1938 in the British Mandate of Palestine
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««« 1937 1937 in the British Mandate of Palestine Events in the year 1937 in the British Mandate of Palestine.-Incumbents:* High Commissioner - Sir Arthur Grenfell Wauchope* Emir of Transjordan - Abdullah I bin al-Hussein* Prime Minister of Transjordan - Ibrahim Hashem-Events:... 1936 1936 in the British Mandate of Palestine Events in the year 1936 in the British Mandate of Palestine.-Incumbents:* High Commissioner – Sir Arthur Grenfell Wauchope* Emir of Transjordan – Abdullah I bin al-Hussein* Prime Minister of Transjordan – Ibrahim Hashem-Events:... 1935 1935 in the British Mandate of Palestine Events in the year 1935 in the British Mandate of Palestine.-Incumbents:* High Commissioner - Sir Arthur Grenfell Wauchope* Emir of Transjordan - Abdullah I bin al-Hussein* Prime Minister of Transjordan - Ibrahim Hashem-Events:... |
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1939
1939 in the British Mandate of Palestine
Events in the year 1939 in the British Mandate of Palestine.-Incumbents:* High Commissioner - Sir Harold MacMichael* Emir of Transjordan - Abdullah I bin al-Hussein* Prime Minister of Transjordan - Tawfik Abu al-Huda-Events:...
1940
1940 in the British Mandate of Palestine
Events in the year 1940 in the British Mandate of Palestine.-Incumbents:* High Commissioner - Sir Harold MacMichael* Emir of Transjordan - Abdullah I bin al-Hussein* Prime Minister of Transjordan - Tawfik Abu al-Huda-Events:...
1941
1941 in the British Mandate of Palestine
Events in the year 1941 in the British Mandate of Palestine.-Incumbents:* High Commissioner - Sir Harold MacMichael* Emir of Transjordan - Abdullah I bin al-Hussein* Prime Minister of Transjordan - Tawfik Abu al-Huda-Events:...
1938 in the United Kingdom
1938 in the United Kingdom
Events from the year 1938 in the United Kingdom.-Incumbents:*Monarch – King George VI*Prime Minister – Neville Chamberlain, national coalition-Events:...
Other events of 1938
Events in the year 1938 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...
- Sir Arthur Grenfell WauchopeArthur Grenfell WauchopeGeneral Sir Arthur Grenfell Wauchope GCB GCMG CIE DSO was a British soldier and colonial administrator.-Military career:Educated at Repton School, Wauchope was commissioned into the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in 1893. He transferred to 2 Bn Black Watch in 1896.He served in World War I as...
until 1 March; Sir Harold MacMichaelHarold MacMichaelSir Harold Alfred MacMichael, GCMG, DSO , was a British colonial administrator.-Early service:MacMichael graduated with a first from Magdalene College, Cambridge. After passing his civil service exam, he entered the service of the British Empire in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan... - 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 - Ibrahim HashemIbrahim HashemIbrahim Hashem was a Jordanian lawyer and politician who served in several high offices under Faisal I of Iraq, Abdullah I of Jordan and Hussein of Jordan:*Prime Minister of the Emirate of Transjordan from 18 October 1933 to 28 September 1938...
until 28 September; Tawfik Abu al-HudaTawfik Abu al-HudaTawfik Abu al-Huda served as prime minister of the Emirate of Transjordan from September 28, 1938 to October 15, 1944 and of Jordan from September 28, 1938 to October 15, 1944, from December 28, 1947 to April 12, 1950, from July 25, 1951 to May 5, 1953, and finally from May 4, 1954 to May 30, 1955...
Events
- 4 January - The British government appoints the Woodhead CommissionWoodhead CommissionThe Woodhead Commission, properly known as the Palestine Partition Commission, was established in 1938 in the British Mandate of Palestine to investigate the implementation of the Peel Commission's plan for a partition of Palestine....
to explore the practicalities of the partition of Palestine. - 10 January - James Leslie StarkeyJames Leslie StarkeyJames Leslie Starkey was a noted British archaeologist of the ancient Near East and Palestine in the period before the Second World War...
, a noted British archaeologist of the ancient Near East and Palestine who leads the first excavations in Tel LachishLachishLachish was an ancient Near East town located at the site of modern Tell ed-Duweir in the Shephelah, a region between Mount Hebron and the maritime plain of Philistia . The town was first mentioned in the Amarna letters as Lakisha-Lakiša...
, is killed by a gang of armed Arabs near Bayt JibrinBayt JibrinBayt Jibrin was a Palestinian Arab village located northwest of the city of Hebron. The village had a total land area of 56,185 dunams or , of which were built-up while the rest remained farmland.The early inhabitants of Bayt Jibrin are the Canaanites...
on a track leading from Bayt Jibrin to HebronHebronHebron , is located in the southern West Bank, south of Jerusalem. Nestled in the Judean Mountains, it lies 930 meters above sea level. It is the largest city in the West Bank and home to around 165,000 Palestinians, and over 500 Jewish settlers concentrated in and around the old quarter...
. - 23 February - The Port of Tel Aviv officially opens, as a competing (Jewish) port to the port in JaffaJaffaJaffa is an ancient port city believed to be one of the oldest in the world. Jaffa was incorporated with Tel Aviv creating the city of Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel. Jaffa is famous for its association with the biblical story of the prophet Jonah.-Etymology:...
, the latter having been crippled by the Arab revolt and general strike since 1936. - 1 March – Sir Harold MacMichaelHarold MacMichaelSir Harold Alfred MacMichael, GCMG, DSO , was a British colonial administrator.-Early service:MacMichael graduated with a first from Magdalene College, Cambridge. After passing his civil service exam, he entered the service of the British Empire in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan...
assumes office as the High Commissioner of PalestineHigh 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...
. - 21 March - 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...
HanitaHanitaHanita is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the western Galilee approximately 15 kilometres northeast of Nahariya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. In 2011 it had a population of 500.... - 13 April - 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...
Shavei TzionShavei TzionShavei Tzion is a moshav shitufi in northern Israel. Located between Acre and Nahariya and covering 2,000 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 654....
as part of the tower and stockadeTower and stockadeTower and stockade was a settlement method used by Zionist settlers in the British Mandate of Palestine during the 1936–39 Arab revolt, when the establishment of new Jewish settlements was restricted by the Mandatory authorities...
settlement scheme. - 26 June - The founding of the kibbutz AlonimAlonimAlonim is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the Lower Galilee, it falls under the jurisdiction of Jezreel Valley Regional Council. In 1947 Alonim had a population of over 450. In 2006 it had a population of 521....
- 17 July - The founding of the kibbutz Ma'ale HaHamishaMa'ale HaHamishaMa'ale Hahamisha is a kibbutz in central Israel. Located in the Judean hills just off the Jerusalem–Tel Aviv highway, It falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council...
- 25 July - The founding of the kibbutz Tel YitzhakTel YitzhakTel Yitzhak is a kibbutz in central Israel. Located in the coastal plain to the south-east of Netanya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaSharon Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 851....
- 17 August - The founding of the moshav Beit YehoshuaBeit YehoshuaBeit Yehoshua is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the coastal plain near Netanya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaSharon Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 784....
- 25 August - The founding of the kibbutz Ein HaMifratzEin HaMifratzEin HaMifratz is a kibbutz near Acre in northern Israel. Located on the Mediterranean coast, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council...
- 30 August - The founding of the kibbutz Ma'ayan TzviMa'ayan TzviMa'ayan Tzvi is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located near Zikhron Ya'akov, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 462....
- 2 October - 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine: In the 1938 Tiberias massacre1938 Tiberias massacreThe Tiberias pogrom took place on October 2, 1938 during the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine, in the city of Tiberias. Tiberias was then located in the British Mandate of Palestine and today is located in the State of Israel.-History:...
, ArabPalestinian peopleThe Palestinian people, also referred to as Palestinians or Palestinian Arabs , are an Arabic-speaking people with origins in Palestine. Despite various wars and exoduses, roughly one third of the world's Palestinian population continues to reside in the area encompassing the West Bank, the Gaza...
rioters kill 19 Jews in the city of Tiberias, eleven of whom are children. During the massacre, 70 armed Arabs set fire to Jewish homes and the local synagogue. - 18 October - British army troops regain control of the old city of Jerusalem, which is occupied by Arab extremists in early October.
- 9 November - A technical British committee, known as the Woodhead CommissionWoodhead CommissionThe Woodhead Commission, properly known as the Palestine Partition Commission, was established in 1938 in the British Mandate of Palestine to investigate the implementation of the Peel Commission's plan for a partition of Palestine....
, concludes that the partition of Palestine could not be implemented because neither the Jews nor the Arabs wanted it. - 16 November - The founding of the moshav SharonaSharonaSharona is an moshav in the Lower Galilee Regional Council, Israel.In the early 13th century, the geographer Yaqut al-Hamawi described Sârûniyyah as "a pass near Tabariyya, you go up it to reach At Tûr" In 1596, there was a village of 17 Muslim families there...
- 17 November - The founding of the moshav GeulimGeulimGeulim is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain near Netanya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lev HaSharon Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 774....
- 24 November - The founding of the kibbutz EilonEilonEilon is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located a mile south of Lebanese border and six miles east of the Mediterranean coast, the kibbutz sits on a ridge between two streams, Nahal Betzet and Nahal Kziv and falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council...
- 25 November - The founding of the kibbutz Neve EitanNeve EitanNeve Eitan is a kibbutz in the Beit She'an Valley in northern Israel. Located about 1 km east of Beit She'an and 1 km west of Maoz Haim, it is under the jurisdiction of Valley of Springs Regional Council.-History:...
- 25 November - The founding of the kibbutz Kfar RuppinKfar RuppinKfar Ruppin is a kibbutz in the Beit She'an Valley about southeast of Beit She'an in northern Israel. A member of the Kibbutz Movement, it falls under the jurisdiction of Valley of Springs Regional Council.-History:...
- 29 November - The founding of the kibbutz Kfar MasarykKfar MasarykKfar Masaryk is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the western Galilee near the Belus River and south of Acre, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 598....
- 22 December - The founding of the kibbutz MesilotMesilotMesilot is a kibbutz in Beit She'an Valley near the city of Beit She'an in Israel. It falls under the jurisdiction of Valley of Springs Regional Council.location : under mount Gilboa-History:...
Unknown dates
- The founding of the moshav Sde WarburgSde WarburgSde Warburg is a moshav shitufi in the Center District of Israel, established in 1938 as a Tower and stockade by immigrants from Germany. Part of the Drom HaSharon Regional Council, the moshav is located to the north of Kfar Sava....
- The founding of the moshav Ramat Hadar
Notable births
- 14 July - Moshe SafdieMoshe SafdieMoshe Safdie, CC, FAIA is an architect, urban designer, educator, theorist, and author. Born in the city of Haifa, then Palestine and now Israel, he moved with his family to Montreal, Canada, when he was 15 years old.-Career:...
, Israeli-American architect and urban designer. - 29 October - Ralph BakshiRalph BakshiRalph Bakshi is an Israeli-American director of animated and live-action films. In the 1970s, he established an alternative to mainstream animation through independent and adult-oriented productions. Between 1972 and 1992, he directed nine theatrically released feature films, five of which he wrote...
, Israeli-American director of animated and live-action films. - Full date unknown
- Salman Abu-SittaSalman Abu-SittaSalman H. Abu Sitta is a Palestinian researcher and writes about Palestinian refugees and the Palestinian right of return.-Biography:Abu-Sitta was born in Beersheba Salman H. Abu Sitta (Arabic سلمان ابو ستة)(born 1938) is a Palestinian researcher and writes about Palestinian refugees and the...
, Palestinian Arab researcher. - Naji al-AliNaji al-AliNaji Salim al-Ali was a Palestinian cartoonist, noted for the political criticism of Israel in his works.He drew over 40,000 cartoons, which often reflected Palestinian and Arab public opinion and were sharply critical commentaries on Palestinian and Arab politics and political leaders...
, Palestinian Arab cartoonistEditorial cartoonAn editorial cartoon, also known as a political cartoon, is an illustration containing a commentary that usually relates to current events or personalities....
(d. 19871987 in the United KingdomEvents from the year 1987 in the United Kingdom. At the beginning of the year, the Archbishop of Canterbury's envoy Terry Waite was kidnapped in Lebanon and remained a hostage until 1991. The major political event of this year was the re-election of Margaret Thatcher in June, making her the longest...
). - Ahmed JibrilAhmed JibrilAhmed Jibril is the founder and leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command , part of the left-wing, Palestinian national liberation movement....
, Palestinian Arab, founder and leader of the militant group PFLP-GC. - Abu Ali MustafaAbu Ali MustafaAbu Ali Mustafa , , the kunya of Mustafa Alhaj a.k.a. Mustafa Ali Zibri, was the Secretary General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine from July 2000 until he was killed by Israel forces.-Biography:...
, Palestinian Arab, member of the PLO executive (d. 20012001 in the Palestinian territoriesEvents in the year 2001 in the Palestinian territories.-Incumbents:Palestinian National Authority * President - Yasser Arafat - Israeli–Palestinian conflict :...
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- Salman Abu-Sitta