Zohan Dvir is Israel's greatest Mossad super-agent — a virtually indestructible commando capable of superhuman feats — who secretly yearns to abandon the battlefield and become a hairstylist. After staging his own death during a confrontation with his arch-nemesis, a Palestinian terrorist known as "The Phantom," Zohan stows away to New York City and lands a job shampooing hair at a small Israeli salon in the Washington Heights neighborhood owned by a Palestinian woman named Dalia. Using his incredible dexterity and focus, Zohan quickly becomes the salon's most beloved stylist, lavishing the older female clientele with exceptional haircuts and his own special brand of personal attention. The peace he has found is threatened when The Phantom — now running a struggling electronics shop around the corner — recognizes Zohan and plots revenge, while a shady real estate developer named Walbridge schemes to destroy the multicultural neighborhood by pitting its Arab and Israeli communities against each other. Ultimately, Zohan unites Israelis and Palestinians alike to save their shared community, proving that coexistence is possible when people set aside old hatreds and focus on what they have in common.