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28 Jews Serve in Palestine Frontier Defense Force

June 8, 1926
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(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Enlistment into the Palestine frontier force, created by the Palestine Government for the purpose of defending the Palestine and Transjordanian frontiers, was closed.

Out of the 425 soldiers stationed at Sarafand, only 28 are Jews. The remainder of the force is stationed in Transjordania. It is understood that this unit has no Jewish soldiers.

Two hundred Jewish volunteers recently applied for enlistment in the frontier force. Nearly all were rejected, many without examination.

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