Jewish Settlement Police | |
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משטרת היישובים העבריים (Mishteret Ha-Yishuvim Ha-Ivri'yim) | |
Active | 1936–1948 |
Disbanded | 1948 |
Country | British Mandate of Palestine |
Branch | Notrim |
Type | Auxiliary Police |
Role | Security, law enforcement, paramilitary training |
Size | 15,000 (1940); 1,929 (1947); 2,000 (1948) |
Part of | British Police Force in Mandatory Palestine |
Garrison/HQ | Jewish settlements in Palestine |
Engagements | 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine |
The Jewish Settlement Police (JSP) [a] were a division of the Notrim established in Mandatory Palestine in 1936, during the 1936-39 Arab revolt.[1]
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