1926 in the British Mandate of Palestine
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««« 1925 1925 in the British Mandate of Palestine Events in the year 1925 in the British Mandate of Palestine.-Incumbents:* High Commissioner - Sir Herbert Louis Samuel until 30 June; Herbert Onslow Plumer* Emir of Transjordan - Abdullah I bin al-Hussein... 1924 1924 in the British Mandate of Palestine Events in the year 1924 in the British Mandate of Palestine.-Incumbents:* High Commissioner - Sir Herbert Louis Samuel* Emir of Transjordan - Abdullah I bin al-Hussein... 1923 1923 in the British Mandate of Palestine 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... |
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1927
1927 in the British Mandate of Palestine
Events in the year 1927 in the British Mandate of Palestine.-Incumbents:* High Commissioner - Herbert Onslow Plumer* Emir of Transjordan - Abdullah I bin al-Hussein* Prime Minister of Transjordan - Hasan Khalid Abu al-Huda-Events:...
1928
1928 in the British Mandate of Palestine
Events in the year 1928 in the British Mandate of Palestine.-Incumbents:* High Commissioner - Herbert Onslow Plumer until 6 December; Sir John Chancellor* Emir of Transjordan - Abdullah I bin al-Hussein...
1929
1929 in the British Mandate of Palestine
Events in the year 1929 in the British Mandate of Palestine.-Incumbents:* High Commissioner - Sir John Chancellor* Emir of Transjordan - Abdullah I bin al-Hussein* Prime Minister of Transjordan - Hasan Khalid Abu al-Huda-Events:...
1926 in the United Kingdom
1926 in the United Kingdom
Events from the year 1926 in the United Kingdom. The year is dominated by the General Strike.-Incumbents:*Monarch – King George V*Prime Minister – Stanley Baldwin, Conservative-Events:...
Other events of 1926
Events in the year 1926 in the British Mandate of Palestine.
Incumbents
- High CommissionerHigh Commissioners of PalestineHigh Commissioners of Palestine were the highest ranking authority representing the United Kingdom in the British Mandate of Palestine. They were based in Jerusalem...
- Herbert Onslow PlumerHerbert Plumer, 1st Viscount PlumerField Marshal Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, GBE was a British colonial official and soldier born in Torquay who commanded the British Second Army in World War I and later served as High Commissioner of the British Mandate for Palestine.-Military... - Emir of TransjordanTransjordanThe Emirate of Transjordan was a former Ottoman territory in the Southern Levant that was part of the British Mandate of Palestine...
- Abdullah I bin al-HusseinAbdullah I of JordanAbdullah I bin al-Hussein, King of Jordan [‘Abd Allāh ibn al-Husayn] عبد الله الأول بن الحسين born in Mecca, Second Saudi State, was the second of three sons of Sherif Hussein bin Ali, Sharif and Emir of Mecca and his first wife Abdiyya bint Abdullah... - Prime Minister of Transjordan - 'Ali Rida Basha al-Rikabi until 26 June; Hasan Khalid Abu al-Huda
Events
- 5 March - The British High Commissioner grants an exclusive 70 year concessionConcession (territory)In international law, a concession is a territory within a country that is administered by an entity other than the state which holds sovereignty over it. This is usually a colonizing power, or at least mandated by one, as in the case of colonial chartered companies.Usually, it is conceded, that...
to Pinhas RutenbergPinhas RutenbergPinhas Rutenberg was a prominent engineer and a businessman, a Russian socialist and a Zionist leader. He played an active role in two Russian revolutions, in 1905 and 1917. During World War I, he was among the founders of the Jewish Legion and of the American Jewish Congress...
of the "Palestine Electricity Corporation" for production and distribution of electric powerElectric powerElectric power is the rate at which electric energy is transferred by an electric circuit. The SI unit of power is the watt.-Circuits:Electric power, like mechanical power, is represented by the letter P in electrical equations...
utilize the water of the Jordan River and the Yarmouk RiverYarmouk RiverThe Yarmouk River is the largest tributary of the Jordan River. It drains much of the Hauran Plateau. It is one of three main tributaries which enter the Jordan between the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea. To the south, are the Jabbok/Zarqa and the Arnon/Wadi Mujib) rivers...
. - 1 April - The Transjordan Frontier ForceTransjordan Frontier ForceThe Transjordan Frontier Force was formed, on 1 April 1926, as a para-military border guard to defend Trans-Jordan's northern and southern borders. The TJFF was also an Imperial Service regiment whose Imperial Service soldiers agreed to serve wherever required and not just within the borders of...
is formed as a para-military border guardBorder guardThe border guard, frontier guard, border patrol, border police, or frontier police of a country is a national security agency that performs border control, i.e., enforces the security of the country's national borders....
to defend the northern and southern borders of the TransjordanTransjordanThe Emirate of Transjordan was a former Ottoman territory in the Southern Levant that was part of the British Mandate of Palestine...
region.
Unknown dates
- The founding of the kibbutzKibbutzA kibbutz is a collective community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. Today, farming has been partly supplanted by other economic branches, including industrial plants and high-tech enterprises. Kibbutzim began as utopian communities, a combination of socialism and Zionism...
Ramat DavidRamat DavidRamat David is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the Galilee near Ramat David Airbase, it falls under the jurisdiction of Jezreel Valley Regional Council...
. - The founding of the moshavMoshavMoshav is a type of Israeli town or settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists during the second aliyah...
Beit She'arimBeit She'arimBeit She'arim is a moshav in northern Israel. Located in the Galilee near Ramat Yishai, it falls under the jurisdiction of Jezreel Valley Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 528....
by a group of Jewish immigrants from YugoslaviaYugoslaviaYugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
. - The founding of the agricultural settlement Bayit VaGan, which was originally geared towards Orthodox JewsOrthodox JudaismOrthodox Judaism , is the approach to Judaism which adheres to the traditional interpretation and application of the laws and ethics of the Torah as legislated in the Talmudic texts by the Sanhedrin and subsequently developed and applied by the later authorities known as the Gaonim, Rishonim, and...
. - The founding of the moshavMoshavMoshav is a type of Israeli town or settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists during the second aliyah...
KarkurPardes Hanna-KarkurPardes Hanna-Karkur is a town in the Haifa District of Israel. In 2009, it had a population of 31,800.-History:In 1913, 15 square kilometers of land was purchased by the Hachsharat Hayishuv society from Arabs in Jenin and Haifa for 400,000 francs...
, one of the two original communities of Jewish agriculturalistsAgricultureAgriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...
that combined in 1969 to form Pardes Hanna-KarkurPardes Hanna-KarkurPardes Hanna-Karkur is a town in the Haifa District of Israel. In 2009, it had a population of 31,800.-History:In 1913, 15 square kilometers of land was purchased by the Hachsharat Hayishuv society from Arabs in Jenin and Haifa for 400,000 francs...
.
Notable births
- 10 January - Musallam BseisoMusallam BseisoMusallam Wajih Bseiso; in Arabic: is a Palestinian thinker, intellectual, journalist, and politician.- Biography - Early life :...
, Palestinian Arab thinker, intellectual, journalist, and politician. - 17 January - Yitzhak Moda'iYitzhak Moda'iYitzhak Moda'i was an Israeli politician, who served five terms in the Knesset for Likud and then the New Liberal Party over the course of a 20-year career.-Biography:...
, Israeli politician (d. 19981998 in Israel-Incumbents:* Prime Minister of Israel – Benjamin Netanyahu * President of Israel – Ezer Weizman* Chief of General Staff - Amnon Lipkin-Shahak until July 9, Shaul Mofaz* Government of Israel - 27th Government of Israel-Events:...
). - 5 February - Avner ShakiAvner ShakiAvner-Hai Shaki was an Israeli politician who served as a government minister in the late 1980s and early 1990s.-Biography:Born in Safed during the Mandate era, Shaki studied law, gaining a PhD from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem...
, Israeli politician (d. 20052005 in Israel-Incumbents:* Prime Minister of Israel – Ariel Sharon * President of Israel – Moshe Katsav* Chief of General Staff – Moshe Ya'alon until June 1, Dan Halutz* Government of Israel – 30th Government of Israel-Events:...
). - 5 March - Shimon TzabarShimon TzabarShimon Tzabar was a member of the editorial board of . He described himself as a "Hebrew-speaking Palestinian".The son of poultry vendors, he was educated at a religious school...
, Israeli artist, author, poet and HaaretzHaaretzHaaretz is Israel's oldest daily newspaper. It was founded in 1918 and is now published in both Hebrew and English in Berliner format. The English edition is published and sold together with the International Herald Tribune. Both Hebrew and English editions can be read on the Internet...
columnist (d. 20072007 in Israel- Incumbents :* Prime Minister of Israel – Ehud Olmert * President of Israel – Moshe Katsav until July 1, , Shimon Peres from July 15* Chief of General Staff – Dan Halutz until February 14, Gabi Ashkenazi...
). - 20 June - Rehavam Ze'evi, Israeli general, politician and historian (assassinated in 20012001 in Israel-Incumbents:* Prime Minister of Israel – Ehud Barak until March 7, Ariel Sharon * President of Israel – Moshe Katsav* Chief of General Staff – Shaul Mofaz...
). - 30 June - Uriel OfekUriel OfekUriel Ofek was an Israeli writer for children and youth, Editor, Lyricist, poet, translator and children's literature scholar.-Biography:...
, Israeli children's writer (d. 19872005 in Israel-Incumbents:* Prime Minister of Israel – Ariel Sharon * President of Israel – Moshe Katsav* Chief of General Staff – Moshe Ya'alon until June 1, Dan Halutz* Government of Israel – 30th Government of Israel-Events:...
). - 17 July - Shlomo MoragShlomo MoragShlomo Morag was an Israeli professor of the Hebrew Language at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.- Biography :Morag was born in Ramat Gan, in Mandate Palestine in 1926. Both his parents were teachers....
, Israeli professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (d. 19991999 in Israel-Incumbents:* Prime Minister of Israel – Benjamin Netanyahu until July 6, Ehud Barak * President of Israel – Ezer Weizman* Chief of General Staff - Shaul Mofaz...
). - 2 August - George HabashGeorge HabashGeorge Habash also known by his laqab "al-Hakim" was a Palestinian nationalist. Habash, a Palestinian Christian, founded the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, which pioneered the hijacking of airplanes as a Middle East militant tactic...
, Christian Palestinian Arab nationalist, founder of the Popular Front for the Liberation of PalestinePopular Front for the Liberation of PalestineThe Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine is a Palestinian Marxist-Leninist organisation founded in 1967. It has consistently been the second-largest of the groups forming the Palestine Liberation Organization , the largest being Fatah...
(d. 20082008 in the Palestinian territoriesEvents in the year 2008 in the Palestinian territories.-Incumbents:Palestinian National Authority * President - Mahmoud Abbas * Prime Minister -...
). - 4 August - Hillel OmerHillel OmerAyin Hillel was the pen name of Hillel Omer , an Israeli poet and children's author. -Biography:Hillel Omer was born in Kibbutz Mishmar HaEmek in the Jezreel Valley. His father changed his surname, Kotovitz, to Ogni . He fought in the Palmach during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War...
, Israeli poet and writer (d. 19901990 in Israel-Incumbents:* Prime Minister of Israel – Yitzhak Shamir * President of Israel – Chaim Herzog* Chief of General Staff - Dan Shomron* Government of Israel - 23rd Government of Israel until June 11, 24th Government of Israel-Events:...
). - 24 August – Nissim Aloni, Israeli playwright (d. 19981998 in Israel-Incumbents:* Prime Minister of Israel – Benjamin Netanyahu * President of Israel – Ezer Weizman* Chief of General Staff - Amnon Lipkin-Shahak until July 9, Shaul Mofaz* Government of Israel - 27th Government of Israel-Events:...
). - 29 September – Amos de-ShalitAmos de-ShalitAmos de-Shalit was a distinguished Israeli nuclear physicist.-Biography:Amos de-Shalit was born in 1926 in Jerusalem in the then Palestine Mandate. He grew up in Tel Aviv and graduated from Gymnasia Balfour....
, Israeli nuclear physicist (d. 19691969 in Israel-Incumbents:* Prime Minister of Israel – Levi Eshkol until February 26, Yigal Allon until March 17, Golda Meir * President of Israel – Zalman Shazar* Chief of General Staff - Haim Bar-Lev...
). - 23 November - Rafi EitanRafi EitanRafael "Rafi" Eitan is an Israeli politician and former intelligence officer. Today he leads Gil and is a former Minister of Pensioner Affairs. In the past, he was in charge of the Mossad operation that led to the capture of Adolf Eichmann...
, Israeli politician and former intelligence officer.