Jewish Settlement Police

The Jewish Settlement Police (JSP) were a division of the Notrim established in the British Mandate of Palestine in 1936. They were developed by the Haganah into an élite force. Members, known as Nodedot, were trained by their commander, Yitzhak Sadeh, in the art of unconventional warfare and specialized in mobility and surprise attacks. According to Katz, "the Arabs feared them greatly".At the end of 1940 the JSP had about 15,000 members. A field army based on the force was estimated to be 16,000 men and women strong in 1946. According to a statement made by the Palestine Government in June 1947 and referenced by the United Nations Palestine Commission, the force itself was 1,929 men strong at the time. In early 1948 the force was about 2,000 strong.
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