Notrim

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Notrim were Jewish auxiliary police units organized under the British Mandate in Palestine, primarily tasked with local security and defense duties.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish auxiliary police force ⓘ
paramilitary organization ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Jewish Settlement Police ⓘ
Noterim ⓘ
armedBy British authorities ⓘ
badgeLanguage English ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
closelyAssociatedWith Haganah ⓘ
commandStructure under British police command ⓘ
contributedTo military training of future Israeli fighters ⓘ
organizational experience for later Israeli security forces ⓘ
country British Mandate of Palestine ⓘ
linked to: Mandatory Palestine
dissolutionContext end of British Mandate in Palestine ⓘ
ethnicComposition Jewish ⓘ
function bridge between British authorities and Jewish community on security matters ⓘ
historicalSignificance key component of Yishuv security apparatus ⓘ
training ground for many future Israeli officers ⓘ
influenced doctrine of Israeli local defense units ⓘ
formation of Israeli police ⓘ
informalSubordination Haganah leadership ⓘ
linked to: Haganah
legalStatus officially sanctioned by British Mandate authorities ⓘ
notableActivity guarding strategic roads and installations ⓘ
night patrols around Jewish settlements ⓘ
protection of Jewish communities during Arab Revolt (1936–1939) ⓘ
operatedIn Jewish agricultural colonies ⓘ
Palestine ⓘ
rural Jewish settlements ⓘ
organizedBy British Mandate authorities ⓘ
British colonial police ⓘ
partOf British auxiliary police system ⓘ
primaryLanguage Hebrew ⓘ
primaryRole defense of Jewish settlements ⓘ
guard duties ⓘ
local security ⓘ
patrol duties ⓘ
recruitedFrom Haganah members ⓘ
Yishuv ⓘ
successor Israel Defense Forces local defense units ⓘ
Israeli police ⓘ
linked to: Israel Police
timePeriod 1930s ⓘ
1940s ⓘ
trainingProvidedBy British police ⓘ
typeOfRecruitment volunteer-based with pay ⓘ
uniform British-style police uniforms ⓘ
usedWeapons light machine guns ⓘ
rifles ⓘ
small arms ⓘ

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