Jewish Settlement Police
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The Jewish Settlement Police were a division of the Notrim established in the British Mandate of Palestine in 1936. Members, known as Nodedot, were trained by their commander, Yitzhak Sadeh, in the art of unconventional warfare and specialised in mobility and surprise attacks. The force was established on 1. Januray 1939 [link]. A field army based on Jewish Settlement police was estimated to be 16 000 men and women strong in 1946. [link] The Settlement Police cooperated with the British to form a joint British-Jewish unit known as the Special Night Squads. It was commanded by Charles Orde Wingate, a British officer who strongly supported the Zionist cause. They fought Arab guerillas who were attacking the Iraqi Petroleum Company pipeline.
References
- Black, Ian (1992). Israel's Secret Wars: A History of Israel's Intelligence Services. Grove Press. ISBN 0802132863
- Katz, Sam (1988). Israeli Units Since 1948. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 0850458374
- Report by Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry from 1946. Available online in the Jewish Virtual Library, at http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/anglotoc.html
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