1931 in Mandatory Palestine
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Events in the year 1931 in the British Mandate of Palestine.
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Incumbents
- High Commissioner â Sir John Chancellor until 20 November; Sir Arthur Grenfell Wauchope
- Emir of Transjordan â Abdullah I bin al-Hussein
- Prime Minister of Transjordan â Hasan Khalid Abu al-Huda until 22 February; Abdallah Sarraj
Events
- 5 January â Third Jewish Assembly of Representatives election.
- March â The Press Bureau is reconstituted under a junior assistant secretary to improve the governmentâs communication with press and ensure better scrutiny of newspapers.[1]
- 10 April â The Irgun is founded by Avraham Tehomi and former Haganah commanders who rejected the policy of "havlagah" and sought more action against Arab violence.
- 11 April â Three members of kibbutz Yagur are killed by members of a local Arab gang.
- 19 May â An Order in Council is issued by King George V relating to the Western Wall. This legally enshrined the Wall's status: Muslim ownership is affirmed, but Jews are guaranteed free access for prayer under specific conditions.[2]
- 18 November â The 1931 census of Palestine is carried out by the Mandate authorities under the direction of Major E. Mills.
- 20 November â Sir Arthur Grenfell Wauchope replaces Sir John Chancellor as High Commissioner of Palestine.[3]
- 22 December â Two members of Nahala Moshav, a man and his son, are killed when a bomb is thrown into their home. The attack is attributed to members of the Black Hand Gang.
Births
- 17 January â Yaakov Gil, Israeli politician (died 2007)
- 13 February â Assaf Yaguri, Israeli politician and soldier (died 2000)
- 8 August â Yehoshua Matza, Israeli politician (died 2020)
- 16 May â Geula Zylberman, Jewish-Palestinian born Venezuelan artist
- 24 May â Eliezer Goldberg, Israeli jurist, judge on the Israeli Supreme Court and former State Comptroller of Israel (died 2022)
- 28 July â Michal Har'el, Israeli beauty queen (died 2012)
- 5 September â Amnon Rubinstein, Israeli law scholar, politician, and columnist (died 2024)
- 20 September â Haya Harareet, Israeli actress (died 2021)
- 21 September â Shmuel Auerbach, Israeli Haredi rabbi and posek (died 2018)
- 8 October â Sara Kishon, Israeli musician, author, and art collector (died 2002)
- 27 October â Shalom Cohen, Israeli rabbi and rosh yeshiva, spiritual leader of the Shas party
- 17 November â Amira Sartani, Israeli politician
- 27 November â Yaakov Ziv, Israeli computer scientist
- Full date unknown
- Naim Attallah, Palestinian Arab businessman and writer
- Ruth Horam, Israeli painter and sculptor
- Avraham Katz, Israeli politician
- Farouk Kaddoumi, Palestinian Arab, senior member of Fatah
- Shaul Foguel, Israeli mathematician (died 2020)
- Taha Muhammad Ali, Israeli Arab poet (died 2011).
- Ram Karmi, Israeli architect (died 2013)
Deaths
- 16 April â Rachel Bluwstein (commonly referred to as "Rachel the poetess") (born 1890), Russia-born Palestinian Jewish poet.