Jewish Settlement Police

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The Jewish Settlement Police was a British Mandate-era Jewish auxiliary police force in Palestine that played a key role in defending Jewish communities and later provided trained manpower to the Haganah.

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Label Occurrences
Jewish Settlement Police canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf auxiliary police force ⓘ
paramilitary organization ⓘ
activeDuring 1940s ⓘ
late 1930s ⓘ
armed true ⓘ
armedBy British Mandate authorities ⓘ
conflict Arab Revolt in Palestine ⓘ
controlledBy British Mandate authorities ⓘ
country British Mandate of Palestine ⓘ
linked to: Mandatory Palestine
dissolvedFollowing end of the British Mandate in Palestine ⓘ
dissolvedIn late 1940s ⓘ
establishedBy British authorities in Palestine ⓘ
ethnicComposition Jewish ⓘ
garrison Jewish agricultural settlements ⓘ
kibbutzim ⓘ
moshavim ⓘ
historicalSignificance precursor to Jewish military forces in the State of Israel ⓘ
ideologicalContext Zionist settlement movement ⓘ
linked to: Zionism
language English ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
notableFor integration of its members into Haganah units ⓘ
providing military and police training to future Israeli fighters ⓘ
role in the development of Jewish defense institutions in Palestine ⓘ
operatedIn Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
partOf Palestine Police Force ⓘ
providedManpowerTo Haganah ⓘ
purpose to organize Jewish self-defense under British supervision ⓘ
to secure strategic Jewish settlements and roads ⓘ
recruitedFrom Yishuv population ⓘ
relatedTo Jewish Supernumerary Police ⓘ
Palestine Police Force ⓘ
Yishuv ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
role defense of Jewish settlements ⓘ
guarding Jewish agricultural communities ⓘ
rural security ⓘ
successor Haganah field units ⓘ
linked to: Haganah

Israel Defense Forces ⓘ
supportedOrganization Haganah ⓘ
trainedBy British police and military instructors ⓘ
trainedPersonnelFor Haganah ⓘ
typeOfTraining basic military skills ⓘ
patrol and guard duties ⓘ
weapons training ⓘ
uniformed true ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Haganah → notableUnit → Jewish Settlement Police ⓘ
Palestine Police Force → notableUnit → Jewish Settlement Police ⓘ
Palestine Police Force → supervised → Jewish Settlement Police ⓘ
Supernumerary Police → relatedTo → Jewish Settlement Police ⓘ
Notrim → alsoKnownAs → Jewish Settlement Police ⓘ