Set in the Middle East in 1919, a group of European Jews planning on settling in the Sinai Desert are attacked by Bedouin tribesmen. As they fight for their lives they realize that they are beginning a struggle for a new Jewish nation. This film chronicles the beginning of the modern Jewish struggle for a homeland.

• Kelly McGillis
• John Shea
• Arnon Zadok
• Christine Boisson
• Roberto Pollack
• Sinai Peter
• Neta Moran
• Amos Lavi