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Mossad
The Jewish Week
agents were
basically left
ony Kushner, one of the
on their own
screenplay writers for Steven
to track down
Spielberg's Munich, recently
and kill their
explained why_he portrayed Mossad
targets.
agents as having regrets and doubts
According to
about tracking down and killing the
the documen-
Palestinians who planned the murder
tary, the oper-
of 11 Olympic Israeli athletes in 1972.
ation was
"I've never killed anyone, but my
tightly con-
Munich co-screen-
instincts as a person and a playwright
trolled from
writer Tony Kushner
... suggest that people in .general don't
Israel, and
kill without feeling torn up about it': he
before any
wrote in the Los Angeles Times.
assassination was ordered, it was
But a documentary that will air 6 -
reviewed by Prime Minister Golda Meir
p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18, on the Discovery and a secret government committee.
Channel, Munich: The Real Assassins,
Reverand said the biggest difference
features interviews with two of those
is that Spielberg's movie does not men-
Mossad agents — and revealed just
tion the final assassination, that of an
the opposite.
innocent Moroccan waiter in
"We trusted our leaders': said one of
Lillehammer, Norway, in July 1973. Six
the agents, whose identity was con-
Israeli agents were caught and five were
cealed."Our task is sacred. Even today,
convicted in connection with the attack.
I have no doubts. ..:We operated
The bungled mission exposed
according to instructions. It was
• Operation Wrath of God and put an end
enough to be told that they were killing
to it.
Israelis. In a unit like ours, you don't
ask questions:'
Oscar Wars
Stephen Reverand, vice president of
As Spielberg's film angled to get a Best
productions for the Discovery Channel,
Picture Academy Award nomination,
said in an interview that he found that
one of the producers of Munich charged
response "almost eerie."
a neocon smear against the film by "a
"We were only following orders —
loud right-wing constituency"
hearing that from an Israeli operative
Quoted in a Los Angeles Times piece,
is no small measure of irony;' Reverand,
Kathleen Kennedy said "political pun-
said in a reference to the defense
dits" — Leon Wieseltier and Charles
repeatedly cited by Nazi soldiers.
Krauthammer, among them — "took
swipes at the movie very early on ...
Inescapable . Differences
which has been difficult to overcome.
This was the first time some of the
Unfortunately, they've found a louder
actual participants in the Israeli revenge
voice than the people who've supported
attacks publicly discussed their mis-
the movie': she said.
sion, dubbed Operation Wrath of God,
She needn't have worried. On Jan. 31,
Reverand noted. Although his docu-
Munich received five Oscar nomina-
mentary makes no reference to differ-
tions, including one for Best Picture.
ences between the Spielberg movie and
Spielberg is nominated for Best
the facts as uncovered by the documen-
Director, and Kushner is co-nominated
tary's researchers, some are inescapable.
for Best Adapted Screenplay. The Oscars
For instance, in the Spielberg movie
will be handed out on March 5. El
the Israeli bomb maker is a novice who
was recruited because he knew how to
disarm bombs. In the new documen-
Munich: The Real Assassins airs
tary, the Israelis used an expert bomb
6 p.m. Saturday, Feb.18, on the
maker.
Discovery Channel.
The Spielberg movie suggests that the

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