"But we're supposed to be righteous."
A scene from Steven Spielberg's 2005 film, Munich, pierces the heart and resonates right now
The context for the scene above is that a secret Israeli assassination team authorized by then Prime Minister Golda Meir has been finding and killing Palestinians that the Mossad claims were responsible for the planning of the Munich massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics. After the Israeli team has killed several of its targets, a hit-woman hired by a Palestinian group manages to track down and kill one of them. She seduces the Israeli assassin and kills him in their hotel bed.
In the scene excerpted above, the Israeli assassins have just decided to add the woman who killed their teammate to their list of people to kill, and they are assembling at a train station as they prepare to carry out this mission. One of the members of the team, Robert, has misgivings about this plan. He confronts the team leader, Avner, on the train platform.
The full scene is viewable here:
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