1931 in Mandatory Palestine

1931 in the British Mandate of Palestine
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See also: 1931 in the United Kingdom Other events of 1931

Events in the year1931 in the British Mandate of Palestine.

Incumbents

• High Commissioner– SirJohn Chancelloruntil 20 November; SirArthur Grenfell Wauchope
• Emir of Transjordan–Abdullah I bin al-Hussein
• Prime Minister of Transjordan–Hasan Khalid Abu al-Hudauntil 22 February;Abdallah Sarraj

Events

• According to official statistics there were 4,075 Jewish immigrants during 1931.
• 5 January – Third JewishAssembly of Representatives election.
• 10 April – The right-wing "revisionist"Zionistarmed undergroundparamilitarygroup "Irgun"(meaning" Organization ", a short form for the full name" National Military Organization ", whose acronym in Hebrew is pronounced" Etzel ") is founded byAvraham Tehomitogether with several other former Haganah commanders. The founders had left theHaganahdue to their objection to the official policy ofhavlagah(restraint), which Jewish political leaders (who had become increasingly controlling of the Haganah) had imposed on the militia, and they demanded more decisive action against the rising Arab violence which targetedPalestinian Jews.
• 11 April – Three members of kibbutzYagurwere killed by members of a local Arab gang.
• 18 November – The1931 census of Palestineis carried out by theMandateauthorities under the direction of Major E. Mills.
• 22 December – Two members ofNahalaMoshav, a man and his son, killed when a bomb was thrown into their home. The attack is attributed to members of theBlack Hand Gang.

Unknown dates

• The founding of the kibbutzEin HaHoreshbyHashomer Hatzairmembers from Eastern Europe who reclaimed the land.

Births

• 17 January –Yaakov Gil,Israeli politician (died 2007)
• 13 February –Assaf Yaguri,Israeli politician and soldier (died 2000)
• 8 August –Yehoshua Matza,Israeli politician (died 2020)
• 16 May –Geula Zylberman,Jewish-Palestinian bornVenezuelanartist
• 24 May –Eliezer Goldberg,Israeli jurist, judge on theIsraeli Supreme Courtand formerState Comptroller of Israel(died 2022)
• 28 July –Michal Har'el,Israeli beauty queen (died 2012)
• 5 September –Amnon Rubinstein,Israeli law scholar, politician, and columnist (died2024)
• 20 September –Haya Harareet,Israeli actress (died 2021)
• 21 September –Shmuel Auerbach,Israeli Haredi rabbi andposek(died 2018)
• 8 October –Sara Kishon,Israeli musician, author, and art collector (died 2002)
• 27 October –Shalom Cohen,Israeli rabbi androsh yeshiva,spiritual leader of theShasparty
• 17 November –Amira Sartani,Israeli politician
• 27 November –Yaakov Ziv,Israeli computer scientist
• Full date unknown
  • Naim Attallah,Palestinian Arab businessman and writer
  • Ruth Horam,Israeli painter and sculptor
  • Avraham Katz,Israeli politician
  • Farouk Kaddoumi,Palestinian Arab, senior member ofFatah
  • Shaul Foguel,Israeli mathematician (died 2020)
  • Taha Muhammad Ali,Israeli Arab poet (died 2011).
  • Ram Karmi,Israeli architect (died 2013)

Deaths

Rachel Bluwstein

• 16 April –Rachel Bluwstein(commonly referred to as "Rachel the poetess" ) (born 1890), Russia-born Palestinian Jewish poet.