1920 in British-administered Palestine

Events in the year 1920 in British-administered Palestine (British-controlled part of OETA territory).

1920 in British-administered Palestine

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See also:

1920 in the United Kingdom

Incumbents

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Events

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February

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March

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  • 1 March – Zionist activist Joseph Trumpeldor and five Palestinian Jewish fighters are killed in the battle of Tel Hai. The battle, which gave Tel Hai its long-enduring fame, was significant far beyond the small number of fighters involved on either side – mainly due to its influence on Zionist history, both inspiring an enduring heroic myth and profoundly influencing Zionist military and political strategies over several decades.[citation needed]

April

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June

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  • 30 June – Two Arabs shot dead by British troops during demonstrations in Jaffa following the landing of new Jewish immigrants.[2]

July

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August

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  • 7 August – Sir Herbert Louis Samuel's request to extend the frontier of British territory beyond the Jordan River and to bring Transjordan under his administrative control is rejected. The British Foreign Secretary, Lord Curzon, proposed instead that British influence in Tranjordan should be advanced by sending a few political officers, without military escort, to encourage self-government and give advice to local leaders in the territory.[4]
  • 10 August – The Treaty of Sèvres endorses the allocation to the United Kingdom of a mandate of Palestine. The treaty is stillborn and subsequently superseded by the Treaty of Lausanne.[citation needed]

December

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Unknown dates

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Notable births

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  • 19 January – Mordechai Maklef, Israeli general, 3rd IDF Chief of General Staff (died 1978).
  • 1 June – Amos Yarkoni, Israeli Bedouin senior IDF officer (died 1991).
  • 12 June – Ephraim Evron, Israeli diplomat (died 1995).

Notable deaths

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Joseph Trumpeldor

References

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  1. ^ Tom Segev, One Palestine, complete: Jews and Arabs under the British Mandate, Henry Holt & Co., New York, 2001, p. 127–144.
  2. ^ Luke, Sir Harry (1953) Cities and Men. An Autobiography. Volume II. Aegean, Cyprus, Turkey, Transcaucasia & Palestine. (1914–1924). Geoffrey Bles. London. p.243
  3. ^ Luke, Sir Harry (1953) Cities and Men. An Autobiography. Volume II. Aegean, Cyprus, Turkey, Transcaucasia & Palestine. (1914–1924). Geoffrey Bles. London. p.247
  4. ^ Martin Sicker, (1999) Reshaping Palestine: From Muhammad Ali to the British Mandate, 1831–1922 p 158.