Tower and stockade

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Tower and stockade is a settlement method used by Zionist settlers in the British Mandate of Palestine during the 1936-1939 Arab revolt in Palestine, when the establishment of new Jewish settlements was restricted by the mandatory authorities. The plan was to inhabit by Jews as much Jewish-owned land as possible, particularly in remote areas, by establishing "facts on the ground," which would eventually be transformed into fortified agricultural settlements. All of the major settlement groups (mostly kibbutzim) took part in the campaign, which consisted of assembling a guard tower with a fence around it, usually in the course of a single night.

During the course of the "tower and stockade" campaign, 52 new Jewish settlements were established throughout the country.

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