1944 in Mandatory Palestine

	1944 in the British Mandate of Palestine
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Events in the year 1944 in the British Mandate of Palestine.

Incumbents

High Commissioner – Sir Harold MacMichael until 30 August; John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort
Emir of Transjordan – Abdullah I bin al-Hussein
Prime Minister of Transjordan – Tawfik Abu al-Huda until 15 October; Samir al-Rifai

Events

1 February – The Irgun proclaims a revolt against the British mandatory government.
27 February – The Irgun bombs the income tax offices.
15 March – World War II: Hannah Szenes and two male colleagues are parachuted by the British into Yugoslavia and join a partisan group.
1 May – The British mandatory government restricts the immigration of Jews to Palestine.
1 August – Fourth Assembly of Jewish Representatives elections held.
8 August – Lehi members attempt to assassinate the High Commissioner, Sir Harold MacMichael.
30 August – Sir John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort assumes office as the High Commissioner of Palestine.
20 September – World War II: The Jewish Brigade group of the British Army is established.^[1]
19 October – Irgun and Lehi members are deported by the Mandate authorities to internment camps in Africa.
November – The founding of the city Giv'at Shmuel.
6 November – Lord Moyne, the British minister of state in the Middle East, is assassinated by Lehi members in Cairo.
7 November – World War II: Hannah Szenes is executed in Hungary by a German firing squad.

Births

6 January – Yair Rosenblum, Israeli composer (died 1996).
9 February – Ze'ev Seltzer, Israeli footballer and football manager.
10 February – Assad Assad, Druze Israeli politician, diplomat, and military officer.
16 February – Gaby Mazor, Israeli archaeologist.
20 February – Yaakov Peri, Israeli politician and director of Shin Bet.
6 March – Michael Eitan, Israeli politician.
18 March – Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, 15th Chief of Staff of the IDF (died 2012).
19 March – Sirhan Sirhan, Palestinian-Jordanian assassin of Robert F. Kennedy.^{[citation needed]}
4 April – Yehudit Naot, Israeli scientist and politician (died 2004).
4 April – Alex Odeh, Palestinian Christian and Arab-American activist (died 1985).
9 April – Leila Khaled, Palestinian activist, member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) who is best known for hijacking airplanes.^[2]
7 April – Oshik Levi, Israeli singer and actor.
19 April – Yehuda Weinstein, Israeli lawyer, Attorney General of Israel .
20 May – Matan Vilnai, Israeli politician and former Major General in the IDF.
26 May – Israel Segal, Israeli writer and journalist (died 2007).
29 May – Avraham Melamed, Israeli swimmer, competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics and 1968 Summer Olympics, won two silver medals in the 1966 Asian Games.
10 June – Yona Wallach, Israeli poet (died 1985).
16 June – Avigdor Kahalani, former Israeli politician and former Brigadier General in the IDF.
19 June – Yona Yahav, Israeli lawyer and politician, former mayor of Haifa.
22 June – Edna Arbel, Israeli jurist and judge on the Israeli Supreme Court.
23 June – Alex Levac, Israeli photojournalist and street photographer.
20 July – Yoram Ben-Zeev, Israeli diplomat.
10 September – Eitan Ben Eliyahu, Israeli general, commander of the Israeli Air Force.
26 August – Ron Huldai, Israeli politician, former Israeli Air Force fighter pilot and the current mayor of Tel Aviv.
29 August – Yoram Yair, Israeli general.
19 September – Ephraim Sneh, Israeli politician and former Brigadier General in the IDF.
1 October – Dror Kashtan, Israeli football manager (died 2024).
16 October – Roni Brizon, Israeli politician.
24 October – Yaacov Shavit, Israeli historian.
27 November – Aryeh Stern, Israeli rabbi, Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem and member of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel.
6 December – Arnon Milchan, Israeli film producer.
Full date unknown
- Dan Gillerman, Israeli diplomat, 13th Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations.
- Nahum Barnea, Israeli journalist.
- Assaf Hefetz, Israeli police commissioner.
- Naomi Gal, Israeli writer.
- Yossi Abulafia, Israeli writer, graphic artist, and director.
- Doron Rubin, Israeli general, commander of the IDF headquarters for special operations (died 2018).
- David Tartakover, Israeli graphic designer and political activist.
- Yasser Abed Rabbo, Palestinian politician, member of the PLO executive.^[3]

Deaths

2 August – Berl Katznelson (born 1887), Russian-born Labor Zionist leader and journalist.
7 November – Hannah Szenes (born 1921), Hungarian-born Jewish poet, who served as a paratrooper during World War II for the British Army.^[4]
18 November – Enzo Sereni (born 1905), Italian-born Jew, who served as a paratrooper during World War II for the British Army.

References

^ Adler, Cyrus; Szold, Henrietta, eds. (1946). American Jewish Year Book. Vol. 48. Contributed to by American Jewish Committee, Jewish Publication Society of America. Jewish Publication Society of America. Retrieved 15 August 2024 – via University of Michigan.
^ Ettachfini, Leila (4 August 2016). "'I Had to Be the Voice of Women': The First Female Hijacker Shares Her Story". Vice. Archived from the original on 26 May 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
^ de Gruyter, Walter (2011). Who's Who in the Arab World 2007-2008. Beirut: Publitec. p. 20. ISBN 978-3-11-093004-7.
^ Baumel-Schwartz, J.T. (2010). Perfect Heroes: The World War II Parachutists and the Making of Israeli Collective Memory. WWII history / Judaica / Cultural studies / Israel. University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 978-0-299-23483-6. Retrieved 15 August 2024.

[1] Adler, Cyrus; Szold, Henrietta, eds. (1946). American Jewish Year Book. Vol. 48. Contributed to by American Jewish Committee, Jewish Publication Society of America. Jewish Publication Society of America. Retrieved 15 August 2024 – via University of Michigan.

[2] Ettachfini, Leila (4 August 2016). "'I Had to Be the Voice of Women': The First Female Hijacker Shares Her Story". Vice. Archived from the original on 26 May 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.

[3] Gruyter, Walter (2011). Who's Who in the Arab World 2007-2008. Beirut: Publitec. p. 20. ISBN 978-3-11-093004-7.

[4] Baumel-Schwartz, J.T. (2010). Perfect Heroes: The World War II Parachutists and the Making of Israeli Collective Memory. WWII history / Judaica / Cultural studies / Israel. University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 978-0-299-23483-6. Retrieved 15 August 2024.

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