1922 in Mandatory Palestine
Events in the year 1922 in the British Mandate of Palestine.
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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
Events
- 2 April - The founding of the agricultural settlement Giv'atayim by a group of 22 Second Aliyah pioneers led by David Schneiderman.
- 2 April - The founding of the agricultural settlement "Ahuza A – New York" (now Ra'anana), named after the founding company.
- 3 June - The Churchill White Paper ts published endorsing the Balfour Declaration.
- 24 July - The Mandate for Palestine, a legal instrument for the administration of Palestine, is formally confirmed by the Council of the League of Nations.
- 22 August - Fifth Palestine Arab Congress held in Nablus.
- 4 November - The founding of the kibbutz Beit Alfa by Hashomer Hatzair volunteers.
- 5 December - The Jewish Agency for Israel is established.
Notable births
- 28 January - Emile Habibi, Israeli Arab writer and politician (died 1996).
- 10 February - Eliyahu Bet-Zuri, Jewish Lehi activist known for his part in the assassination of Lord Moyne (died 1945).
- 24 February - Pnina Salzman, Israeli pianist (died 2006).
- 1 March - Yitzhak Rabin, Fifth Prime Minister of Israel, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (died 1995).
- 12 March - Aviva Uri, Israeli painter (died 1989).
- 11 May - Tawfik Toubi, Israeli Arab communist politician (died 2011).
- 21 May - Moshe Amar, Israeli politician (died 2015).
- 17 June - Avigdor Levontin, Israeli lawyer and diplomat (died 2016).
- 22 June - Yehoshua Cohen, Israeli Lehi veteran, assassin of Folke Bernadotte (died 1986).
- 5 July - Menachem Cohen, Israeli politician (died 1975).
- 9 October - Asaf Simhoni, Israeli general (died 1956).
- 1 December - Amichai Paglin, Israeli businessman and Irgun chief of operations (died 1978).
Notable deaths
- 22 February - A. D. Gordon (born 1856), Russian (Ukraine)-born Zionist activist, founder of Hapoel Hatzair.
- 16 December - Eliezer Ben-Yehuda (born 1858), Russian (Belarus)-born Jewish lexicographer and newspaper editor, the driving spirit behind the revival of the Hebrew language in the modern era.
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