Community ransom
Encyclopedia
The Community ransom or "Yishuv ransom" was a tax imposed by the Jewish National Council in Mandate Palestine
to finance central security operations and increase the size of the self-defence force known as the Haganah
. The principle of the tax was that those who could not make a physical contribution to the Haganah would pay a "ransom" to its treasury. The money was collected through a tax on luxuries, cigarettes, restaurant bills and so on.
The tax was formally introduced on 24 June 1938, during the 1936-1939 Arab revolt in Palestine, and abolished on the foundation of the state of Israel
in May 1948.
Palestine
Palestine is a conventional name, among others, used to describe the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, and various adjoining lands....
to finance central security operations and increase the size of the self-defence force known as the Haganah
Haganah
Haganah was a Jewish paramilitary organization in what was then the British Mandate of Palestine from 1920 to 1948, which later became the core of the Israel Defense Forces.- Origins :...
. The principle of the tax was that those who could not make a physical contribution to the Haganah would pay a "ransom" to its treasury. The money was collected through a tax on luxuries, cigarettes, restaurant bills and so on.
The tax was formally introduced on 24 June 1938, during the 1936-1939 Arab revolt in Palestine, and abolished on the foundation of the state of Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
in May 1948.
External links
- מגבית כופר הישוב - קולקט, Community Ransom Fund, accessed 26 May 2010.