1923 in Mandatory Palestine
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Several events and notable births happened during 1923 in the British Mandate of Palestine.
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Incumbents
- High Commissioner â Sir Herbert Louis Samuel
- Emir of Transjordan â Abdullah I bin al-Hussein
- Prime Minister of Transjordan â 'Ali Rida Basha al-Rikabi until 1 February; Mazhar Raslan (acting prime minister) until 5 September; Hasan Khalid Abu al-Huda
Events
May
- 15 May â Britain recognizes Transjordan as an independent government, although it still remains under the British Mandate of Palestine.
June
- 16â20 June â Sixth Palestine Arab Congress held in Jaffa.
July
- The Palestine Communist Party is formed through a merger of Palestinian Communist Party and the Communist Party of Palestine.[1]
September
- 26 September â The British Mandate for Palestine, a legal instrument for the administration of Palestine, confirmed by the Council of the League of Nations on 24 July 1922, comes into effect.
Unknown date
- The founding of Ramat HaSharon, at the time named Ir Shalom (Hebrew: ×¢Ö´×ר שָ×××Ö¹×, lit. City of Peace), by a group of Jewish immigrants from Poland.[2]
Notable births
- 21 February - Avraham Biton, Israeli politician (died 2005).
- 6 March - Gideon Ben-Yisrael, Israeli politician (died 2014).
- 10 March - Shmuel Tamir, Israeli lawyer and politician (died 1987).
- 13 March â Eliezer Kashani, Irgun fighter, one of the Olei Hagardom (died 1947).
- 7 June â Uzzi Ornan, Israeli linguist (died 2022).
- 20 July â Mattityahu Peled, Israeli general and peace activist (died 1995).
- 2 September â Moshe Kelman, Israeli military officer (died 1980).
- 12 September â Aviad Yafeh, Israeli politician (died 1977).
- 15 September â Yosef Harish, Israeli jurist, Attorney General of Israel (died 2013).
- 27 September â Meir Avizohar, Israeli politician (died 2008).
- 9 October â Haim Gouri, Israeli poet, novelist, journalist and documentary filmmaker (died 2018).