1919 in British-administered Palestine

none December 2020 1919 in British-administered Palestine«««1918center|120px»»»192019211922 See also:1919 in the United KingdomOther events of 1919 Events in the year 1919 in British-administered Palestine (British-controlled part of OETA territory). Events January 3 January – The signing of the Faisal Weizmann Agreement is held by Emir Feisal (son of the King of Hejaz) and Chaim Weizmann (later President of the World Zionist Organization) as part of the Paris Peace Conference.2025-01-03 Remembering the 1919 Faisal-Weizmann Agreement https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250103-remembering-the-1919-faisal-weizmann-agreement/ 2026-01-18 Middle East Monitor 22 January to 10 February – First meeting of the Palestine Arab Congress held in Jerusalem. February 26 February – The first official meeting of the Zionist General Council. April 29 April – The Hebrew Scouts Movement is established.תנועת הצופים מראשיתה ועד 1960 https://lib.cet.ac.il/pages/item.asp?item=13009 2024-03-13 lib.cet.ac.ilzofim https://www.zofim.org.il/about-en/?lang=en 2024-03-13 תנועת הצופים en-US August 8 August – The newspaper Do'ar HaYomm is founded.Doar HaYom Historical Jewish Press, National Library of Israel October 29 October – King George V approves the award of a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) to ‘Abdu’l-Baha, following a recommendation by the British military administration in Palestine, citing his cooperation and influence in Haifa during the period of British occupation.2011-04-22 Abdu’l-Baha’s British knighthood https://senmcglinn.wordpress.com/2011/04/22/abdul-baha-british-knighthood/ 2026-01-18 Sen McGlinn's blog en Notable births 19 April – Haneh Hadad, Israeli Arab police officer and member of Knesset (died 2020). 8 May – Aharon Remez, Israeli civil servant, politician and diplomat, and second commander of the Israeli Air Force (died 1994). 10 June – Haidar Abdel-Shafi, Palestinian Arab physician, and later politician (died 2007). 21 June – Tsilla Chelton, French actress (died 2012).Tsilla Chelton Actress https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0155098/ 2026-01-18 IMDb en-US 1 July – Nissim Eliad, Israeli politician (died 2014). 2 August – Nehemiah Persoff, Jerusalem-born American Jewish film and television actor, and later painter (died 2022).Nehemiah Persoff Actor, Soundtrack https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0675490/ 2026-01-18 IMDb en-US 5 August – Menachem Ratzon, Israeli politician (died 1987). 28 August – Jabra Ibrahim Jabra, Palestinian writer and intellectual. (died 1994)The Other Wells: Family History and the Self-Creation of Jabra Ibrahim Jabra https://www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1651210 2025-09-29 Institute for Palestine Studies en 22 November – Salem Hanna Khamis, Palestinian statistician and UN official. (died 2005)السياسية مركز رؤية للتنمية 2025-08-13 سالم حنا خميس https://vision-pd.org/%d8%b3%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85-%d8%ad%d9%86%d8%a7-%d8%ae%d9%85%d9%8a%d8%b3/ 2026-04-11 ar Full date unknown Binyamin Gibli, head of Israeli military intelligence (died 2008). Ya'akov Mizrahi, Israeli politician (died 1979). Hanna Ben Dov, Israeli painter (died 2008). References September 2010 Mandatory Palestine Category:Years in Mandatory Palestine