1935 in Mandatory Palestine

none March 2021 September 2010 1935 in the British Mandate of Palestine«««193419331932border|right|120px»»»193619371938 See also:1935 in the United KingdomOther events of 1935 Events in the year 1935 in the British Mandate of Palestine. Incumbents High Commissioner – Sir Arthur Grenfell Wauchope Emir of Transjordan – Abdullah I bin al-Hussein Prime Minister of Transjordan – Ibrahim Hashem Events According to official statistics there were 61,854 Jewish immigrants during 1935.O'Brien, Conor Cruise (1986) The Siege. The Story of Israel and Zionism. 1988 Paladin Edition. 0-586-08645-5. p.202 A split occurred between traditional Zionists and Revisionists, who endorsed the use of violence to establish a Zionist state.Palestine - British Mandate, Zionism, Conflict Britannica https://www.britannica.com/place/Palestine/World-War-I-and-after 2023-10-20 www.britannica.com en Arab leadership accepted a British proposal for a legislative assembly by the British High Commissioner, but it was rejected by the British House of Commons in 1936.2014-12-08 Palestinian territories - Timeline en-GB BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-29362505 2023-10-20 4 January – The British open the Mosul–Haifa oil pipeline, a major oil pipeline between the Mosul oil fields in Iraq and the Mediterranean port of Haifa in Palestine. 10 February – Nahariya is founded. April – Palestine Arab Party established. 2–10 April – 2nd Maccabiah Games are held in Tel Aviv, despite British opposition. 5–6 May – Renowned Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum performs in the Mugrabi Theater in Tel Aviv, continuing after to Jerusalem and Haifa. 23 June – Reform Party (Mandatory Palestine) established. 16 October – Discovery of a Zionist arms shipment at the port of Jaffa leads to unrest throughout Palestine. November – The Arab political parties demanded an end to Jewish immigration and land transfer, as well as the establishment of democratic institutions. 20 November – Sheikh Muhammad Izz ad-Din al-Qassam, the Sunni Islamic preacher and leader of the armed organization Black Hand which used violence against Jewish civilians and the British, is killed in a gunbattle with British police forces near Jenin. Unknown dates National Bloc (Mandatory Palestine) established. Births 7 January – Noam Sheriff, Israeli composer and conductor (died 2018) 18 January – Gad Yaacobi, Israeli minister, ambassador to the United Nations, and Labor Party Knesset member (died 2007) 19 January – Ilan Amit, Israeli strategist, government adviser, and Mossad analyst (died 2013) 1 February – Ze'ev Almog, Israeli naval officer, former Commander in Chief of the Israeli Navy and manager of Israel Shipyards. 17 February – Uri Ilan, Israeli soldier who committed suicide in Syrian captivity, national hero in Israel (died 1955) 27 February – Yaakov Turner, Israeli politician, military officer, and police commander, mayor of Beersheba (died 2024) 24 March – Jacob Turkel, Israeli judge, former judge on the Supreme Court of Israel (died 2023) 29 March – Boaz Kofman, Israeli footballer and football manager (died 2016) 2 April – Uriel Lynn, Israeli lawyer and politician 8 April – Avi Primor, Israeli diplomat and publicist 15 June – Shimon Even, Israeli computer scientist (died 2004) 1 July – Shmulik Kraus, Israeli singer and actor (died 2013) 13 July – Dan Almagor, Israeli playwright 9 September – Chaim Topol, Israeli actor (died 2023) 30 October – Avraham Stern, Israeli politician (died 1997) 1 November – Edward Said, Palestinian-American literary theorist (died 2003) 4 November – Uri Zohar, former Israeli film director, actor, and comedian who left the entertainment world to become a rabbi (died 2022). 15 November – Mahmoud Abbas, Chairman of the Palestinian National Authority 24 November – Shlomo Amar, Israeli politician 15 December – Adnan Badran, former Jordanian Prime Minister 24 December – Arnon Soffer, Israeli demographer (died 2026) Full date unknown Said Aburish, Palestinian Arab journalist and writer (died 2012). Imil Jarjoui, Palestinian Arab politician (died 2007). Avigdor Nebenzahl, Israeli rabbi and posek Moshe Levinger, Israeli rabbi and settlement activist (died 2015). Eitan Tchernov, Israeli conservationist (died 2002). David Ussishkin, Israeli archaeologist. Deaths 9 June – Shmaryahu Levin (born 1867), Russian (Belarus)-born rabbi and Zionist activist. 1 September – Abraham Isaac Kook (born 1865), Russian (Latvia)-born first Ashkenazi chief rabbi of the British Mandate for Palestine. 20 November – Izz ad-Din al-Qassam (born 1882), Syrian-born Palestinian Muslim cleric who founded and headed the militant Black Hand movement and a number of other extreme anti-Jewish and anti-British groups. He was based in Haifa and president of the Young Men's Muslim Association there.O'Brien, Conor Cruise (1986) The Siege. The Story of Israel and Zionism. 1988 Paladin Edition. 0-586-08645-5. p.209 References 1935 Palestine Category:Years in Mandatory Palestine