Set against the backdrop of the heinous massacre committed by Zionists against the people of the Arab village of Kafr Qasim in 1956; Rajaa, the labor broker, cooperates with the mukhtar to get the laborers jobs working for the Zionist employer, while Salim Effendi from Jaffa works as a messenger for the military governor, and Abu Maree leaves his land to be given to new settlers.