The mood is somber as people think about David ben Moshe. The five of them - Elisha, Ilana, Gad, Joab, and Gideon - are sitting around a table, sipping steaming tea served by Ilana. Then, one by one, each speaks about the time he or she narrowly escaped death.
Joab hides in an insane asylum to flee from a neighbor who is against the Movement. The superintendent is an old school friend. Joab is there for two weeks when the police find him. The superintendent tells the police that Joab is very sick and imagines that he is dead, but they take him into custody anyway. For forty-eight hours, he is interrogated but he never wavers. He refuses to eat or drink and, when they slap his hands and face, he doesn't react. He.....
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