Editing Israel Border Police (section)

{{Short description|Gendarmerie and border security branch of the Israel National Police}}
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{{Infobox law enforcement agency
|agencyname = Israel Border Police
|nativenamea = {{lang|he|מִשְׁמַר הַגְּבוּל}}
|nativenamer = {{Transliteration|he|Mišmar Ha-Gvul}}
|commonname = Magav
|logo = Emblem of Magav.svg
|logocaption = Emblem of Magav
|flag = Flag of the Israel Border Police.svg
|flagcaption = Flag of Israel Border Police
|speciality1 = border
|formedyear = 1953
|preceding1 = Frontier Corps{{efn|Not to be confused with the [[Frontier Corps]] of [[Pakistan]]}}
|employees = ≈8,000 soldiers and officers
|country = Israel
|national = Yes
|governingbody = Israel Police
|police = Yes
|gendarmerie = Yes
|local = Yes
|website = {{URL|http://www.police.gov.il/English_contentPage.aspx|www.police.gov.il}}
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The '''Israel Border Police''' ({{langx|he|מִשְׁמַר הַגְּבוּל|Mišmar Ha-Gvul}}) is the [[gendarmerie]] and [[Border guard|border security]] branch of the [[Israel Police|Israel National Police]]. It is also commonly known by its Hebrew abbreviation '''Magav''' ({{Script/Hebrew|מג"ב}}), meaning [[border guard]]; its members are colloquially known as ''magavnikim'' ({{Script/Hebrew|מג"בניקים}}; singular ''magavnik''). "Border Guard" is often used as the official name of the Israel Border Police in English. While its main task is securing Israel's borders, it has also been deployed to assist the [[Israel Defense Forces]], and for [[counter-terrorism]] and [[law enforcement]] operations in the [[Israeli occupation of the West Bank|Israeli-occupied]] [[West Bank]] and in [[Jerusalem]].

The Israeli Border Police is known to include many soldiers from minority backgrounds, being a particularly popular choice for [[Israeli Druze|Druze]] recruits, and also including many soldiers from [[Circassians in Israel|Circassian]], [[Arab Christians|Arab Christian]], and [[Negev Bedouin|Bedouin]] backgrounds.<ref name=":0">Arab-Israeli Military Forces in an Era of Asymmetric Wars, Anthony H. Cordesman, Greenwood Publishing Group, 1 January 2006, page 133</ref>