Jewish Settlement Police

Jewish Settlement Police
משטרת היישובים העבריים (Mishteret Ha-Yishuvim Ha-Ivri'yim)
Jewish Settlement Policeman, 1942
Active1936–1948
Disbanded1948
CountryBritish Mandate of Palestine
BranchNotrim
TypeAuxiliary Police
RoleSecurity, law enforcement, paramilitary training
Size15,000 (1940); 1,929 (1947); 2,000 (1948)
Part ofBritish Police Force in Mandatory Palestine
Garrison/HQJewish settlements in Palestine
Engagements1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine
A ghaffir (special policeman) corporal, 1942, and a ghaffir cap badge.

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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  1. ^ Levenberg, 1993, p. 156.