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1945 in the British Mandate of Palestine«««194419431942border|right|120px»»»194619471948 See also:1945 in the United KingdomOther events of 1945
Events in the year 1945 in the British Mandate of Palestine.
Incumbents
High Commissioner – John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort until 21 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
August 2010
thumb|upright|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.Avner Yaniv National Security and Democracy in Israel Lynne Riener Publishers 1993 1-55587-394-4 175
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 IsraelGrunis, Asher Cardozo Israeli Supreme Court Project https://versa.cardozo.yu.edu/justices/grunis-asher 2026-04-30 versa.cardozo.yu.edu
30 January – Yoram Lass, Israeli politician and physician, professor of medicine at Tel Aviv UniversityProf. Yoram Lass https://english.tau.ac.il/profile/yora 2026-04-30 Tel Aviv University en-US
9 February – Haim Be'er, Israeli novelistHaim Be'er https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/haim-be-er 2026-04-30 Jewish Virtual Library
20 February – Amram Mitzna, Israeli politician and former general, acting Mayor of Yeruham, former Mayor of HaifaAmram Mitzna https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/amram-mitzna 2026-04-30 Jewish Virtual Library
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 (died 2020)
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
29 April - Giora Romm, Israeli Air Force officer, director of the Civil Aviation Authority of Israel (died 2023)
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
9 September - Shaul Gutman, Israeli academic and politician
29 September – Yair Garbuz, Israeli artist (died 2026)
30 September – Ehud Olmert, 12th Prime Minister of Israel24 May 2006 Address by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to Joint meeting of US Congress http://www.israelemb.org/articles/2006/May/2006052400.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20070817060550/http://www.israelemb.org/articles/2006/May/2006052400.htm 17 August 2007 7 March 2017 Israel Embassy Washington, D.C.
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
Adina Bar-Shalom, Israeli educator, columnist, and social activist.
Yosef Amit, Israeli military intelligence officer who was convicted of spying for the United States (died 2025)
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 16 August 2022 Hamas source denies co-founder Mahmoud al-Zahar quitting group's leadership https://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-source-denies-co-founder-mahmoud-al-zahar-quitting-groups-leadership/ 2023-02-24 The Times of Israel en-US 0040-7909
Notable deaths
August 2010
22 January – Else Lasker-Schüler (born 1869), German-born Palestinian Jewish poetElse Lasker-Schüler (1869–1945) The Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/lasker-schueler-else Bauschinger Sigrid December 31, 1999 2022-06-09 Posted at the Jewish Women's Archive.
23 January - Annie Landau (born 1873), British-born educator, head of the Tehilla-Evelina de Rothschild Secondary School, recipient of the OBE.
13 February - Henrietta Szold (born 1860), American-born Zionist leader, founder of Hadassah.
23 May - David Ma'aravi (born 1896), Russian (Ukraine)-born sculptor, painter, and composer.
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
13 October - Leon Yehuda Recanati (born 1890), Ottoman (Greek)-born businessman, banker, philanthropist, and Jewish community leader.
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
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