Miriam is a survivor of the Holocaust. She flees Warsaw and joins the Jewish Partisans. At war's end, Miriam escapes to Palestine, where she meets Cobi. Cobi is a native-born Palestinian who served in the British Army. Returning home, he was made an officer with the Palmach in the War of Independence against the Arabs. In the bitter fighting for Jerusalem, Cobi confronts his childhood friend Yusuf, who is an officer in the Arab Legion, with unexpected...