1945 in Mandatory Palestine

1945 in the British Mandate of Palestine
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See also: 1945 in the United Kingdom Other events of 1945

Events in the year 1945 in the British Mandate of Palestine.

Incumbents

• High Commissioner – John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort until 5 November; Sir Alan Cunningham
• Emirate of Transjordan – Abdullah I bin al-Hussein
• Prime Minister of Transjordan – Samir al-Rifai until 19 May; Ibrahim Hashem

Events

Buchenwald survivors arrive in Haifa to be arrested by the British, 15 July 1945

• 11 July – The founding of the kibbutz Hukok.
• 15 July – Jewish Holocaust survivors of the Buchenwald Nazi concentration camp arrive at Haifa port and are arrested by the British.
• 31 August – U.S. President Harry Truman issues a statement requesting the British government to admit 100,000 Jewish refugees in Europe into Palestine.
• 27 September – The Defence Emergency Regulations are enacted by the Mandatory authorities.[1]
• 2 November – Arabs demonstrate against the British.
• 5 November – Sir Alan Cunningham assumes office as the High Commissioner of Palestine.

Unknown dates

• The founding of the kibbutz Gal'ed.

Notable births

• 17 January – Asher Grunis, Israeli jurist, former President of the Supreme Court of Israel
• 30 January – Yoram Lass, Israeli politician and physician, professor of medicine at Tel Aviv University
• 9 February – Haim Be'er, Israeli novelist
• 20 February – Amram Mitzna, Israeli politician and former general, acting Mayor of Yeruham, former Mayor of Haifa
• 23 February – Yossi Ben Hanan, Israeli general
• 1 March – Tom Segev, Israeli historian
• 1 March – Ehud Yaari, Israeli journalist
• 8 March – Atar Arad, Israeli-American musician
• 8 March – David Ascalon, Israeli sculptor and stained glass artist
• 15 March – Danny Yatom, Israeli politician and Mossad head
• 22 March – Hillel Weiss, Israeli literature professor
• 28 March – Ruth Gavison, Israeli jurist
• 29 March – Yehuda Barkan, Israeli actor, producer, director and screenwriter (died 2020)
• 2 April – Moshe Peled, Israeli politician
• 9 April – Adam Baruch, Israeli journalist, writer and art critic (died 2008)
• 10 April – Mordechai Mishani, Israeli politician (died 2013)
• 19 April – Eliezer Mizrahi, Israeli painter
• 21 April – Nadav Levitan, Israeli film director and screenwriter (died 2010)
• 26 April – Avishai Henik, Israeli neurocognitive psychologist
• 14 May – Yochanan Vollach, Israeli footballer
• 28 May – Anat Maor, Israeli politician
• 30 May – Makram Khoury, Arab-Israeli actor, first Arab to win the Israel Prize
• 1 June – Menachem Froman, Israeli rabbi and political activist (died 2013)
• 5 June – Nechama Rivlin, First Lady of Israel (died 2019)
• 19 June – Leah Tsemel, Israeli lawyer
• 27 June – Ami Ayalon, Israeli politician and a former member of the Knesset for the Labor Party
• 3 July – Saharon Shelah, Israeli mathematician
• 5 July – Yosef Shapira, Israeli judge, current State Comptroller of Israel
• 25 July - Rachel Shapira, Israeli songwriter and poet
• 18 August – Yair Shamir, Israeli politician, businessman, and Air Force officer
• 30 August – Daniella Weiss, Israeli settlement movement activist
• 31 August – Itzhak Perlman, Israeli-American violinist and conductor
• 29 September – Yair Garbuz, Israeli artist
• 30 September – Ehud Olmert, 12th Prime Minister of Israel[2]
• 10 October – Miriam Adelson, Israeli-American philanthropist
• 14 October – Muki Betser, Israeli special forces officer, founder of the Shaldag Unit
• 9 November – Zevulun Orlev, Israeli politician
• 23 November – Assi Dayan, Israeli film director, actor, screenwriter and producer (died 2014)
• 27 November – Akiva Eldar, Israeli journalist
• 1 December – Rami Bar-Niv, Israeli pianist, composer, and author
• 22 December – Amiram Goldblum, Israeli chemist and political activist
• 31 December – Tuvia Tzafir, Israeli actor and comedian
• Full date unknown
  • Giora Romm, Israeli Air Force officer, director of the Civil Aviation Authority of Israel
  • Adina Bar-Shalom, Israeli educator, columnist, and social activist.
  • Yosef Amit, Israeli military intelligence officer who was convicted of spying for the United States
  • Erela Golan, Israeli politician
  • Amir Nachumi, Israeli Air Force general and ace
  • Eli Alon, Israeli anesthesiologist
  • Nitza Metzger-Szmuk, Israeli archaeologist
  • Mahmoud al-Zahar, Palestinian militant, co-founder of Hamas[3]

Notable deaths

• 22 January – Else Lasker-Schüler (born 1869), German-born Palestinian Jewish poet[4]
• 11 June – Eliyahu Golomb (born 1893), Russian (Belarus)-born leader of the Jewish defense effort in Mandate Palestine and chief architect of the Haganah
• 20 July – Yohanan Levi (born 1901), German-born Palestinian Jewish Hebrew linguist and historian, specialising in the Second Temple period
• 11 November – Yehoshua Hankin (born 1864), Russian (Ukraine)-born Zionist activist who was responsible for most of the major land purchases of the World Zionist Organization in Ottoman Palestine

References

1. Avner Yaniv (1993). National Security and Democracy in Israel. Lynne Riener Publishers. p. 175. ISBN 1-55587-394-4.
2. "Address by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to Joint meeting of US Congress". Israel Embassy Washington, D.C. 24 May 2006. Archived from the original on 17 August 2007. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
3. "Hamas source denies co-founder Mahmoud al-Zahar quitting group's leadership". www.timesofisrael.com. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
4. Bauschinger, Sigrid (31 December 1999). "Else Lasker-Schüler (1869–1945)". The Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women. Retrieved 9 June 2022. Posted at the Jewish Women's Archive.