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Mobile Guards

In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “branch of the notrim in mandatory palestine established at the beginning of the 1936-1939 arab revolt in palest”. Today it says “branch of the notrim in mandatory palestine established at the beginning of the 1936–39 arab revolt in palestin”.
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Mobile Guards ( Hebrew : המשמר הנע , romanized : Hamishmar hana ), also known as the Manim from the initials of the Hebrew words, were a branch of the Notrim in Mandatory Palestine established at the beginning of the 1936–39 Arab revolt in Palestine to ambush Arab terrorists and to protect Jewish settlements and workers in their orchards and fields. There were about 60 units comprising 400 men. The manim travelled in armored vehicles.

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In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “branch of the notrim in mandatory palestine established at the beginning of the 1936-1939 arab revolt in palest”. Today it says “branch of the notrim in mandatory palestine established at the beginning of the 1936–39 arab revolt in palestin”. Read the current article and compare.
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branch of the notrim in mandatory palestine established at the beginning of the 1936-1939 arab revolt in palest

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branch of the notrim in mandatory palestine established at the beginning of the 1936–39 arab revolt in palestin

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