PMTA (2018–…): Season 1, Episode 3 - Episode #1.3 - full transcript
n the case before me
it has been proven beyond a shadow of a doubt
that the defendant Eliyahu Morduch
formed and controlled
his own criminal organization.
I therefore sentence him
to 15 years in prison.
Shabbat Shalom, Marcella.
I wanted to congratulate you
on your new job.
Dad, what's that?
Why's your name written there?
How do you know e sent it?
Of course he did.
Who else could it be?
Contrary to previous assumptions,
the District Attorney's office^ dared today
that it also intends to indict
the VP of the bank, Ophir Bergman.
Really, Big Brains? You're on that case?
Our mortgage was banned, maybe you can help.
Good luck with that.
Who's that?
-Kaminsky. Bergman's attorney.
He's a weasel.
Are you really such a loser
that you petitioned a dismissal
over intimate relations?
-It was you who said Sodom and Gomorrah.
I trust you completely, Kaminsky.
But you have to get me out of here.
And this company, A.B. Holdings?
-I sold it off a long time ago.
Mortgage cases ’ h A.B. Holdings properties
and buyers who would never
have gotten approved.
I knew it. They're all straw men.
Not everyone is right for this job, Marcelle.
I put you on this case
because you're a good face for the press.
Don't fool yourself.
You don't have the seniority or the expertise
to lead a case this big.
You hired me to defend you, right?
You're pa ing . So help me help you.
Let me do my damn job.
Shh... You keep quiet.
Where is he?
-Who? -Gilbert.
What's wrong, Meir?
You're making me nervous.
He cleaned out his Israeli bank accounts.
Does she know?
-She thinks he just left her.
Hussein Shahada. He's my neighbor in Jaffa.
He's mentally disabled, poor guy.
There's no way his mortgage was approved.
Don't be afraid. I only want to help.
Someone you don't know gave you a present?
Red Bull and 200 shekels
You went to Harvard?
-For a semester. Student exchange.
Getting a recommendation from you
would be a dream.
What did I ask you? To keep this between us.
Why did you let Elisha take our material?
They're issuing arrest warrants.
For everyone, Hussein included.
I'm going there.
-You can't.
He needs a lawyer, no?
-You can't represent him.
You're a prosecutor. Khalil!
Khalil, what's going on? Where are you?
-You hear? They're...
They're here to arrest Hussein.
Can you come help me?
I don't know what to do.
Wait for me. I'm coming.
-What?
Khalil!
A general strike throughout
the Arab community is anticipated
following an incident in Jaffa yesterday
in which a young man resisted arrest
and was consequently shot and killed.
Meanwhile the general ban
on mortgages continues
despite increasing pressure
on the Governor of the Bank of Israel
and the Attorney General
to minimize the scope of the ban.
Right now we have Yerushalmi
and the straw men she operated.
We're moving forward with them.
Moving forward with who?
An autistic 19 year-old
who can't feed or bathe himself?
That's who you want to indict?
What's she talking about?
-Hussein Shahada.
You caused a man's death for nothing,
you hear me?
For nothing.
-Calm down, Ben David.
Let me understand this.
How do you know so much about Shahada?
Unlike you, I bothered to meet him,
find out who he is.
I don't even know how you received a warrant
with no social worker.
-You met him?
You met the suspect
before he was even arrested?
I went there to understand the MO.
I brought an affidavit.
Are you hearing this?
A deputy in the District Attorney's office
is obstructing justice!
t's unthinkable!
If anyone is responsible for last night,
it's you.
Me?
-Yes.
Did I send a SWAT team to arrest
a retarded kid as if he was a terrorist?
You did worse.
You made a suspect resist arrest
and attack the cops.
Quiet!
For the past week,
since this whole thing began,
my phone has been ringing day and night.
The economy is stalled
and this is our only priority.
The Shahada affair will be investigated
and those responsible
will have to answer for it.
But our priority is this case.
The mortgages.
It should be obvious to everyone here
that every word spoken in this room
could ignite an entire country,
and now is not the time to stoke the fire.
And you, Ms. Ben David,
have been walking with a can of gasoline
since the moment you got here.
I want justice to be done.
You want to be a smart-ass, to show off.
-Not at all.
I just disagree with the way
this case is being handled.
Who are you to disagree?
How dare you question the senior prosecutors?
The head of the task force?
How dare you?
Elisha and Vered,
tomorrow you submit the indictments
as we agreed.
Marcelle, you take a couple of days off.
Think about whether you're willing and able
to be part of this system.
Things will not go on like this!
Sweetie, I gave you a soft pear,
just the way you like it. Okay?
I want you to start eating fruit.
Do me a favor, honey.
Amit, you need help?
Baby girl
Do me a favor and comb her hair.
Eww, I don't want to. She has lice.
-I do not!
Comb her hair. Quiet.
Hello?
Hello, is this Yaakov Vaknin?
Yes, who is this?
This is Shimrit from Internal Affairs.
Come on, Dad, she's gonna make us late.
Quiet. Give me that. Stand over here.
Can I call you back in 20 minutes?
I'll drop my girls off at school
and get back to you.
we need you to come in right away.
Right away? I'm in Jerusalem.
As soon as you can.
what's the rush?
I can't provide details
about the investigation.
please come in.
Go on, get ready.
Help her.
Let's go. We're late.
Hey.
-Where's Khalil?
He hasn't arrived yet.
I heard there's traffic in Jaffa.
Maybe that's why he's late?
Where are you taking those?
To Elisha. Advocate Bar On.
He told me I'm working with him today.
I don't know if it's just for today,
but he asked me to get him
all the Yerushalmi material.
That move you did paid off quick, huh?
What?
-Good luck.
Hi, Marcelle.
-What's going on, Toledano?
Why isn't Kobi picking up this morning?
-Internal Affairs called him in.
What's he doing in IA?
-They're questioning him. -What?
This case is about a clerk
who is knee-deep in grey-market loans.
t's time to end this affair
and lift the mortgage ban.
Prosecutors to the ditch
when they're working for the rich!
What are you doing? Are you insane?
Come on.
You're insane. Move, idiot.
Prosecutors to the ditch
when they're working for the rich!
Prosecutors to the ditch..
Get off me.
-Just checking you weren't hurt.
Don't act like you didn't orchestrate
his whole thing.
What?
Are you that paranoid?
Paranoids have enemies too.
Am I your enemy?
You're definitely not my friend.
The people demand legal justice!
Advocate Ben David?
Shira Elroy, from Public Broadcasting news.
No comment. Talk to the spokesperson.
Sorry about what happened back there.
I wanted to offer you a feature.
About you.
About me? Why?
Morduch, your injury, now the mortgages.
I understand you're the one
who figured out the straw men thing.
You're always where the action is.
'm not interested
You'd rather let Bar On get all the credit?
He can have it.
Why were you there during the Morduch raid?
You know, there are rumors.
Wouldn't you rather tell your side of it?
Are you done?
You have any idea why I called you in today?
I imagine the head of the Central District
task force filed a complaint.
I didn't interfere with his investigation,
and I certainly didn't obstruct it.
All I did was open a terminal for a friend
who needed some details over the weekend.
Do you open police terminals
for a lot of your friends?
This person was with me
on the force until last week.
Now she's a prosecutor.
This is nothing, man, okay?
Her task force head doesn't like her
so he filed a complaint.
What you're saying is interesting, except...
that's not why you're here.
No? Then why?
Do you remember ever acting
violently towards detainees?
You know what it's like.
People go crazy when you hold them,
attack you,
so yo gra eir arm to neutralize them.
I'm not saying it's standard practice,
but it happens
A lot?
It happens. Sometimes.
Sometimes?
Once a week? Once a month?
- ho filed a complaint?
The ATM guy from yesterday?
You're way off, Kobi.
So it's about the shooting
during the Morduch arrest again?
That case is closed.
How many times do we need to go over it?
it's not that.
-So can we stop the guessing game?
what's going on?
Someone filed a complaint against you
over something she claims
happened during an arrest.
Never happened. I've never arrested a girl.
That's what female officers are for.
The claimant says you did.
She was in her boyfriend's apartment,
a dealer,
you came in to search the place
and arrested them.
Who's the dealer?
-It's an old case. Happened three years ago.
Tell me the name, I'll know.
Zanati. Yuval Zanati.
You arrested him for possession with intent.
-I remember.
Over in Giloh, behind the retirement home.
I remember his junkie girlfriend, too.
I made sure the social worker
took her to rehab.
That same one says
you sexually harassed her.
Are you kidding me?
No.
Unfortunately I'm not kidding,
and according to the new protocol
anyone with an outstanding complaint
of sexual harassment or assault
is automatically suspended.
Where have you been? You said... What's that?
Juice got spilled on me at work. The laundry?
-Over there.
Where have you been?
I told you the bank closes at 12:00.
There's no point going to the bank.
-Today's the last day
for the money to go through.
Ofer tried to talk to the landlord,
and he threatened to sue us.
Let's go see him together.
He's got a convenience store over in Ramot.
What for? What would you say?
He can't touch you, don't you see?
The entire country is under this ban.
Not just you.
Every bank. No one's getting their mortgage.
But he said he'll cancel the deal.
That he'll sell the house to someone else.
We can't lose this house.
Don't you get it, Big Brains?
We finally found something in our budget.
You won't lose the house, Vic.
Who's he going to sell it to?
No one buys without a mortgage.
He's just messing with you
and you're buying into it like an idiot.
Watch your mouth.
Sorry, Vic.
I... have to go.
I'm meeting the the President
of the district court.
Oh, so you have time for the President.
It's not the President. He's a judge.
-Shut up.
What do you want?
-Help me!
am helping you
I came. I did. Right?
I promised I'd come and I did,
even though this day sucks
and everybody's shitting on my head.
I came to help you.
And how did you help, exactly?
By making me feel like an idiot, like always?
I'm helping by telling you to sit tight.
The ban will be lifted tomorrow,
indictments will be served
and you'll buy your stinking apartment. Cool?
-Cool.
Why aren't you picking him up?
-Screw you, Marcelle.
Marcelle, baby, when did you get here?
i have to get to a meeting.
-What's wrong?
Don't let her get to you.
A government employee
is like a headless nail.
Once they're in, they never come out.
She can't fire you.
She told me to take two days off
and think about whether I want to be there.
And what do you want?
To finish what I started.
I don't care what she thinks of me,
but I can't stand to see them
so far off track.
What makes you so sure?
They're treating Yerushalmi
as if she's some crime lord.
She doesn't look like a woman
who stole 250 million shekels.
So who did?
they think Shamisi's organisation
is blackmailing her
But if you ask me,
the grey market has nothing to do with it.
This is a white collar dea .
Someone like Bergma
So why isn't the investigation targeting him?
There are people sitting in prison
over a 500 shekel debt.
But people like Bergman?
With friends and connections?
He's got help.
-That's a childish argument.
It won't get you anywhere.
So you tell me, since when
are indictments served so quickly?
How come it takes two or three years
in other cases,
but only seconds in this one
There's a mortgage ban.
A swift decision is needed
in order to balance the economy
Seems to me like they're riding
the wave of this ban
in order to close the case quickly.
Like they're trying to cover something up.
If you'd said that five or ten year
I would dismiss you out of hand
But in today's atmosphere
you don't know who might be corrupt
or compromised.
Maybe you're right.
And what am I supposed to do?
I don't have a task force,
I have no access to the evidence
and I'm off the case.
Be creative.
I believe you'll figure it out.
Are you stupid?
Why did you go to IA without a lawyer?
I don't trust any lawyer but you.
So talk to me first.
I don't know. I didn't think.
I had no idea that's what they'd say,
or that they'd suspend me.
Over sexual harassment, no less.
The accusations are false, obviously.
But who's trying to set you up?
You want a list?
The Kiryat Yovel guys,
the Lutfi clan, Morduch.
What does it matter?
It matters if we want to prove who sent her.
You remember the accuser's name?
can find out.
Be careful, Kobi. Don't disrupt proceedings.
You're telling me not to disrupt proceedings?
I still don't see the issue with what I did.
Anyway, I need conclusive evidence.
That's the only way to shut them up.
Do you have any?
-No.
The only one who can tell me
who pulled her strings is Yerushalmi.
And what does she say?
She's not talking.
You mean she wasn't properly interrogated.
What about her husband? People around her?
There's Cohen, her attorney.
He's been telling me something's off
from the get-go.
Hold on..
Hello.
Advocate Cohen?
Hi, this is Marcelle Ben David
from the DA's office. Sorry for the noise.
I want to meet with you and Rachel.
It's urgent.
Okay, Kobi.
Where are you going?
Home, to Tel Aviv.
You can't drive like this.
You've been drinking.
I only had two beers.
I'm not staying at my parents'.
So crash at my place.
-Where exactly?
I'll take the living room.
Kobi, a glass of water and I'm fine.
I'll bring you back here tomorrow.
There's a taxi. Come on.
Over here! Come on.
Emotions are running high
Violent confrontations erupted this morning
outside the Tel Aviv
District Attorney's office.
Even so, the Governor of the Bank of Israel
announced the ban...
Well?
How come you didn't tell me?
Who's that guy grabbing you?
Who is it?
-Some defense attorney.
Who is it?
A defense attorney I work with.
You don't know him.
Yerushalmi's lawyer?
Bergman's.
You two have something going on?
Are you serious?
What's with you? Are you crazy?
I'm worried. What if Morduch
is sending people to take you down?
Kobi, it has nothing to do with that.
He's from the mortgage case.
it's unrelated.
You know, that day in the club...
I was so scared when I saw you on the floor.
I've never been that scared.
I won't let anything happen to you.
I'm fine, Kobi. What’s with you?
Hello, Gil?
Honey, I was so worried.
Where are you?
What? Come where?
Okay.
Yes. Of course we'll come.
Love you.
Gil called. It's okay.
Khalil.
Khalil!
Khalil.
Khalil.
Did you go to the funeral?
How could I show my face there?
What would I tell his mother?
sorry.
But you had nothing to do
with what happened yesterday.
I was stupid.
I shouldn't have told you anything.
It's over. I'm not going back.
I won't be part of that stinking system.
It's over.
-Khalil, stop.
You tell me.
If he was Jewish,
would they have killed him?
No.
That's how this fucking country works.
-Great, so what's your solution?
To hide out here, feeling sorry for yourself?
-Don't know.
Leave.
Go to Europe, make some money.
Khalil. You're too angry to think straight.
What would you do in Europe?
have a fiancee there.
You're engaged?
Yes. We met at school.
She works for a large firm in London.
She laughs at me.
Says I'm naive.
I used to believe it was possible,
that it was up to people.
But she's right.
This place is not worth the effort.
No matter what I do,
it won't make a difference.
What's her name?
Ibtisam.
But if people like you are gone,
how will anything change?
But where is the boat going?
A far away country called Malta.
-Is it fun there? -Sure it is.
Thank you.
Rose.
-Yeah?
Can you bring me the shampoo for Ori?
-Okay. -Thank you.
How long will we be there?
Will I miss my Capoeira class?
-Hi Rose, how are you? -Fine, thank you.
What's up? What's going on?
Hey, sweetie. Want some coffee?
-No.
What's this? Where are you going?
-To a boat!
A boat...
Sweetie, go get your swimming goggles.
Eilat has a lot of pretty fish to see.
How come you're going to Eilat?
Is Gilbert back? Did he talk to you?
No. I haven't heard anything.
Meir, I can't stay cooped up in here.
I'm going crazy.
The kid knows something is wrong.
Where'd you get the m e
Yafit invited us. She has a timeshare there.
How will you get there?
-The car.
We'll stop at Mitzpe Ramon.
Ori wants to see the alpacas.
Alpacas?
Enough, Meir. What do you want?
You want me to sit and cry
over the son of a bitch who left me?
We'll go down to Eilat,
and maybe I'll meet someone new.
Shamisi loaned Yerushalmi's husband
300,000 dollars in cash.
His compensation
was the network Yerushalmi
ran for him at the bank.
The evidence for the 300,000 dollars
jSrexhibi
So if the evidence is the same, it's okay
for me to reference the same appendix again?
-Certainly.
Now, looking at the bigger picture...
Come, Khalil. Join us.
We're just preparing the indictments.
We're charging her
with operating every single..'
-I heard about your neighbor.
You okay?
-Straw man.
Ya'ara, get Khalil up to speed
and start working on the drafts.
Let me make sure I understand.
We're charging Yerushalmi
with participation in a criminal organization
based on the straw men she handled?
Yerushalmi isn't just another
link in the chain.
Without her, this fraud
couldn't have happened.
And still.
Still what?
Indicting Yerushalmi is one thing,
but why should we indict all the straw men?
What did they get in exchange? 200 shekels?
Khalil, 200 shekels is still compensation.
Khalil, I understand you're experiencing
personal difficulties.
But there is a legal structure.
It's wrong.
Look, I...
I pulled out a verdict
about some poor guy named Latin.
Thugs came to him, threatened him,
forced him to issue fake gas receipts.
They made 1.5 million shekels,
of which he saw absolutely nothing.
He was acquitted.
-I know that verdict.
it's from a lower court.
It can't work as a precedent.
And morally?
Isn't it absurd to indict people
who were exploited by mobsters
as being criminally responsible?
I'll consult the District Attorney,
see what she says.
Thank you.
Where are you going?
-Let me go.
Does your mother know
you're dealing out of her salon
Are you using again, or just selling?
No way. I'm not doing that.
-Should I call the detectives?
Why did you file the complaint?
-You sexually assaulted me.
Why d’
-You se
laint
e.
Don't talk crap!
You assaulted me during the arrest.
-I didn't touch you.
You know that,
Why did you file
-I felt like .
Who put you up to it, Morduch?
You working for him now?
Is that how you're getting the dope?
I don't know any Morduch
and I'm not selling any drugs
And if I feel like telling the cops
you raped me
I'll do just that.
Then I'll say whatever I want to your mother.
You won't tell her.
-Break her heart. -You won't.
why not?
Listen, I'm sorry
I don't have a choice
I owe him a ton of money
Is he blackmailing you?
Has Morduch threatened you?
Please let me go
you finished everything?
-Yeah, just now.
Okay I'll need you to redo it.
I sat with the District Attorney.
We'll drop all charges against the straw men.
-Really? -Yes.
All charges, except for Yerushalmi's.
You deserve a serious pat on the back.
Well done.
So we need to rewrite everything?
-Yes.
If you have any questions,
Vered is here to help.
I have to get to a hearing in Haifa.
Well done. Really. Super.
No way I'm doing that.
Enjoy, Khalil. I'm getting some coffee.
Cheer up, Ophir.
Ah...
Thank you.
You need anything else? Coffee anything?
Maybe a razor and some shaving cream
You only get an electric shaver.
No razors allowed.
So a shaver?
-Sure, I'll bring one tomorrow.
But you won't be staying here long.
The prosecution is thinking
they're about to cave
Really?
-Yes.
Who's hinting? That psycho?
No, she's out. It's just Bar On now
He knows he's got nothing on you,
so he's trying to get of his high horse.
I don't trust those guys.
Is Nahmlas involved?
With all the attention this case is getting,
I'm sure she kows the details.
What are they offering?
They want you to admit
to vicarious liability
Don't worry about it
They're bending over backwards
not to have an acquittal on record.
They can forget it.
I'm not admitting to anything.
have to come out clean.
Otherwise I can't go back to my job.
-Of course.
You don't even need to say it, Ophir.
That's just what I tolde them
This thing has been blown out of proportion.
It is destabilizing the economy.
A "day of rage" in Jaffa.
And over what?
Was there a ban during the Etti Alon affair?
The public atmosphere is volatile.
You have to stop it
before any damage is done.
There will be a age.
Not if I have anything to do with it.
Tomorrow we'll indict Yerushalmi
and be done with it.
And Bergman?
No Bergman.
We'll retract the prosecutor statement.
Why did you submit one against Bergman
in the first place?
A new prosecutor was assigned to the case.
In hindsight, that was a mistake.
How did a new prosecutor end up on this case?
She won the tender.
A police officer who excelled
during the Morduch case.
So what's the problem?
Turns out she's Kahan's protege.
I caught it in time.
It's handled. Don't worry about it.
Meri,
I remind you that Yigal and I
worked together for many years.
We did great things together.
You and I are both committed
to his life's work.
My husband's life work
is not something I'll ever forget.
You need to understand
that if Rachel doesn't start talking
she will be indicted today.
Explain to me why you're here,
instead of Bar On.
I'm here independently.
So why should we negotiate with you?
-Because she' being exploited.
Her situation is being exploited.
They're pulling a fast one, Rachel.
Bergman and his lawyer
are trying to pin everything on you.
I know you're scared,
but if you don't open your mouth
you will go to jail.
You'll go to jail for 15, 20 years.
-Excuse me!
I ask you to refrain
from addressing my client directly
and terrorizing her. Understand?
Whether or not I talk,
I'm going to jail,
so what's the difference?
People who help the state may be rewarded
with no jail time, Rachel.
So suddenly you're authorized
to talk about turning state's evidence?
You've got nothing. Nahmias doesn't even
know you're here. -True.
But if you give me something
I might be able to go
and try to make a deal.
Just give me something
I can work with, Cohen.
I know it doesn't make sense,
but I'm on your side.
Come on, you re a public prosecutor.
And I want the son of a bitch
who stole that money to go to jail,
instead of his straw men.
Sorry.
You're right.
They made me into a straw man.
Okay.
Wha do you need to make a deal?
A name.
Gilbert.
Gilbert Atias.
it has been proven beyond a shadow of a doubt
that the defendant Eliyahu Morduch
formed and controlled
his own criminal organization.
I therefore sentence him
to 15 years in prison.
Shabbat Shalom, Marcella.
I wanted to congratulate you
on your new job.
Dad, what's that?
Why's your name written there?
How do you know e sent it?
Of course he did.
Who else could it be?
Contrary to previous assumptions,
the District Attorney's office^ dared today
that it also intends to indict
the VP of the bank, Ophir Bergman.
Really, Big Brains? You're on that case?
Our mortgage was banned, maybe you can help.
Good luck with that.
Who's that?
-Kaminsky. Bergman's attorney.
He's a weasel.
Are you really such a loser
that you petitioned a dismissal
over intimate relations?
-It was you who said Sodom and Gomorrah.
I trust you completely, Kaminsky.
But you have to get me out of here.
And this company, A.B. Holdings?
-I sold it off a long time ago.
Mortgage cases ’ h A.B. Holdings properties
and buyers who would never
have gotten approved.
I knew it. They're all straw men.
Not everyone is right for this job, Marcelle.
I put you on this case
because you're a good face for the press.
Don't fool yourself.
You don't have the seniority or the expertise
to lead a case this big.
You hired me to defend you, right?
You're pa ing . So help me help you.
Let me do my damn job.
Shh... You keep quiet.
Where is he?
-Who? -Gilbert.
What's wrong, Meir?
You're making me nervous.
He cleaned out his Israeli bank accounts.
Does she know?
-She thinks he just left her.
Hussein Shahada. He's my neighbor in Jaffa.
He's mentally disabled, poor guy.
There's no way his mortgage was approved.
Don't be afraid. I only want to help.
Someone you don't know gave you a present?
Red Bull and 200 shekels
You went to Harvard?
-For a semester. Student exchange.
Getting a recommendation from you
would be a dream.
What did I ask you? To keep this between us.
Why did you let Elisha take our material?
They're issuing arrest warrants.
For everyone, Hussein included.
I'm going there.
-You can't.
He needs a lawyer, no?
-You can't represent him.
You're a prosecutor. Khalil!
Khalil, what's going on? Where are you?
-You hear? They're...
They're here to arrest Hussein.
Can you come help me?
I don't know what to do.
Wait for me. I'm coming.
-What?
Khalil!
A general strike throughout
the Arab community is anticipated
following an incident in Jaffa yesterday
in which a young man resisted arrest
and was consequently shot and killed.
Meanwhile the general ban
on mortgages continues
despite increasing pressure
on the Governor of the Bank of Israel
and the Attorney General
to minimize the scope of the ban.
Right now we have Yerushalmi
and the straw men she operated.
We're moving forward with them.
Moving forward with who?
An autistic 19 year-old
who can't feed or bathe himself?
That's who you want to indict?
What's she talking about?
-Hussein Shahada.
You caused a man's death for nothing,
you hear me?
For nothing.
-Calm down, Ben David.
Let me understand this.
How do you know so much about Shahada?
Unlike you, I bothered to meet him,
find out who he is.
I don't even know how you received a warrant
with no social worker.
-You met him?
You met the suspect
before he was even arrested?
I went there to understand the MO.
I brought an affidavit.
Are you hearing this?
A deputy in the District Attorney's office
is obstructing justice!
t's unthinkable!
If anyone is responsible for last night,
it's you.
Me?
-Yes.
Did I send a SWAT team to arrest
a retarded kid as if he was a terrorist?
You did worse.
You made a suspect resist arrest
and attack the cops.
Quiet!
For the past week,
since this whole thing began,
my phone has been ringing day and night.
The economy is stalled
and this is our only priority.
The Shahada affair will be investigated
and those responsible
will have to answer for it.
But our priority is this case.
The mortgages.
It should be obvious to everyone here
that every word spoken in this room
could ignite an entire country,
and now is not the time to stoke the fire.
And you, Ms. Ben David,
have been walking with a can of gasoline
since the moment you got here.
I want justice to be done.
You want to be a smart-ass, to show off.
-Not at all.
I just disagree with the way
this case is being handled.
Who are you to disagree?
How dare you question the senior prosecutors?
The head of the task force?
How dare you?
Elisha and Vered,
tomorrow you submit the indictments
as we agreed.
Marcelle, you take a couple of days off.
Think about whether you're willing and able
to be part of this system.
Things will not go on like this!
Sweetie, I gave you a soft pear,
just the way you like it. Okay?
I want you to start eating fruit.
Do me a favor, honey.
Amit, you need help?
Baby girl
Do me a favor and comb her hair.
Eww, I don't want to. She has lice.
-I do not!
Comb her hair. Quiet.
Hello?
Hello, is this Yaakov Vaknin?
Yes, who is this?
This is Shimrit from Internal Affairs.
Come on, Dad, she's gonna make us late.
Quiet. Give me that. Stand over here.
Can I call you back in 20 minutes?
I'll drop my girls off at school
and get back to you.
we need you to come in right away.
Right away? I'm in Jerusalem.
As soon as you can.
what's the rush?
I can't provide details
about the investigation.
please come in.
Go on, get ready.
Help her.
Let's go. We're late.
Hey.
-Where's Khalil?
He hasn't arrived yet.
I heard there's traffic in Jaffa.
Maybe that's why he's late?
Where are you taking those?
To Elisha. Advocate Bar On.
He told me I'm working with him today.
I don't know if it's just for today,
but he asked me to get him
all the Yerushalmi material.
That move you did paid off quick, huh?
What?
-Good luck.
Hi, Marcelle.
-What's going on, Toledano?
Why isn't Kobi picking up this morning?
-Internal Affairs called him in.
What's he doing in IA?
-They're questioning him. -What?
This case is about a clerk
who is knee-deep in grey-market loans.
t's time to end this affair
and lift the mortgage ban.
Prosecutors to the ditch
when they're working for the rich!
What are you doing? Are you insane?
Come on.
You're insane. Move, idiot.
Prosecutors to the ditch
when they're working for the rich!
Prosecutors to the ditch..
Get off me.
-Just checking you weren't hurt.
Don't act like you didn't orchestrate
his whole thing.
What?
Are you that paranoid?
Paranoids have enemies too.
Am I your enemy?
You're definitely not my friend.
The people demand legal justice!
Advocate Ben David?
Shira Elroy, from Public Broadcasting news.
No comment. Talk to the spokesperson.
Sorry about what happened back there.
I wanted to offer you a feature.
About you.
About me? Why?
Morduch, your injury, now the mortgages.
I understand you're the one
who figured out the straw men thing.
You're always where the action is.
'm not interested
You'd rather let Bar On get all the credit?
He can have it.
Why were you there during the Morduch raid?
You know, there are rumors.
Wouldn't you rather tell your side of it?
Are you done?
You have any idea why I called you in today?
I imagine the head of the Central District
task force filed a complaint.
I didn't interfere with his investigation,
and I certainly didn't obstruct it.
All I did was open a terminal for a friend
who needed some details over the weekend.
Do you open police terminals
for a lot of your friends?
This person was with me
on the force until last week.
Now she's a prosecutor.
This is nothing, man, okay?
Her task force head doesn't like her
so he filed a complaint.
What you're saying is interesting, except...
that's not why you're here.
No? Then why?
Do you remember ever acting
violently towards detainees?
You know what it's like.
People go crazy when you hold them,
attack you,
so yo gra eir arm to neutralize them.
I'm not saying it's standard practice,
but it happens
A lot?
It happens. Sometimes.
Sometimes?
Once a week? Once a month?
- ho filed a complaint?
The ATM guy from yesterday?
You're way off, Kobi.
So it's about the shooting
during the Morduch arrest again?
That case is closed.
How many times do we need to go over it?
it's not that.
-So can we stop the guessing game?
what's going on?
Someone filed a complaint against you
over something she claims
happened during an arrest.
Never happened. I've never arrested a girl.
That's what female officers are for.
The claimant says you did.
She was in her boyfriend's apartment,
a dealer,
you came in to search the place
and arrested them.
Who's the dealer?
-It's an old case. Happened three years ago.
Tell me the name, I'll know.
Zanati. Yuval Zanati.
You arrested him for possession with intent.
-I remember.
Over in Giloh, behind the retirement home.
I remember his junkie girlfriend, too.
I made sure the social worker
took her to rehab.
That same one says
you sexually harassed her.
Are you kidding me?
No.
Unfortunately I'm not kidding,
and according to the new protocol
anyone with an outstanding complaint
of sexual harassment or assault
is automatically suspended.
Where have you been? You said... What's that?
Juice got spilled on me at work. The laundry?
-Over there.
Where have you been?
I told you the bank closes at 12:00.
There's no point going to the bank.
-Today's the last day
for the money to go through.
Ofer tried to talk to the landlord,
and he threatened to sue us.
Let's go see him together.
He's got a convenience store over in Ramot.
What for? What would you say?
He can't touch you, don't you see?
The entire country is under this ban.
Not just you.
Every bank. No one's getting their mortgage.
But he said he'll cancel the deal.
That he'll sell the house to someone else.
We can't lose this house.
Don't you get it, Big Brains?
We finally found something in our budget.
You won't lose the house, Vic.
Who's he going to sell it to?
No one buys without a mortgage.
He's just messing with you
and you're buying into it like an idiot.
Watch your mouth.
Sorry, Vic.
I... have to go.
I'm meeting the the President
of the district court.
Oh, so you have time for the President.
It's not the President. He's a judge.
-Shut up.
What do you want?
-Help me!
am helping you
I came. I did. Right?
I promised I'd come and I did,
even though this day sucks
and everybody's shitting on my head.
I came to help you.
And how did you help, exactly?
By making me feel like an idiot, like always?
I'm helping by telling you to sit tight.
The ban will be lifted tomorrow,
indictments will be served
and you'll buy your stinking apartment. Cool?
-Cool.
Why aren't you picking him up?
-Screw you, Marcelle.
Marcelle, baby, when did you get here?
i have to get to a meeting.
-What's wrong?
Don't let her get to you.
A government employee
is like a headless nail.
Once they're in, they never come out.
She can't fire you.
She told me to take two days off
and think about whether I want to be there.
And what do you want?
To finish what I started.
I don't care what she thinks of me,
but I can't stand to see them
so far off track.
What makes you so sure?
They're treating Yerushalmi
as if she's some crime lord.
She doesn't look like a woman
who stole 250 million shekels.
So who did?
they think Shamisi's organisation
is blackmailing her
But if you ask me,
the grey market has nothing to do with it.
This is a white collar dea .
Someone like Bergma
So why isn't the investigation targeting him?
There are people sitting in prison
over a 500 shekel debt.
But people like Bergman?
With friends and connections?
He's got help.
-That's a childish argument.
It won't get you anywhere.
So you tell me, since when
are indictments served so quickly?
How come it takes two or three years
in other cases,
but only seconds in this one
There's a mortgage ban.
A swift decision is needed
in order to balance the economy
Seems to me like they're riding
the wave of this ban
in order to close the case quickly.
Like they're trying to cover something up.
If you'd said that five or ten year
I would dismiss you out of hand
But in today's atmosphere
you don't know who might be corrupt
or compromised.
Maybe you're right.
And what am I supposed to do?
I don't have a task force,
I have no access to the evidence
and I'm off the case.
Be creative.
I believe you'll figure it out.
Are you stupid?
Why did you go to IA without a lawyer?
I don't trust any lawyer but you.
So talk to me first.
I don't know. I didn't think.
I had no idea that's what they'd say,
or that they'd suspend me.
Over sexual harassment, no less.
The accusations are false, obviously.
But who's trying to set you up?
You want a list?
The Kiryat Yovel guys,
the Lutfi clan, Morduch.
What does it matter?
It matters if we want to prove who sent her.
You remember the accuser's name?
can find out.
Be careful, Kobi. Don't disrupt proceedings.
You're telling me not to disrupt proceedings?
I still don't see the issue with what I did.
Anyway, I need conclusive evidence.
That's the only way to shut them up.
Do you have any?
-No.
The only one who can tell me
who pulled her strings is Yerushalmi.
And what does she say?
She's not talking.
You mean she wasn't properly interrogated.
What about her husband? People around her?
There's Cohen, her attorney.
He's been telling me something's off
from the get-go.
Hold on..
Hello.
Advocate Cohen?
Hi, this is Marcelle Ben David
from the DA's office. Sorry for the noise.
I want to meet with you and Rachel.
It's urgent.
Okay, Kobi.
Where are you going?
Home, to Tel Aviv.
You can't drive like this.
You've been drinking.
I only had two beers.
I'm not staying at my parents'.
So crash at my place.
-Where exactly?
I'll take the living room.
Kobi, a glass of water and I'm fine.
I'll bring you back here tomorrow.
There's a taxi. Come on.
Over here! Come on.
Emotions are running high
Violent confrontations erupted this morning
outside the Tel Aviv
District Attorney's office.
Even so, the Governor of the Bank of Israel
announced the ban...
Well?
How come you didn't tell me?
Who's that guy grabbing you?
Who is it?
-Some defense attorney.
Who is it?
A defense attorney I work with.
You don't know him.
Yerushalmi's lawyer?
Bergman's.
You two have something going on?
Are you serious?
What's with you? Are you crazy?
I'm worried. What if Morduch
is sending people to take you down?
Kobi, it has nothing to do with that.
He's from the mortgage case.
it's unrelated.
You know, that day in the club...
I was so scared when I saw you on the floor.
I've never been that scared.
I won't let anything happen to you.
I'm fine, Kobi. What’s with you?
Hello, Gil?
Honey, I was so worried.
Where are you?
What? Come where?
Okay.
Yes. Of course we'll come.
Love you.
Gil called. It's okay.
Khalil.
Khalil!
Khalil.
Khalil.
Did you go to the funeral?
How could I show my face there?
What would I tell his mother?
sorry.
But you had nothing to do
with what happened yesterday.
I was stupid.
I shouldn't have told you anything.
It's over. I'm not going back.
I won't be part of that stinking system.
It's over.
-Khalil, stop.
You tell me.
If he was Jewish,
would they have killed him?
No.
That's how this fucking country works.
-Great, so what's your solution?
To hide out here, feeling sorry for yourself?
-Don't know.
Leave.
Go to Europe, make some money.
Khalil. You're too angry to think straight.
What would you do in Europe?
have a fiancee there.
You're engaged?
Yes. We met at school.
She works for a large firm in London.
She laughs at me.
Says I'm naive.
I used to believe it was possible,
that it was up to people.
But she's right.
This place is not worth the effort.
No matter what I do,
it won't make a difference.
What's her name?
Ibtisam.
But if people like you are gone,
how will anything change?
But where is the boat going?
A far away country called Malta.
-Is it fun there? -Sure it is.
Thank you.
Rose.
-Yeah?
Can you bring me the shampoo for Ori?
-Okay. -Thank you.
How long will we be there?
Will I miss my Capoeira class?
-Hi Rose, how are you? -Fine, thank you.
What's up? What's going on?
Hey, sweetie. Want some coffee?
-No.
What's this? Where are you going?
-To a boat!
A boat...
Sweetie, go get your swimming goggles.
Eilat has a lot of pretty fish to see.
How come you're going to Eilat?
Is Gilbert back? Did he talk to you?
No. I haven't heard anything.
Meir, I can't stay cooped up in here.
I'm going crazy.
The kid knows something is wrong.
Where'd you get the m e
Yafit invited us. She has a timeshare there.
How will you get there?
-The car.
We'll stop at Mitzpe Ramon.
Ori wants to see the alpacas.
Alpacas?
Enough, Meir. What do you want?
You want me to sit and cry
over the son of a bitch who left me?
We'll go down to Eilat,
and maybe I'll meet someone new.
Shamisi loaned Yerushalmi's husband
300,000 dollars in cash.
His compensation
was the network Yerushalmi
ran for him at the bank.
The evidence for the 300,000 dollars
jSrexhibi
So if the evidence is the same, it's okay
for me to reference the same appendix again?
-Certainly.
Now, looking at the bigger picture...
Come, Khalil. Join us.
We're just preparing the indictments.
We're charging her
with operating every single..'
-I heard about your neighbor.
You okay?
-Straw man.
Ya'ara, get Khalil up to speed
and start working on the drafts.
Let me make sure I understand.
We're charging Yerushalmi
with participation in a criminal organization
based on the straw men she handled?
Yerushalmi isn't just another
link in the chain.
Without her, this fraud
couldn't have happened.
And still.
Still what?
Indicting Yerushalmi is one thing,
but why should we indict all the straw men?
What did they get in exchange? 200 shekels?
Khalil, 200 shekels is still compensation.
Khalil, I understand you're experiencing
personal difficulties.
But there is a legal structure.
It's wrong.
Look, I...
I pulled out a verdict
about some poor guy named Latin.
Thugs came to him, threatened him,
forced him to issue fake gas receipts.
They made 1.5 million shekels,
of which he saw absolutely nothing.
He was acquitted.
-I know that verdict.
it's from a lower court.
It can't work as a precedent.
And morally?
Isn't it absurd to indict people
who were exploited by mobsters
as being criminally responsible?
I'll consult the District Attorney,
see what she says.
Thank you.
Where are you going?
-Let me go.
Does your mother know
you're dealing out of her salon
Are you using again, or just selling?
No way. I'm not doing that.
-Should I call the detectives?
Why did you file the complaint?
-You sexually assaulted me.
Why d’
-You se
laint
e.
Don't talk crap!
You assaulted me during the arrest.
-I didn't touch you.
You know that,
Why did you file
-I felt like .
Who put you up to it, Morduch?
You working for him now?
Is that how you're getting the dope?
I don't know any Morduch
and I'm not selling any drugs
And if I feel like telling the cops
you raped me
I'll do just that.
Then I'll say whatever I want to your mother.
You won't tell her.
-Break her heart. -You won't.
why not?
Listen, I'm sorry
I don't have a choice
I owe him a ton of money
Is he blackmailing you?
Has Morduch threatened you?
Please let me go
you finished everything?
-Yeah, just now.
Okay I'll need you to redo it.
I sat with the District Attorney.
We'll drop all charges against the straw men.
-Really? -Yes.
All charges, except for Yerushalmi's.
You deserve a serious pat on the back.
Well done.
So we need to rewrite everything?
-Yes.
If you have any questions,
Vered is here to help.
I have to get to a hearing in Haifa.
Well done. Really. Super.
No way I'm doing that.
Enjoy, Khalil. I'm getting some coffee.
Cheer up, Ophir.
Ah...
Thank you.
You need anything else? Coffee anything?
Maybe a razor and some shaving cream
You only get an electric shaver.
No razors allowed.
So a shaver?
-Sure, I'll bring one tomorrow.
But you won't be staying here long.
The prosecution is thinking
they're about to cave
Really?
-Yes.
Who's hinting? That psycho?
No, she's out. It's just Bar On now
He knows he's got nothing on you,
so he's trying to get of his high horse.
I don't trust those guys.
Is Nahmlas involved?
With all the attention this case is getting,
I'm sure she kows the details.
What are they offering?
They want you to admit
to vicarious liability
Don't worry about it
They're bending over backwards
not to have an acquittal on record.
They can forget it.
I'm not admitting to anything.
have to come out clean.
Otherwise I can't go back to my job.
-Of course.
You don't even need to say it, Ophir.
That's just what I tolde them
This thing has been blown out of proportion.
It is destabilizing the economy.
A "day of rage" in Jaffa.
And over what?
Was there a ban during the Etti Alon affair?
The public atmosphere is volatile.
You have to stop it
before any damage is done.
There will be a age.
Not if I have anything to do with it.
Tomorrow we'll indict Yerushalmi
and be done with it.
And Bergman?
No Bergman.
We'll retract the prosecutor statement.
Why did you submit one against Bergman
in the first place?
A new prosecutor was assigned to the case.
In hindsight, that was a mistake.
How did a new prosecutor end up on this case?
She won the tender.
A police officer who excelled
during the Morduch case.
So what's the problem?
Turns out she's Kahan's protege.
I caught it in time.
It's handled. Don't worry about it.
Meri,
I remind you that Yigal and I
worked together for many years.
We did great things together.
You and I are both committed
to his life's work.
My husband's life work
is not something I'll ever forget.
You need to understand
that if Rachel doesn't start talking
she will be indicted today.
Explain to me why you're here,
instead of Bar On.
I'm here independently.
So why should we negotiate with you?
-Because she' being exploited.
Her situation is being exploited.
They're pulling a fast one, Rachel.
Bergman and his lawyer
are trying to pin everything on you.
I know you're scared,
but if you don't open your mouth
you will go to jail.
You'll go to jail for 15, 20 years.
-Excuse me!
I ask you to refrain
from addressing my client directly
and terrorizing her. Understand?
Whether or not I talk,
I'm going to jail,
so what's the difference?
People who help the state may be rewarded
with no jail time, Rachel.
So suddenly you're authorized
to talk about turning state's evidence?
You've got nothing. Nahmias doesn't even
know you're here. -True.
But if you give me something
I might be able to go
and try to make a deal.
Just give me something
I can work with, Cohen.
I know it doesn't make sense,
but I'm on your side.
Come on, you re a public prosecutor.
And I want the son of a bitch
who stole that money to go to jail,
instead of his straw men.
Sorry.
You're right.
They made me into a straw man.
Okay.
Wha do you need to make a deal?
A name.
Gilbert.
Gilbert Atias.