The United Nations decree the
imminent end of the British Mandate and the
partition of Palestine.
Although the British are nominally in charge
for the next few months they are no longer in
control of the situation and soon Jerusalem is
in a state of open warfare. The Jewish agency
summon Dalia to the capital to teach firearm
skills to Jewish Youth.
Maftur Said, expecting her first child,
leaves the city centre to live in a peaceful
Arab village on the outskirts of Jerusalem.
Addy Shepard, teaching at an Anglican School
for Girls, lives behind barbed wire at
home.
As anarchy rules all three women are caught
up in the mounting violence.