEL V/O (translation) We’re not talking about a large number of people. ABDEL FATAH HAMAYEL V/O (translation) There are not more than 450 in the Brigades. MS HAMAYEL, I/V SYNC 29:25 29:26 ABDEL FATAH HAMAYEL (translation) So the payments amount to – at most – between $40,000 and $50,000 a month. MS SHELVES & ARAFAT POSTER 29:34 JEREMY BOWEN These payments you have been making - does Yasser Arafat know about them and does he approve of them? MS HAMAYEL, I/V SYNC 29:40 29:41 ABDEL FATAH HAMAYEL (translation) This was a matter for the cabinet and the prime minister. Certainly Arafat knew, but he didn’t take the decision. ARCHIVE: SLO-MO AFTERMATH OF AL AQSA SUICIDE BOMBING 2-3-02 ex BBC 701 29:49 MUSIC 29:53 COMM Hamayel insists the money is to encourage the Al Aqsa brigades to keep the peace – not to reward them for the suicide attacks they had already carried out. MS HAMAYEL, I/V SYNC 30:05 30:08 ABDEL FATAH HAMAYEL (translation) The Palestinian Authority has repeatedly emphasized its view on this. We are against these types of operations because they run counter to the moral and religious principles of the Palestinian people as a whole. CU GUN COCKED 30:22 30:27 ABDEL FATAH HAMAYEL V/O (translation) Neither Mr Arafat for Fatah have ever supplied money to these groups so that - MS HAMAYEL, I/V SYNC 30:31 ABDEL FATAH HAMAYEL (translation) - they can acquire weapons. CU MAGAZINE PUT INTO GUN 30:36 30:37 JEREMY BOWEN V/O How do you know that the money you give them is not used for military operations? WS ZAKARIA & LIEUTENANTS CLEANING GUNS 30:44 ABDEL FATAH HAMAYEL V/O (translation) The amount sent to them is very small. At most it’s not more than £150 per person. MS HAMAYEL, I/V SYNC 30:49 30:53 ABDEL FATAH HAMAYEL (translation) How can anyone buy weapons with this amount of money? £150 doesn’t even meet a family’s basic needs. EXT. DAY: WS ZAKARIA WALKS UP STAIRS, BOWEN FOLLOWS 31:02 WS ZAKARIA & BOWEN COME UP STAIRS INTO RUINED HOUSE WS CLOTHES ON LINE 31:05 31:12 31:21 COMM In Jenin, Zakaria Zubaidi says they took the money without agreeing to anything – because they only listen to Arafat. So – no formal ceasefire though there have been no suicide attacks by the brigades since May. We were in the ruins of his home, where his mother was killed by the Israelis last year – when Zubaidi says he turned to violence. MS ZACHARIA, GUN ON HIP, PAN R TO BOWEN 31:26 JEREMY BOWEN So, do you believe then that suicide operations, suicide bombs against Israeli civilians ought to continue. There should be more of them? BCU ZAKARIA, I/V SYNC CAPTION SUPERED: ‘ZAKARIA ZUBAIDI Leader, Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades Jenin Refugee Camp’ 31:35 31:37 ZAKARIA ZUBAIDI (translation) Of course. Martyrdom operations inside Israel are not the strategy of the Palestinian people. LS ZAKARIA & BOWEN IN RUINED HOUSE BCU ZAKARIA 31:43 31:44 31:47 ZAKARIA ZUBAIDI (translation) They’re of no use to us politically. But they do have some advantage for our people, who are being killed every day. They want retaliation, revenge for the massacres committed by Israel. This is why we have martyrdom operations. BCU BOWEN 32:00 JEREMY BOWEN So if Arafat said stop these attacks, would the Al-Aqsa Brigades stop? 32:06 32:07 ZAKARIA ZUBAIDI (translation) Of course. But he won’t order us to do this until Israel stops the assassinations. PAN R TO BOWEN 31:21 JEREMY BOWEN But do you continue with them because he says continue with them? PAN BACK L TO ZAKARIA 32:25 ZAKARIA ZUBAIDI (translation) We pay close attention to what he says. When Arafat calls for a ceasefire, we will respect his decision and stop. ARCHIVE: SLO-MO MS ARAFAT HOLDING ZAKARIA’S ARM ALOFT, FREEZE FRAME 32:33 COMM Arafat’s influence over the Al Aqsa Brigades wasn’t threatened by the new Prime Minister. EXT. DAY: MS PALESTINIAN POLICE TRAINING WITH RIOT SHIELDS & BATONS 32:40 32:43 COMM Nor was his control over the mainstream Palestinian security forces. MS OFFICER SHOUTING ORDER WS POLICE MARCHING TOWARD CAMERA 32:50 32:52 32:55 COMM Abu Mazen wanted them. One reason why he resigned was his failure to get them MCU LEGS MARCH PAST R-L 32:58 LS POLICE DRILLING ON SQUARE MS PAN OVER RUBBLE OF SHATTERED BUILDING WS WELDER AT WORK LS POLICE DRILLING 33:00 33:03 33:10 33:13 COMM The Israelis have destroyed most of the security forces’ infrastructure – but Israel and the United States insist that Arafat’s men could still crack down on Hamas and the other Islamic extremists, if Arafat issued the orders. WS STREET MS BOWEN GETS INTO TAXI 33:17 33:20 COMM Some of his security chiefs say they don’t have the firepower – even if they wanted to do it. MS BOWEN IN TAXI, TO CAMERA 33:23 33:28 JEREMY BOWEN Anyway, for Palestinians it’s not a military issue – it’s a question of what’s possible politically. TRACKING SHOT OF STREET THRU WINDSCREEN 33:34 JEREMY BOWEN V/O This is the beach refugee camp in Gaza. But go down any street here or in the West Bank and you’ll find out why. MONTAGE OF SHOTS OF POSTERS CELEBRATING MARTYRS 33:42 MUSIC MS BOWEN’S FOOT STEPS OUT OF TAXI 33:44 33:50 COMM Look at these posters in Beach Camp, celebrating suicide attacks, or martyrdom operations as they’re known here. WS BOWEN APPROACHES POSTER L/A O/S MS POSTER MS 2ND POSTER MS 3RD POSTER CU 4TH POSTER 33:54 33:55 33:56 34:00 34:04 34:07 COMM Seven years ago, in 1996, there was a series of suicide bombings but then most Palestinians disapproved of them. With public support, Arafat ordered his troops into action against them. STILL: BLINDFOLD SUSPECT IN VAN STILL: PRISONER BEHIND BARBED WIRE 34:10 34:11 34:15 COMM The crackdown was led by Jibril Rajoub – a veteran of 18 years in Israeli jails and still one of Arafat’s main security advisers. MS JIBRIL RAJOUB, I/V SYNC CAPTION SUPERED: ‘JIBRIL RAJOUB National Security Advisor to President Arafat’ 34:20 34:21 JIBRIL RAJOUB In ’96, first of all, we had an Israeli partner. We had a labour government, who were dealing with us on equal foot as a partner. EXT. DAY: MS ARMED POLICE CHECKING DRIVER’S PAPERS MS POLICE VAN 34:33 34:40 JIBRIL RAJOUB V/O - And it was the responsibility of both of us to assure security for both of our peoples. Then the Palestinian people had a hope in their future, MCU DRIVER ON RADIO 34:44 34:46 JIBRIL RAJOUB V/O The substance of the problem is not in Hamas. MS JIBRIL RAJOUB, I/V SYNC 34:49 JIBRIL RAJOUB This - that does not mean that I’m defending what Hamas is doing. I think that the er, er, substance of this problem - EXT. EVE: WS PEOPLE QUEUING TO PASS THRU ISRAELI CHECKPOINT 34:59 JIBRIL RAJOUB V/O - the heart of the problem is the Israeli occupation. MS GUARD CHECKING PAPERS 35:03 MUSIC CU ARAB SILHOUETTED AGAINST SUNSET 35:06 PANORAMIC SHOT OF SUNRISE OVER MOUNTAINS 35:10 WS SUNRISE 35:14 H/A PANORAMIC SHOT OF HEBRON, PAN R 35:19 35:20 COMM Nowhere is the occupation sharper than in Hebron, a Hamas stronghold on the West Bank with a Jewish settlement right at its heart – where Palestinians believe the violence starts with Israel not with Arafat. MS BOWEN WALKS TO GATE TO HEBRON LS BOWEN OPENING GATE WS BOWEN 35:33 35:37 35:50 35:59 JEREMY BOWEN If you’re not a Jewish settler or an Israeli soldier, this is the only officially sanctioned way into Hebron. There’s a heavy steel gate here. There’s also a strong Israeli army position which they won’t let us film. It’s a quiet crossing – because even though there are around 120,000 Palestinians living in Hebron, most of them are never let out. GVs RUBBLE OF DESTROYED BUILDING BEING CLEARED, WOMAN PICKING UP BITS & PIECES 36:02 GVs TENTS AMID RUBBLE 36:08 36:27 COMM This was a block of flats which was home to fifteen families. Two Hamas gunmen were killed in it. by Israeli soldiers. The Israelis say that if Arafat won’t hit them, they will. But then they also hit the civilians here by clearing them out and blowing up their homes – a collective punishment of people whose only crime was to live in a place which Hamas gunmen used as a shelter in the middle of the night WS RATEB ZAITON, I/V SYNC CAPTION SUPERED: ‘DR RATEB ZAITON’ 36:34 RATEB ZAITON We are the refugees of 2003, not 1948. WS MEN SEARCHING IN RUBBLE 36:38 RATEB ZAITON V/O Imagine somebody destroyed your house in front of your eyes. What kind of feeling you’ll have? WS PAN R ACROSS SITE OF DESTROYED FLATS 36:44 36:45 COMM About a hundred yards away, another building was hit by a stray tank shell. Human rights groups have criticised Israel for using tanks in built-up areas. INT. DAY: MS BOWEN CLIMBS STAIRS, TO CAMERA, TRACK WITH HIM TO BATTERED GATE TRACK IN TO CU PICTURE OF FAHAIR ON WALL 36:56 JEREMY BOWEN Like many other buildings in Hebron, this one had been raided by the Israelis before. This is what happened on one of the previous visits, when they smashed open the door of this flat. Next door until that Tuesday lived Fahair Mansour, ten years old. PAN L AS BOWEN WALKS ACROSS ROOM AWAY FROM CAMERA MS SHELL FRAGMENTS, GLASS ETC ON KITCHEN WORKTOP 37:16 37:17 37:22 COMM His blood was still on the floor of the kitchen where his mother found him, killed by a shell fragment as he ate his breakfast. MS WAFA SYOURY, I/V SYNC CAPTION SUPERED: ‘WAFA SYOURY’ 37:25 37:26 WAFA SYOURY (translation) They call us terrorists! That Yasser Arafat is a terrorist. And what are they? They were born terrorists. Everything they do is terror. The day I lost - STILL: FAHAIR & BROTHER, Z/I ON FAHAIR 37:33 WAFA SYOURY V/O (translation) - my son I prayed that they’d lose ten of theirs. GVs PEOPLE LOOKING AT RUBBLE OF DESTROYED FLATS 37:38 37:40 COMM Opinion polls this year say 60 per cent of Palestinians support suicide attacks. In 1997, only 24 per cent did. Dr Ratab Zaiton 37:50 JEREMY BOWEN V/O And if there’s a suicide bombing – CU RATEB ZAITON, I/V SYNC 37:51 JEREMY BOWEN - because of what’s been happening in Hebron what would your feelings be? BCU BOWEN LISTENING 37:55 37:58 RATEB ZAITON At this moment. At this moment nobody can even condemn. These people they know their duty towards their nation. GVs MEN SEARCHING RUBBLE 38:02 RATEB ZAITON V/O They know their duty towards their country. This is occupied land. CU RATEB ZAITON, I/V SYNC 38:07 RATEB ZAITON They are resisting the military action and the occupation itself. EXT. DAY: L/A WS AL QUDS HOSPITAL 38:11 MUSIC WS BOWEN WALKS UP STEPS INTO HOSPITAL INT. DAY: GVs PEOPLE VISITING WOUNDED POLICEMAN IN HOSPITAL WS BOWEN ENTERS WARD WS BOWEN WALKS TO BEDSIDE, SHAKES HANDS 38:15 38:23 38:30 38:34 COMM What if Arafat did as the Israelis want, and turned his forces on Hamas and Islamic Jihad? While I was in Gaza, the answer became very clear. I went to visit one of Arafat’s Palestinian policemen in hospital who was taken hostage by Hamas after Arafat’s security service had arrested some of their activists. MS MOHAMMED, I/V SYNC CAPTION SUPERED: ‘MOHAMMED EL SHEIKH’ 38:38 38:39 38:41 MOHAMMED (translation) I was grabbed by six people. I was pulled into a bus. STILL: CU MOHAMMED SHOWING INJURIES TO HEAD 38:49 38:50 MOHAMMED V/O (translation) Then they hit me on the head with a gun. MS MOHAMMED, I/V SYNC 38:54 38:56 MOHAMMED (translation) They handcuffed me. They placed a bag over my head. STILL: MOHAMMED’S TORSO SHOWING INJURIES 39:04 39:05 MOHAMMED V/O (translation) They beat me on my shoulders, kidneys, stomach and genitals. MS MOHAMMED, I/V SYNC 39:10 They wanted to exchange me for one of their members who was arrested yesterday by the Preventive Security Force STILL: CU INJURIES TO MOHAMMED’S ARM 39:14 JEREMY BOWEN V/O Why do you think they did this? MS MOHAMMED, I/V SYNC 39:18 MOHAMMED (translation) They wanted to exchange me for one of their members who was arrested yesterday by the Preventive Security Force. EXT. DAY: PAN R ACROSS ROAD JUNCTION 39:25 MUSIC 39:26 COMM Hamas put their people on to the streets, burning tyres and surrounding police stations. Shots were fired. CU BURNT-OUT TYRE INT. DAY: WS MOHAMMED IN HOSPITAL BED CU GUN IN GUARD’S HAND 39:34 39:35 39:37 39:40 COMM In a hastily arranged truce, Arafat’s police got their man back – but only by releasing their Hamas prisoners. WS BOWEN WALKS DOWN STEPS AWAY FROM HOSPITAL, TO CAMERA 39:43 39:45 JEREMY BOWEN All this demonstrates two fundamental facts about Palestinian politics as they are at the moment. First of all – Hamas is very popular. Second – look what happens when the PA tries to arrest even a handful of Hamas activists. It makes their worries about a Palestinian civil war look pretty credible. ARCHIVE: CU ARAFAT GIVES PEACE/VICTORY SIGN 40:08 JEREMY BOWEN V/O The Israelis have said repeatedly that what Arafat didn’t do was to take action - MS EYAD SARRAJ, I/V SYNC 40:15 JEREMY BOWEN - against Islamic extremist groups. Is that a credible course of action for any Palestinian leader? 40:21 EYAD SARRAJ Of course not. This is laughable. WS STREET & POSTER OF MARTYR DETAIL OF POSTER: BLOWN UP VEHICLES 2ND DETAIL: FACE OF MARTYR 40:24 40:29 40:33 EYAD SARRAJ V/O It is a sign of despair militarily that they have to opt for these very violent, very terrorist acts against children and women. But no Palestinian leader, Arafat included - MS EYAD SARRAJ, I/V SYNC CAPTION SUPERED: ‘EYAD SARRAJ Palestinian Independent Commission for Citizens’ Rights’ 40:37 40:38 EYAD SARRAJ - can destroy Hamas if there is no Israeli acts on the ground that give the Palestinians the hope of having a Palestinian state in place. MS JIBRIL RAJOUB, I/V SYNC 40:51 JIBRIL RAJOUB As long as the Israelis are occupying our lands, killing our people, having the – the – the assassination policy as part of their – of the way that they are dealing with the Palestinian people, no one can do anything. EXT. DAY: GVs PRO-ARAFAT RALLY, PEOPLE MARCHING WITH BANNERS & CHANTING ETC 41:07 41:12 COMM But the occupation is not ending – it’s deepening. And the Israeli government has repeated its threat to send Yasser Arafat into exile. 41:28 JEREMY BOWEN V/O So what do you do then if you do get rid of Arafat in some way? MS EHUD OLMERT, I/V SYNC 41:32 JEREMY BOWEN Who do you deal with then? MS EHUD OLMERT, I/V SYNC CAPTION SUPERED: ‘EHUD OLMERT Israel’s Deputy Prime Minister’ 41:33 EHUD OLMERT Look. First of all we do not dictate who government of the Palestinians will be. 41:38 JEREMY BOWEN You’re isolating their leader, their elected leader. 41:41 EHUD OLMERT The whole er, international community - EXT. DAY: US FLAG BEING BURNT BY DEMONSTRATORS 41:43 EHUD OLMERT V/O - at least the most important and influential factor, the United States of America, says Arafat is not in the game. So - MS EHUD OLMERT, I/V SYNC 41:52 EHUD OLMERT - don’t tell me that we are ignoring their leader. We are ignoring a terrorist killer. And we’re doing the right thing. ARCHIVE: ARAFAT AT CONFERENCE TABLE, Z/O TO LS 42:01 JEREMY BOWEN V/O And if the Palestinians say, ‘look, he’s our leader. If we’re gonna make a deal with Israel we need our leader to sign it.’ Then what happens? MS EHUD OLMERT, I/V SYNC 42:09 EHUD OLMERT As long as the leader will be a terrorist murderer there will not be peace. That’s as simple as that. EXT. DAY: CU MAN CARRYING ARAFAT PORTRAIT AT PRO-ARAFAT RALLY 42:16 GVs PRO-ARAFAT POSTERS & PALESTINIAN FLAGS ON DAMAGED BUILDINGS WS BOWEN BY WALL COVERED WITH POSTERS 42:20 42:22 42:34 COMM The Israelis will only shift Yasser Arafat by killing him or deporting him. It would give them some temporary satisfaction. But it won’t provide their people with the safety and security that they deserve. It could make matters much worse. TO CAMERA 42:38 JEREMY BOWEN While I’ve been here I’ve talked to lots of Palestinians. Quite a few of them had their doubts about some of the things that Yasser Arafat has done. But all of them from the most critical to ultra-loyalists were agreed on one thing: that Israel and America’s isolation of Yasser Arafat has made him as popular with his own people as he’s ever been. He may well be part of the problem, as the Israelis and the Americans say. But it’s certain that he’s still part of the solution as well. CU ARAFAT PORTRAIT & PALESTINIAN FLAGS 43:14 43:15 MUSIC JEREMY BOWEN V/O - just as he’s always been 43:19 EYAD SARRAJ V/O I believe that - MS EYAD SARRAJ, I/V SYNC 43:21 EYAD SARRAJ - there is not a single Palestinian that would sign a peace treaty but Arafat. As long as he’s alive. No Palestinian dare – dares to – to – to challenge Arafat’s authority in that sense. MS ARAFAT POSTER SLO-MO WS CHILD HOLDING ARAFAT PORTRAIT IN RALLY 43:37 43:39 43:42 JIBRIL RAJOUB V/O They can deport Yasser Arafat, they can kill Yasser Arafat even. But - MS JIBRIAL RAJOUB, I/V SYNC 43:46 JIBRIL RAJOUB - the reaction would be catastrophic to the Israelis and to the Jews forever. ARCHIVE: CU ARAFAT EMBRACED BY SUCCESSION OF PALESTINIANS 43:54 44:01 END CREDITS Reporter Jeremy Bowen Camera Steve Gray Consultant Khaled Abu Toameh Research Hadeel Wahdan Production Manager Roz Howe Film Research Steve Bergson FREEZE FRAME & FADE TO BLACK 44:09 Composer Mitch Dalton On-line Editor Peter Zacaroli Dubbing Mixer Julian MacDonald Assistant Producer Claire McFall Picture Editor Bernard Lyall 44:17 Produced & Directed by Tony Stark 44:21 MOONSTONE FILMS for BBC 44:24 CORRESPONDENT EDITOR KAREN O’CONNOR © BBC MMIII 11 CORRESPONDENT – ARAFAT INVESTIGATED