The Jewish Supernumerary Police (

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: ''Shotrim Musafim''), sometimes referred to as Jewish Auxiliary Police, were a branch of the Guards (''

Notrim The Notrim ( he, נוטרים, , Guards; singular: ''Noter'') were Jewish auxiliaries, mainly police, set up in 1936 by the British in Mandatory Palestine during the 1936–39 Arab revolt. The British authorities maintained, financed and armed ...

'') set up by the British in the

British Mandate of Palestine British Mandate of Palestine or Palestine Mandate most often refers to: * Mandate for Palestine: a League of Nations mandate under which the British controlled an area which included Mandatory Palestine and the Emirate of Transjordan. * Mandatory P ...

in June 1936. 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,Nasr, 1996, p. 13. which itself became the main constituent of the

Israel Defense Forces The Israel Defense Forces (IDF; he, צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל , ), alternatively referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym (), is the national military of the Israel, State of Israel. It consists of three servic ...

during the

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. The other branch of the Notrim was an élite mobile force, created in 1938, known as the

Jewish Settlement Police The Jewish Settlement Police (JSP) ( he, משטרת היישובים העבריים, ''Mishteret Ha-Yishuvim Ha-Ivri'yim'') were a division of the Notrim established in Mandatory Palestine in 1936, during the 1936-39 Arab revolt.Levenberg, 1993, ...

. File:כפר רופין - המשוריין ביום העליה-JNF034770.jpeg, Jewish Supernumerary Police,

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1938 File:עמק הירדן - קבוצת "השומר" - הגנה וגיוס-JNF032750.jpeg, Jewish Supernumerary Police 1938 File:עמק יזרעאל - פלוגות העמק קבוצת רוכבים יהודים.-JNF035456.jpeg, Jewish Supernumerary Police led by British army officer 1938

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* Bowyer Bell, John (1996). ''Terror Out of Zion''. Transaction Publishers. *Nasr, Kameel B. (1996). ''Arab and Israeli Terrorism: The Causes and Effects of Political Violence, 1936-1993''. McFarland & Company. {{Mandatory Palestine topics Law enforcement in Mandatory Palestine Haganah units 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine

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