1945 in Mandatory Palestine

1945 in the British Mandate of Palestine
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See also: 1945 in the United Kingdom Other events of 1945

Events in the year 1945 in the British Mandate of Palestine.

Incumbents

• High Commissioner - John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort until 5 November; Sir Alan Cunningham
• Emir of Transjordan - Abdullah I bin al-Hussein
• Prime Minister of Transjordan - Samir al-Rifai until 19 May; Ibrahim Hashem

Events

Buchenwald survivors arrive in Haifa to be arrested by the British, 15 July 1945

• 11 July – The founding of the kibbutz Hukok.
• 15 July – Jewish holocaust survivors of the Buchenwald Nazi concentration camp arrive at Haifa port and are arrested by the British.
• 31 August – U.S. President Harry Truman issues a statement requesting the British government to admit 100,000 Jewish refugees in Europe into Palestine.
• 27 September – The Defence Emergency Regulations are enacted by the Mandatory authorities.
• 2 November Arabs demonstrate against the British
• 5 November – Sir Alan Cunningham assumes office as the High Commissioner of Palestine.

Unknown dates

• The founding of the kibbutz Gal'ed.

Notable births

• 20 February - Amram Mitzna, Israeli politician and former general, the acting mayor of Yeruham, the former mayor of Haifa
• 28 March - Ruth Gavison, Israeli jurist
• 9 April - Adam Baruch, Israeli journalist, writer and art critic (died 2008)
• 19 April - Yehuda Barkan, Israeli actor, producer, director and screenwriter
• 21 April - Nadav Levitan, Israeli film director and screenwriter (died 2010)
• 27 June - Ami Ayalon, Israeli politician and a former member of the Knesset for the Labor Party
• 31 August – Itzhak Perlman, Israeli-American violinist and conductor
• 30 September – Ehud Olmert, 12th Prime Minister of Israel
• 23 November - Assi Dayan, Israeli film director, actor, screenwriter and producer
• 31 December - Tuvia Tzafir, Israeli actor and comedian

Notable deaths

• 22 January - Else Lasker-Schüler (born 1869), German-born Palestinian Jewish poet
• 11 June - Eliyahu Golomb (born 1893), Russian (Belarus)-born leader of the Jewish defense effort in Mandate Palestine and chief architect of the Haganah
• 20 July - Yohanan Levi (born 1901), German-born Palestinian Jewish Hebrew linguist and historian, specialising in the Second Temple period
• 11 November - Yehoshua Hankin (born 1864), Russian (Ukraine)-born Zionist activist who was responsible for most of the major land purchases of the World Zionist Organization in Ottoman Palestine