1919 in British-administered Palestine
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««« 1918 1918 in British-administered Palestine Events in the year 1918 in British-administered Palestine.-Events:* 4 April 1918 – The first edition of the Hebrew-language daily newspaper "Haaretz" is published, sponsored by the British military government in Palestine.... |
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1920
1921
1921 in the British Mandate of Palestine
Events in the year 1921 in the British Mandate of Palestine.-Incumbents:* High Commissioner - Sir Herbert Louis Samuel* Emir of Transjordan - Abdullah I bin al-Hussein from 11 April...
1922
1922 in the British Mandate of Palestine
Events in the year 1922 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 - Mazhar Raslan until 10 March; 'Ali Rida Basha al-Rikabi...
1919 in the United Kingdom
1919 in the United Kingdom
Events from the year 1919 in the United Kingdom.-Incumbents:*Monarch - King George V*Prime Minister - David Lloyd George, coalition-Events:* 1 January - In Scotland, HMS Iolaire is wrecked on rocks: 205 die....
Other events of 1919
Events in the year 1919 in British-administered
Palestine.
Events
- 3 January - The signing of the Faisal Weizmann Agreement by Emir Feisal (son of the King of HejazHejazal-Hejaz, also Hijaz is a region in the west of present-day Saudi Arabia. Defined primarily by its western border on the Red Sea, it extends from Haql on the Gulf of Aqaba to Jizan. Its main city is Jeddah, but it is probably better known for the Islamic holy cities of Mecca and Medina...
) and Chaim WeizmannChaim WeizmannChaim Azriel Weizmann, , was a Zionist leader, President of the Zionist Organization, and the first President of the State of Israel. He was elected on 1 February 1949, and served until his death in 1952....
(later President of the World Zionist OrganizationWorld Zionist OrganizationThe World Zionist Organization , or WZO, was founded as the Zionist Organization , or ZO, in 1897 at the First Zionist Congress, held from August 29 to August 31 in Basel, Switzerland...
) as part of the Paris Peace Conference, 1919Paris Peace Conference, 1919The Paris Peace Conference was the meeting of the Allied victors following the end of World War I to set the peace terms for the defeated Central Powers following the armistices of 1918. It took place in Paris in 1919 and involved diplomats from more than 32 countries and nationalities...
. - 26 February - The first official meeting of the Zionist General CouncilZionist General CouncilZionist General Council is the supreme institution of the Zionist movement.The ZGC was established in 1921 following a decision reached at the 11th World Zionist Congress. It is composed of members elected at the World Zionist Congress and representatives of Zionist organizations. The council...
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Notable births
- 8 May - Aharon RemezAharon RemezAluf Aharon Remez was an Israeli civil servant, politician and diplomat, and the second commander of the Israeli Air Force.-Biography:Born in Tel Aviv in 1919, Remez's father David was Israel's first Minister of Transportation. He joined the Haganah in 1936. Three years later he was sponsored by...
, Israeli civil servant, politician and diplomat, and second commander of the Israeli Air Force (d. 19941994 in Israel-Incumbents:* Prime Minister of Israel – Yitzhak Rabin * President of Israel – Ezer Weizman* Chief of General Staff – Ehud Barak* Government of Israel – 25th Government of Israel-Events:...
). - 10 June - Haidar Abdel-ShafiHaidar Abdel-ShafiHaidar Abdel-Shafi was a Palestinian physician, community leader and political leader who was the head of the Palestinian delegation to the Madrid Conference of 1991.- Background :...
, Palestinian Arab physician, and later politician (d. 20072007 in the Palestinian territoriesEvents in the year 2007 in the Palestinian territories.-Incumbents:Palestinian National Authority * President - Mahmoud Abbas * Prime Minister -* Ismail Haniyeh until June 15...
). - 2 August - Nehemiah PersoffNehemiah PersoffNehemiah Persoff is an American film and television character actor. He was born in Jerusalem, Palestine Mandate.Born in what is now part of Israel, Persoff emigrated with his family to the United States in 1929...
, Jerusalem-born American Jewish film and television actor, and later painter. - Full date unknown
- Binyamin GibliBinyamin GibliBinyamin Gibli was the head of Israeli Military Intelligence from June 1950 to March 1955. Gibli was forced to resign in the wake of the Lavon Affair, a failed Israeli operation in Egypt in 1954.-Biography:...
, head of Israeli military intelligence (d. 20082008 in IsraelEvents in the year 2008 in Israel.-Incumbents:* Prime Minister of Israel – Ehud Olmert * President of Israel – Shimon Peres* Chief of General Staff – Gabi Ashkenazi* Government of Israel – 31st Government of Israel-Events:...
). - Jabra Ibrahim JabraJabra Ibrahim JabraJabra Ibrahim Jabra was a Palestinian author of Syriac-Orthodox origin born in Bethlehem at the time of the British Mandate...
, Palestinian Arab poet. (d. 1994).
- Binyamin Gibli