1944 in Mandatory Palestine

none August 2024 March 2021 September 2010 1944 in the British Mandate of Palestine«««194319421941border|right|120px»»»194519461947 See also:1944 in the United KingdomOther events of 1944 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 August 2010 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 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.https://books.google.com/books?id=fNcyAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Jewish+Infantry+Brigade+Group%22 American Jewish Year Book Jewish Publication Society of America Contributed to by American Jewish Committee, Jewish Publication Society of America 1946 Adler Cyrus 48 15 August 2024 Szold Henrietta University of Michigan 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. 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 (died 2024). 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.August 2024 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.Ettachfini Leila 4 August 2016 ‘I Had to Be the Voice of Women’: The First Female Hijacker Shares Her Story https://www.vice.com/en/article/leila-khaled-first-female-hijacker-profile/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20240526094150/https://www.vice.com/en/article/9k99k7/leila-khaled-first-female-hijacker-profile/ 26 May 2024 15 August 2024 Vice 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, mayor of Haifa. 22 June – Edna Arbel, Israeli jurist and judge on the Israeli Supreme Court (died 2026). 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 (died 2026). 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 (died 2025). Yasser Abed Rabbo, Palestinian politician, member of the PLO executive.de Gruyter Walter https://books.google.com/books?id=NHCQBAFMwawC&pg=PA20 Who's Who in the Arab World 2007-2008 Publitec 2011 978-3-11-093004-7 Beirut 20 Deaths 2 August – Berl Katznelson (born 1887), Russian-born Labor Zionist leader and journalist. 23 September - Israel Jacob Kligler (born 1889), Austrian-born microbiologist and humanist. 7 November – Hannah Szenes (born 1921), Hungarian-born Jewish poet, who served as a paratrooper during World War II for the British Army.Baumel-Schwartz J.T. https://books.google.com/books?id=3_KNdfB3vrgC&pg=PA204 Perfect Heroes: The World War II Parachutists and the Making of Israeli Collective Memory University of Wisconsin Press 2010 978-0-299-23483-6 WWII history / Judaica / Cultural studies / Israel 15 August 2024 18 November: Enzo Sereni (born 1905), Italian-born Jew, who served as a paratrooper during World War II for the British Army. Aaron Abraham Kabak (born 1880), Hebrew author, recipient of the Bialik Prize. References 1944 Mandatory Palestine Category:Years in Mandatory Palestine Category:Mandatory Palestine in World War II