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"In August 1942 the Palestine Regiment was formed, again plagued by the same mixed recruiting and its associated low quality problems. The regiment was derisively called the "Five Piastre Regiments", due to the large number of Arab "volunteers" that had enlisted just for the cash bonus provided by the Jewish Agency.[14]"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Brigade

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This is interesting. A Wikipedia article cites this book in claiming that the Arab volunteers for the Palestine Regiment were paid by the Jewish Agency to sign up.

https://www.amazon.com/Echo-bugle-constabulary-Palestine-Transjordan/dp/B0006DY0LQ

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