"I have said it it from the get go, there will be a showdown between Eli David and Gibbs, it's inevititable and probably the seaon finale IMO or at least leading up to it. I get the feeling the Vance was somehow involved with the Israeli Op to Somalia, and was probably running his own Op involving the dead marine Cryer. This confrotation between Gibbs, Eli, Vance, Ziva, DiNozzo, and the rest of team will be fireworks that I have no doubt."

"If it were so simple, that would be too easy just man to man. Watch it'll be something along the lines of Mossad vs NCIS"

"Since Alyah it has been my opinion that there will be a final showdown between Gibbs and Eli. The first meeting in Tel Aviv was just calculating the adversary's position. Margy , you compared Gibbs and Eli very well with the two large dogs watching each other. If this story arc were a traditionally classic drama both of them would be the typical protagonist and antagonist. Scene number two was the meeting with Ben Gidon. I'm not quite sure if it was Eli’s plan or Ben Gidon's to disgrace Ziva and make it impossible for her to stay in the US. But I'm sure he had to bring her home. Scene three is the phone call with Vance. Though Eli was warned to stay away from Gibbs I suppose there will be an after play as Eli already announced then."

"Hi Margy, I wonder what you would have expect to happen if Ben Gidon had really taken Ziva with him. That situation would have been very complicated. He'd have had to avoid that Eli got to know the full truth."

"Ben-Gidon would not want Ziva back at Mossad. She knew the truth of what happened. That he had murdered Cryer. He would have wanted her to break all links with her father and Israel."

"I think that was what Ziva meant when she said "Are you following orders?" to Ben-GIddon in the interrogation room"

"I suspect he would have tried to kill her before they reached Israel. You note I said tried. *grins* I think he would have failed miserably."

"Yeah, Margy, that would have been the only chance to get rid of her. But I'm also sure Ziva would have taught him a lesson.*grin*"