Golda, a ticking-clock thriller sharing the intensely dramatic events, high-stake responsibilities, and controversial decisions that Meir - also known as the 'Iron Lady of Israel' - faced during the Yom Kippur War in 1973.
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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:03 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:06 Four, three, two, one.
00:14 Today, the Egyptian and Syrian armies
00:17 launched an offensive against Israel.
00:21 Our enemies hoped to surprise the citizens of Israel
00:24 on Yom Kippur.
00:26 Our troops are outnumbered seven to one.
00:29 If the Arabs reach Tel Aviv, Israel will be wiped off the map.
00:34 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:38 In my day, they stood for the prime minister.
00:43 Secretary Kissinger is on the line.
00:45 Remember that I am first an American,
00:47 second I am Secretary of State, and third I am a Jew.
00:51 We forget that in Israel, we read from right to left.
00:55 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:58 The American people will pay a high price
01:00 for supporting Israel.
01:01 If we have to, we will fight alone.
01:03 Our troops in the canal, they're surrounded.
01:05 You rescued these boys.
01:08 My leap of catastrophe.
01:10 If the Americans throw us to the dogs,
01:12 I will not be taken alive.
01:14 The Egyptians have fired a cruise missile at Tel Aviv.
01:20 Well, I'm not going to get under the table,
01:22 but don't let me stop you.
01:25 If the Egyptians defeat us with Soviet weapons,
01:28 what message does that send to the free world?
01:32 The Russians are preparing 11 airborne divisions.
01:36 When I was a child in Ukraine, they
01:38 would beat Jews to death in the street for fun.
01:41 I am not that little girl hiding in the cellar.
01:44 [MUSIC PLAYING]
01:47 Do you know how many people died?
01:53 All those boys.
01:54 I will carry that pain to my grave.
01:56 [MUSIC PLAYING]
02:00 We will keep fighting for a guarantee of life and peace.
02:05 [MUSIC PLAYING]
02:08 The day is come.
02:13 [BLANK_AUDIO]