1923 in Mandatory Palestine
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Several events and notable births happened during 1923 in the British Mandate of Palestine.
Incumbents
[edit]- High Commissioner – Sir Herbert Louis Samuel
- Emir of Transjordan – Abdullah I bin al-Hussein
- Prime Minister of Transjordan – 'Ali Rida Basha al-Rikabi until 1 February; Mazhar Raslan (acting prime minister) until 5 September; Hasan Khalid Abu al-Huda
Events
[edit]May
[edit]- 15 May – Britain recognizes Transjordan as an independent government, although it still remains under the British Mandate of Palestine.
June
[edit]- 16–20 June – Sixth Palestine Arab Congress held in Jaffa.
July
[edit]- The Palestine Communist Party is formed through a merger of Palestinian Communist Party and the Communist Party of Palestine.[1]
September
[edit]- 26 September – The British Mandate for Palestine, a legal instrument for the administration of Palestine, confirmed by the Council of the League of Nations on 24 July 1922, comes into effect.
Unknown date
[edit]- The founding of Ramat HaSharon, at the time named Ir Shalom (Hebrew: עִיר שָׁלוֹם, lit. City of Peace), by a group of Jewish immigrants from Poland.[2]
Notable births
[edit]- 21 February - Avraham Biton, Israeli politician (died 2005).
- 6 March - Gideon Ben-Yisrael, Israeli politician (died 2014).
- 10 March - Shmuel Tamir, Israeli lawyer and politician (died 1987).
- 13 March – Eliezer Kashani, Irgun fighter, one of the Olei Hagardom (died 1947).
- 7 June – Uzzi Ornan, Israeli linguist (died 2022).
- 20 July – Mattityahu Peled, Israeli general and peace activist (died 1995).
- 2 September – Moshe Kelman, Israeli military officer (died 1980).
- 12 September – Aviad Yafeh, Israeli politician (died 1977).
- 15 September – Yosef Harish, Israeli jurist, Attorney General of Israel (died 2013).
- 27 September – Meir Avizohar, Israeli politician (died 2008).
- 9 October – Haim Gouri, Israeli poet, novelist, journalist and documentary filmmaker (died 2018).
Full date Unknown
[edit]- Fatima al-Budeiri, Palestinian radio broadcaster (died 2009).[3]
- Yisrael Galili (Balashnikov), Israeli weapons designer (died 1995).
Notable deaths
[edit]Full date unknown
[edit]- Haim Aharon Valero (born 1845), banker and entrepreneur.
References
[edit]- ↑ Budayrī, Mūsá (2010). The Palestine Communist Party, 1919-1948: Arab & Jew in the struggle for internationalism. Chicago, Ill: Haymarket Books. ISBN 978-1-60846-072-4.
- ↑ HaReuveni, Immanuel (1999). Lexicon of the Land of Israel (in Hebrew). Miskal – Yedioth Ahronoth Books and Chemed Books. ISBN 965-448-413-7.
- ↑ "الرواد - مركز المعلومات الوطني الفلسطيني". WAFA Info. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
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