I watched every episode but had trouble figuring out who some of the characters were. Even at the end, I still didn't know who some of those people were. Main questions: Who was the woman who was murdered at the end while she was sleeping? And was the U.S. involved trying to kill Nessa? If so, why? Who was Attica talking to while trying to save Nessa?
shareOk, after checking other posts, seems the woman killed was Monica, but she was just another character in this show who was confusing to me. I had no idea who she was, and what and why she was doing what she was doing. She's just one of many confusing characters. It's a wonder that I actually watched this through to the end.
shareThe woman killed at the end was Monica chatwin, a British mi6 agent.
She had been working in Washington, and developed a relationship there at some point with the CIA. They worked together in the plot to ultimately change the U.S. Governments position of rejecting the
The woman killed at the end was Monica chatwin, a British mi6 agent.
She is shown to be the person behind Nessa's first rescue from Gaza when Nessa was abducted 8 years previously. Nessa's brother desperately wanted his sisters release, no one but Monica was there to help him. The price he paid was informing Monica about the wiretap of all the traffic going in and out of the Palestinian Territories and putting Nessa at the head of the company.
After that first rescue, Monica goes to Washington, and developed a relationship there at some point with the CIA. They both worked together in the plot to try and ultimately change the U.S. Governments position rejecting the Palestinian state in the U.N. (By giving the American government a reason to reconsider its unwavering support).
Monica Chatwin helped create the image of Nessa as the great humanitarian -- the woman who only wanted to strive for peace and equality in the Middle East. Then she tries to have Nessa killed, and have a jewish terror group claim responsibility. The show establishes such a group had already been operating in Israel (they took responsibility for the killing of the teacher who discovered racism in the Stein academy). B/c the group had apparently operated unencumbered in Israel, it gives the U.S. Secretary of State a pretext to end the relationship and finally recognize Palestine.
This is the springboard for the whole show basically...Samir Meshal meets with the secretary of states deputy in the u.s., calls Palestine saying "she has agreed" -- agreed to some form pf a plot involving Palestinian statehood.
The Israelis hear, because they have the wiretap -- but so does Monica chatwin and the americans, since ephra stein told her about the wiretap years earlier!
Thus the need for Samir Meshal to "suicide", to avoid having the entire plot discovered.
It's a really complicated show, I'm probably leaving things out but I hope you get the gist.
Thanks very much for this synopsis. I got bits and pieces while I watched but wasn't able to put it all together because as you say, it is somewhat confusing. So many familiar faces throughout the show, but I wasn't able to put together who was who for some of them. Thank you again.
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The woman was the wife of the man in the hospital who committed suicide. They had kidnapped his wife to ensure that he would comply with their plans. But it was established that their MO was to offer a carrot as well as a stick.
So after he killed himself in the hospital, she was released from captivity and given the money "earned" by her husband.
The man you see with her later is her brother, not her husband.
The woman killed at the end was Monica chatwin, a British mi6 agent.
She is shown to be the person behind Nessa's first rescue from Gaza when Nessa was abducted 8 years previously. Nessa's brother desperately wanted his sisters release, no one but Monica was there to help him. The price he paid was informing Monica about the wiretap of all the traffic going in and out of the Palestinian Territories and putting Nessa at the head of the company.
I thought that part is: Ephra had to put the wiretap there per her order.
What did I miss?
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Something else that's confusing: Stein sponsoring a music school for muslims. Isn't it "haram" to play or even listen to musical instruments, other than the "duff"?
shareCheck the West-Eastern divan Orchestra, sponsored by Daniel Barenboim. The idea of the author is not so far off as you might think.
shareI do see the similarity. I might have misunderstood the intention of the "honorable woman". I thought she was sponsoring concerts in muslim countries and recruiting muslims there to learn to play musical instruments.
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