1945 in Mandatory Palestine

1945 in the British Mandate of Palestine
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See also: 1945 in the United Kingdom Other events of 1945

Events in the year 1945 in the British Mandate of Palestine.

Incumbents

• High Commissioner - John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort until 5 November; Sir Alan Cunningham
• Emir of Transjordan - Abdullah I bin al-Hussein
• Prime Minister of Transjordan - Samir al-Rifai until 19 May; Ibrahim Hashem

Events

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.
• 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 Israel
• 30 January - Yoram Lass, Israeli politician and physician, professor of medicine at Tel Aviv University
• 9 February - Haim Be'er, Israeli novelist
• 20 February - Amram Mitzna, Israeli politician and former general, acting Mayor of Yeruham, former Mayor of Haifa
• 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
• 29 March - Yehuda Barkan, Israeli actor, producer, director and screenwriter
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 29 September - Yair Garbuz, Israeli artist
• 30 September – Ehud Olmert, 12th Prime Minister of Israel
• 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
  • Giora Romm, Israeli Air Force officer, director of the Civil Aviation Authority of Israel
  • Adina Bar-Shalom, Israeli educator, columnist, and social activist.
  • Yosef Amit, Israeli military intelligence officer who was convicted of spying for the United States
  • 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

Notable deaths

• 22 January - Else Lasker-Schüler (born 1869), German-born Palestinian Jewish poet
• 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
• 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