The Jewish Supernumerary Police (Hebrew: Shotrim Musafim), sometimes referred to as Jewish Auxiliary Police, were a branch of the Guards (Notrim) set up by the British in the British Mandate of Palestine in June 1936.
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The British authorities gradually expanded the Supernumerary Police from 6,000 to 14,000 and ultimately 22,000. Those trained became the nucleus of the Haganah,[1] which itself became the main constituent of the Israel Defense Forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
The other branch of the Notrim was an élite mobile force, created in 1938, known as the Jewish Settlement Police.
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Jewish Supernumerary Police, Kfar Ruppin 1938
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Jewish Supernumerary Police 1938
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Jewish Supernumerary Police led by British army officer 1938
See also
editFootnotes
edit- ^ Nasr, 1996, p. 13.
References
edit- Bowyer Bell, John (1996). Terror Out of Zion. Transaction Publishers. ISBN 1-56000-870-9
- Nasr, Kameel B. (1996). Arab and Israeli Terrorism: The Causes and Effects of Political Violence, 1936-1993. McFarland & Company. ISBN 0-7864-0280-6