AfterhavingbeeninternedinaconcentrationcampbytheNazis,ProfessorTaumen,aJewishsurgeon,andhisfuturedaughter-in-lawleaveItalyforPalestine.OncetheretheyareguidedbyArie',amemberoftheHaganah.InPalestine,theextremistJewsoftheIrgounwagearuthlessguerrillaagainsttheBritish.Oneofthemostactiveanti-EnglishactivistsisDavidTraumen,theprofessor'sownson,engagedtoDina.DavidnowliveswithJudith,anotherfanatic,devotedbodyandsoultotheindependenceofthefutureIsrael.Informedaboutthecomingofhisfather,whomhedidnothopetoseeanymore,Davidmeetshimatthekibbutzhousingtherefugees.TheunexpectedpresenceofDinaupsetshimbeyondwords.HealsofindsbackArie',withwhomhefoughtintheAlliedArmybuthesoonfindshimselfquarrelingwithhim:onesupportsthemoderateprinciplesoftheHaganahwhereastheotheradvocatesterrorism.