"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]"
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.
Jewish and Arab Palestinians together in an army regiment. Sounds like todays IDF. Where else today will you find Jews, Arabs, Druze etc together in a fighting force?
Most likely the descendents of the Arabs of the Palestine Regiment will be amongst the two million Israeli Arabs who enjoy full citizenship of Israel.
"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
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
Jewish and Arab Palestinians together in an army regiment. Sounds like todays IDF. Where else today will you find Jews, Arabs, Druze etc together in a fighting force?
Most likely the descendents of the Arabs of the Palestine Regiment will be amongst the two million Israeli Arabs who enjoy full citizenship of Israel.