Arab Liberation Army
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The Arab Liberation Army, was an army of volunteers from Arab countries led by Fawzi al-Qawuqji. It fought on the Arab side in the 1948 Palestine war. It was set up by the Arab League as a counter to
ALA on parade, 1948
An Otter armored car captured by the Haganah from the ALA (Arab Liberation Army- Kaukji's army) in 1948.
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Sword Battalion
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The Sword Battalion, previously Unit 300 and also known as the IDF Minorities Unit, was an Arab-dominated military unit of the Israel Defense Forces. It predominantly enlisted Druze, who made up the m
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…Mount Carmel, defected from the Arab Liberation Army to the Israel Defense Forces. These formed the core of the IDF's only Arabic-speaking unit, the Unit of the Minorities. Palestine Liberation Army…
Druze officer of Israel's Sword Battalion, 2007
Bedouin soldier serving in one of the minority units of the Israel Defense Forces, May 13, 1949
Druze Israeli soldier guarding a mobile power station with a Mauser Kar. 98k rifle, May 13, 1949
Bedouin Israeli soldiers at a military parade in Tel Aviv in 1949