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Israeli Military Regime (1949-1966)

The Israeli Military Regime was the governing authority over the Palestinian municipalities inside Israel between the end of the Israeli War of Independence (1949) and November 8th, 1966. Under this regime, a large number of refugees from the Israeli War of Independence who had stayed within the boundaries of Isael were forbidden to return to their towns and villages, a system of work permits was established in which residents of Palestinian municipalities inside Israel had to get prior permission to leave their towns or travel, and an extensive network of informants and spies was put into place by the Israeli security establishment in order to gather intelligence on the Palestinian Citizens of Israel. According to Israeli historian Ilan Pappe, "The techniques of the occupation were first tried here."