:53:00
Why can't you let them go?
:53:02
You must understand that we British
have shown, throughout our history...
:53:06
...an extraordinary talent
for troublesome commitments.
:53:10
Palestine is a British
mandate imposed upon us...
:53:14
...by the League of Nations...
:53:16
...which makes us responsible
for keeping peace in the area.
:53:19
The Arabs simply won't keep the peace
if we allow further Jewish immigration.
:53:23
I don't know much about the mandate.
:53:25
But I do know the Jews
were promised a homeland in Palestine.
:53:29
During the First World War,
:53:31
Britain needed and
accepted Jewish support...
:53:33
...from all over the world.
:53:35
In return...
:53:37
...the Balfour Declaration of 1917
made such a promise.
:53:40
That promise was reconfirmed
during World War ll.
:53:44
This chap Ben Canaan probably wasn't lying
when he said he fought with us.
:53:47
Thousands of Palestinians did.
:53:50
How can you promise something
and then not deliver it?
:53:54
England was fighting for her life in 1917.
:53:57
Nations are very like people
in such circumstances.
:54:00
They make promises
they're not immediately able to fulfill.
:54:04
During that same crisis,
we made the Arabs certain assurances.
:54:07
Hence, they have their claims, too.
:54:10
The Arabs are fanatics
on the subject of Jewish immigration.
:54:14
Just now, we need their goodwill.
:54:16
-How is it ever going to end?
-I don't know.
:54:19
The whole question now
is before the United Nations.
:54:22
I hope they solve it.
:54:24
The sooner I stop operating detention camps,
the happier I'll be.
:54:28
That goes for every British officer
and soldier I know.
:54:34
Thank you.
:54:36
Yes?
:54:39
The devil.
:54:41
Of course.
:54:42
Send a boat alongside at once.
I'll join you in 10 minutes.
:54:47
They want to send 23
people back to Karaolos.
:54:50
The rest have declared a hunger strike.
:54:56
-Can I drop you at your hotel?
-Of course.