1938 in Mandatory Palestine
Events in the year 1938 in the British Mandate of Palestine.
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Incumbents
- High Commissioner – Sir Arthur Grenfell Wauchope until 1 March; Sir Harold MacMichael
- Emir of Transjordan – Abdullah I bin al-Hussein
- Prime Minister of Transjordan – Ibrahim Hashem until 28 September; Tawfik Abu al-Huda
Events
- 4 January – The British government appoints the Woodhead Commission to explore the practicalities of the partition of Palestine.
- 10 January – James Leslie Starkey, a noted British archaeologist of the ancient Near East and Palestine who leads the first excavations in Tel Lachish, is killed by a gang of armed Arabs near Bayt Jibrin on a track leading from Bayt Jibrin to Hebron.
- 23 February – The Port of Tel Aviv officially opens, as a competing (Jewish) port to the port in Jaffa, the latter having been crippled by the Arab revolt and general strike since 1936.
- 1 March – Sir Harold MacMichael assumes office as the High Commissioner of Palestine.
- 21 March – The founding of the kibbutz Hanita
- 13 April – The founding of the moshav Shavei Tzion as part of the tower and stockade settlement scheme.
- 26 June – The founding of the kibbutz Alonim
- 29 June – Shlomo Ben-Yosef executed for ambushing an Arab bus near Safad.[1]
- 6 July – 18 Arabs and 5 Jews were killed by two simultaneous bombs in the Arab melon market in Haifa, 79 people were wounded.[2]
- 16 July – 10 Arabs were killed and 29 wounded by a bomb at a marketplace in Jerusalem.[2]
- 17 July – The founding of the kibbutz Ma'ale HaHamisha
- 25 July – The founding of the kibbutz Tel Yitzhak
- 25 July – 39 Arabs were killed and over 60 wounded by a second bomb in the Haifa vegetable market.[2]
- 16 August – Former Jewish policeman Mordechai Schwarcz executed for the murder of an Arab policeman
- 17 August – The founding of the moshav Beit Yehoshua
- 25 August – The founding of the kibbutz Ein HaMifratz
- 26 August – 24 Arabs were killed and 39 wounded by a bomb in the Jaffa vegetable market.[3]
- 30 August – The founding of the kibbutz Ma'ayan Tzvi
- 2 October – 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine: In the 1938 Tiberias massacre, Arab rioters kill 19 Jews in the city of Tiberias, eleven of whom are children.[4] During the massacre, 70 armed Arabs set fire to Jewish homes and the local synagogue.
- 12 October – The British Government announces sending a further four battalions to Palestine.[5]
- 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 Commission, rejected the Peel Commission partition plan mostly on the grounds that it could not be achieved without a large forced transfer of Arabs.[6] It proposed "a modification of partition which, ...seems, subject to certain reservations, to form a satisfactory basis of settlement", if the U.K is prepared to provide a "sufficient assistance to enable the Arab State to balance its budget".[6]
- 16 November – The founding of the moshav Sharona
- 17 November – The founding of the moshav Geulim
- 24 November – The founding of the kibbutz Eilon
- 25 November – The founding of the kibbutz Neve Eitan
- 25 November – The founding of the kibbutz Kfar Ruppin
- 29 November – The founding of the kibbutz Kfar Masaryk
- 22 December – The founding of the kibbutz Mesilot
Unknown dates
- The founding of the moshav Sde Warburg
- The founding of the moshav Ramat Hadar
Notable births
- 13 January – Yehoshua Porath, Israeli historian (died 2019)
- 24 January – Yoram Taharlev, Israeli poet, author, and comedian (died 2022)
- 30 January – Yoram Tsafrir, Israeli archaeologist (died 2015)
- 13 March – Dan Margalit, Israeli journalist
- 3 April – Boaz Moav, Israeli politician, academic, and activist (died 2002)
- 14 April – Rivka Michaeli, Israeli actress
- 1 July – Ilana Karaszyk, Israeli Olympic runner, long jumper
- 14 July – Moshe Safdie, Israeli-American architect and urban designer
- 21 July – Ya'akov Ahimeir, Israeli journalist and television and radio personality
- 9 August – Moshe Maya, Israeli rabbi and politician
- 29 August – Amnon Reshef, Israeli general
- 29 August – Ofer Bar-Yosef, Israeli archaeologist and anthropologist
- 3 October – Dan Bar-On, Israeli psychologist (died 2008)
- 29 October – Ralph Bakshi, Israeli-American director of animated and live-action films
- 4 December – Nava Arad, Israeli politician and Member of Knesset (1981–1992, 1995–1996) (died 2022)[7]
- Full date unknown
- Amos Meller, Israeli composer and conductor (died 2007)
- Dan Meyerstein, Israeli chemist and resident of Ariel University
- Salman Abu-Sitta, Palestinian Arab researcher
- Naji al-Ali, Palestinian Arab cartoonist (died 1987)
- Ahmed Jibril, Palestinian Arab, founder and leader of the militant group PFLP-GC
- Abu Ali Mustafa, Palestinian Arab, member of the PLO executive (died 2001)
Notable deaths
References
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- Marlowe, John (1946) Rebellion in Palestine. The Cresset Press, London. pp. 198,199.
- Marlowe. p.200
- Marlowe. p.201
- "League of Nations Archives". Archived from the original on 8 June 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
- Marlowe. p.203
- "Woodhead commission report". 1938.
- "הלכה לעולמה חברת הכנסת לשעבר נאוה ארד" [Former Member of Knesset Nava Arad has died]. Maariv. 22 February 2022.
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