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A progressing list. Not all
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Metzudat Yoav, the Givati
Brigade Museum in the former Iraq Suwaydan fort
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police station (abandoned; heritage site near Old Gesher)
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Five structures were built to reinforce the so-called "
872:: police museum, but closed to the public (as of 2011)
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435:- 2 police stations, one is now the local seat of the
998:"Charles Tegart and the forts that tower over Israel"
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military governor between 1967 and 1997, and of the
1048:"Galilee police station reveals Mandate-era charms"
191:In the West Bank, several such forts, now known as
696:(Neveh Tzuf) day care center and girls high school
484:refugee camp near Nablus, now a Palestinian prison
222:, was later restored and added to under President
552:police station, now Kishon Detention Center near
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214:Mukataa, damaged by Israeli forces in the 2002
66:The forts are named after their designer, the
1083:Stone Men. The Palestinians Who Built Israel.
768:police station, largely destroyed during the
237:administration between 1949 and 1967, of the
120:, the building arm of the Jewish trade union
617:, served as the initial headquarters of the
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249:List of Tegart forts in Mandatory Palestine
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561:police station, now the local seat of the
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42:, initiated as a measure against the
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1130:McGreal, Chris (14 November 2003).
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1046:Ashkenazi, Eli (11 December 2012).
832:inner-city municipal police station
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176:prison for "high-risk" prisoners.
168:Many of them can still be seen in
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314:police station, now Akko (active)
132:Two types of forts were erected:
1022:Rubinstein, Danny (2006-08-06).
627:police station in Haifa (active)
414:Ashmoret maximum security prison
1180:Forts in the State of Palestine
794:one still active police station
607:police station (destroyed 1955)
536:police station (destroyed 2001)
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720:Jewish Supernumerary Police
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292:Ein Tina Police Station in
152:, using a specific design.
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663:Border Police Headquarters
216:Operation Defensive Shield
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23:The Tegart police fort at
1026:. Haaretz. Archived from
1024:"The seven lost villages"
776:" presidential HQ of the
674:(maximum security prison)
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926:(at Hadarim Interchange)
702:police station, now the
692:police station, now the
633:police station, now the
480:Fara police station, at
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429:police station (active)
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348:Israeli military prison
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58:Tegart police station,
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1030:on October 1, 2007.
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712:- 3 police stations
179:The Tegart fort in
1117:2016-03-03 at the
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257:The Latrun Museum
111:Indian insurgency
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1057:. Retrieved
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625:Kiriat Haim
528:Hamat Gader
455:Deir Qaddis
422:Ganot Hadar
401:Beit Guvrin
397:Beit Jibrin
381:Beit She'an
118:Solel Boneh
38:during the
32:Tegart fort
1159:Categories
1059:24 January
983:References
967:Shlomo Gur
891:Gaza Strip
815:Rosh Pinna
731:Ness Ziona
700:Nabi Yusha
690:Nabi Salih
605:Khan Yunis
488:Farradiyya
391:Beit Dagan
387:Beit Dajan
352:Prison Six
324:Al-Khalisa
91:anglicised
866:Shafa Amr
783:Ramat Gan
615:Abu Ghosh
590:Kfar Saba
584:Camp 1391
471:Wadi Amud
461:Dhahiriya
433:Bethlehem
368:Beersheba
294:Wadi Amud
235:Jordanian
187:West Bank
174:Camp 1391
122:Histadrut
50:Etymology
36:Palestine
1115:Archived
961:See also
930:Tiberias
920:Tel Mond
910:Tarbikha
897:Tarshiha
766:Ramallah
743:Qalqilia
725:Nazareth
694:Halamish
672:Ashkelon
586:(active)
524:El Hamme
467:Ein Tina
410:Beit Lid
383:(active)
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212:Ramallah
201:المقاطعة
1081:(2019)
1053:Haaretz
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870:Shfaram
809:Rehovot
774:Mukataa
716:Nahalal
684:Metulla
574:Jiftlik
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146:Lebanon
100:History
60:Nahalal
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861:Mattat
857:Sa'sa'
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789:Ramleh
754:Gedera
710:Nablus
650:, now
644:Lajjun
631:Latrun
596:Khalsa
580:Karkur
550:Jalame
546:Museum
534:Hebron
518:Hadera
512:Gesher
492:Shefer
389:, now
377:Beisan
362:Ya'ara
318:Affula
231:Hebron
197:Arabic
170:Israel
164:Israel
83:Hebrew
25:Latrun
1096:p. 40
1086:Verso
948:Yavne
942:Yatta
827:Safad
821:Salha
802:Ramla
760:Rafah
750:Qatra
657:Lydda
559:Jenin
554:Haifa
496:Parod
482:Far'a
475:Hukok
473:near
442:Damun
420:near
358:Bassa
344:Atlit
334:Artuf
298:Hukok
296:near
150:Syria
128:Types
68:Irish
1145:2008
1090:ISBN
1061:2014
1006:2012
506:Gaza
494:and
406:base
312:Acre
267:Sasa
210:The
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