1923 in Mandatory Palestine
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Events in the year 1923 in the British Mandate of Palestine.
Incumbents
- High Commissioner - Sir Herbert Louis Samuel
- Emir of Transjordan - Abdullah I bin al-Hussein
- Prime Minister of Transjordan - 'Ali Rida Basha al-Rikabi until 1 February; Mazhar Raslan (acting prime minister) until 5 September; Hasan Khalid Abu al-Huda
Events
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- 15 May - Britain recognizes Transjordan as an independent government, although it still remains part of the British Mandate of Palestine.
- 16–20 June - Sixth Palestine Arab Congress held in Jaffa.
- 26 September - 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 dates
- The founding of Ramat HaSharon, at the time named Ir Shalom (Template:Lang-he-n, lit. City of Peace), by a group of Jewish immigrants from Poland.[1]
Notable births
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- 21 February - Avraham Biton, Israeli politician (died 2005).
- 6 March - Gideon Ben-Yisrael, Israeli politician (died 2014).
- 10 March - Shmuel Tamir, Israeli politician (died 1987).
- 13 March - Eliezer Kashani, Irgun fighter, one of the Olei Hagardom (died 1947).
- 7 June - Uzzi Ornan, Israeli linguist.
- 20 July - Mattityahu Peled, Israeli general and peace activist (died 1995).
- 2 September - Moshe Kelman, Israeli military officer (died 1980).
- 12 September - Aviad Yafeh, Israeli politician (died 1977).
- 15 September - Yosef Harish, Israeli jurist, Attorney General of Israel (died 2013).
- 27 September - Meir Avizohar, Israeli politician (died 2008).
- 9 October - Haim Gouri, Israeli poet, novelist, journalist and documentary filmmaker (died 2018).
Notable deaths
- 16 December - Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, Russian (Belarusian)-born lexicographer who drove the revival of the Hebrew language and contributed to the development of Modern Hebrew (b. 1858).
References
- ^ HaReuveni, Immanuel (1999). Lexicon of the Land of Israel (in Hebrew). Miskal – Yedioth Ahronoth Books and Chemed Books. ISBN 965-448-413-7.
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