1944 in Mandatory Palestine

Incumbents

• High Commissioner – Sir Harold MacMichael until 30 August; John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort
• Emir of Transjordan – Abdullah I bin al-Hussein
• Prime Minister of Transjordan – Tawfik Abu al-Huda until 15 October; Samir al-Rifai

Events

• 1 February – The Irgun proclaims a revolt against the British mandatory government.
• 27 February – The Irgun bombs the income tax offices.
• 15 March – World War II: Hannah Szenes and two male colleagues are parachuted by the British into Yugoslavia and join a partisan group.
• 1 August – Fourth Assembly of Jewish Representatives elections held.
• 8 August – Lehi members attempt to assassinate the High Commissioner, Sir Harold MacMichael.
• 30 August – Sir John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort assumes office as the High Commissioner of Palestine.
• 20 September – World War II: The Jewish Brigade group of the British Army is established.
• 19 October – Irgun and Lehi members are deported by the Mandate authorities to internment camps in Africa.
• November – The founding of the city Giv'at Shmuel.
• 6 November – Lord Moyne, the British minister of state in the Middle East, is assassinated by Lehi members in Cairo.

Births

• 6 January – Yair Rosenblum, Israeli composer (died 1996).
• 9 February – Ze'ev Seltzer, Israeli footballer and football manager.
• 10 February – Assad Assad, Druze Israeli politician, diplomat, and military officer.
• 16 February – Gaby Mazor, Israeli archaeologist.
• 20 February – Yaakov Peri, Israeli politician and director of Shin Bet.
• 6 March – Michael Eitan, Israeli politician.
• 18 March – Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, 15th Chief of Staff of the IDF (died 2012).
• 19 March – Sirhan Sirhan, Palestinian-Jordanian assassin of Robert F. Kennedy.
• 4 April – Yehudit Naot, Israeli scientist and politician (died 2004).
• 4 April – Alex Odeh, Palestinian Christian and Arab-American activist (died 1985).
• 9 April – Leila Khaled, Palestinian activist, member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) who is best known for hijacking airplanes.
• 7 April – Oshik Levi, Israeli singer and actor.
• 19 April – Yehuda Weinstein, Israeli lawyer, Attorney General of Israel .
• 20 May – Matan Vilnai, Israeli politician and former Major General in the IDF.
• 26 May – Israel Segal, Israeli writer and journalist (died 2007).
• 29 May – Avraham Melamed, Israeli swimmer, competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics and 1968 Summer Olympics, won two silver medals in the 1966 Asian Games.
• 10 June – Yona Wallach, Israeli poet (died 1985).
• 16 June – Avigdor Kahalani, former Israeli politician and former Brigadier General in the IDF.
• 19 June – Yona Yahav, Israeli lawyer and politician, former mayor of Haifa.
• 22 June – Edna Arbel, Israeli jurist and judge on the Israeli Supreme Court.
• 23 June – Alex Levac, Israeli photojournalist and street photographer.
• 20 July – Yoram Ben-Zeev, Israeli diplomat.
• 10 September – Eitan Ben Eliyahu, Israeli general, commander of the Israeli Air Force.
• 26 August – Ron Huldai, Israeli politician, former Israeli Air Force fighter pilot and the current mayor of Tel Aviv.
• 29 August – Yoram Yair, Israeli general.
• 19 September – Ephraim Sneh, Israeli politician and former Brigadier General in the IDF.
• 1 October – Dror Kashtan, Israeli football manager (died 2024).
• 16 October – Roni Brizon, Israeli politician.
• 24 October – Yaacov Shavit, Israeli historian.
• 27 November – Aryeh Stern, Israeli rabbi, Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem and member of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel.
• 6 December – Arnon Milchan, Israeli film producer.
• Full date unknown
  • Dan Gillerman, Israeli diplomat, 13th Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations.
  • Nahum Barnea, Israeli journalist.
  • Assaf Hefetz, Israeli police commissioner.
  • Naomi Gal, Israeli writer.
  • Yossi Abulafia, Israeli writer, graphic artist, and director.
  • Doron Rubin, Israeli general, commander of the IDF headquarters for special operations (died 2018).
  • David Tartakover, Israeli graphic designer and political activist.
  • Yasser Abed Rabbo, Palestinian politician, member of the PLO executive.

Deaths

• 2 August – Berl Katznelson (born 1887), Russian-born Labor Zionist leader and journalist.
• 7 November – Hannah Szenes (born 1921), Hungarian-born Jewish poet, who served as a paratrooper during World War II for the British Army.
• 18 November – Enzo Sereni (born 1905), Italian-born Jew, who served as a paratrooper during World War II for the British Army.

References

References

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3. de Gruyter, Walter. (2011). "Who's Who in the Arab World 2007-2008". Publitec.
4. (2010). "Perfect Heroes: The World War II Parachutists and the Making of Israeli Collective Memory". University of Wisconsin Press.