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
- 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 the moshava Ir Shalom (Hebrew: עִיר שָׁלוֹם, lit. City of Peace) by a group of Jewish immigrants from Poland.[1]
Notable births
- 6 March - Gideon Ben-Yisrael, Israeli politician.
- 10 March - Shmuel Tamir, Israeli politician (died 1987).
- 12 September - Aviad Yafeh, Israeli politician (died 1977).
- 9 October - Haim Gouri, Israeli poet, novelist, journalist and documentary filmmaker.
References
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