Events in the year 1946 in Mandatory Palestine.

Incumbents

Alan Cunningham Sir Alan Gordon Cunningham, (1 May 1887 – 30 January 1983), was a senior Officer (armed forces), officer of the British Army noted for his victories over Italian forces in the East African Campaign (World War II), East African Campaign duri ...

Emirate of Transjordan The Emirate of Transjordan (), officially the Amirate of Trans-Jordan, was a British protectorate established on 11 April 1921,Abdullah I bin al-Hussein until 25 May (thereafter King of Transjordan) * Prime Minister of Emirate of Transjordan –

Ibrahim Hashem Ibrahim Hashem (; 1886 – 14 July 1958) was a Jordanian politician and judge, known primarily for serving five terms as Prime Minister of Jordan. Part of a Jordanian delegation that visited Iraq when both countries were part of the Arab Fed ...

until 25 May (thereafter Kingdom of Transjordan)

Events

* January – The founding of the

kibbutz A kibbutz ( / , ; : kibbutzim / ) is an intentional community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. The first kibbutz, established in 1910, was Degania Alef, Degania. Today, farming has been partly supplanted by other economi ...

Ami'ad. * 25 February –

Irgun The Irgun (), officially the National Military Organization in the Land of Israel, often abbreviated as Etzel or IZL (), was a Zionist paramilitary organization that operated in Mandatory Palestine between 1931 and 1948. It was an offshoot of th ...

and Lehi members blow up dozens of British military aircraft in airports at

Lydda Lod (, ), also known as Lydda () and Lidd (, or ), is a city southeast of Tel Aviv and northwest of Jerusalem in the Central District of Israel. It is situated between the lower Shephelah on the east and the coastal plain on the west. The ci ...

Qastina Qastina () was a Palestinian village, located 38 kilometers northeast of Gaza City. It was ethnically cleansed during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. Location Qastina was situated on an elevated spot in a generally flat area on the coastal plain, on ...

and Sirkin. * 22 March – The ruler of Transjordan, Emir Abdullah I, negotiated a new Anglo-Transjordanian treat, under which the

Emirate of Transjordan The Emirate of Transjordan (), officially the Amirate of Trans-Jordan, was a British protectorate established on 11 April 1921,British Mandate of Palestine) gained full

independence Independence is a condition of a nation, country, or state, in which residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over its territory. The opposite of independence is the status of ...

and become the Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan. * 25 April – Members of Lehi kill seven British soldiers guarding a military car park in Tel Aviv.Sykes, Christopher (1965) ''Cross Roads to Israel: Palestine from Balfour to Bevin.'' New English Library Edition (pb) 1967. Page 308. * 30 April – The

Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry The Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry was a joint British and American committee assembled in Washington, D.C., on 4 January 1946. The committee was tasked to examine political, economic and social conditions in Mandatory Palestine and the well ...

recommended the immediate admission of 100,000 Jewish refugees from Europe into Palestine. It also recommended that Palestine remain a mandated territory, that facilities be put in place to ensure Jewish migration and that the 1940 Land Act which banned Jews from purchasing land in 95% of Palestine be rescinded. * 25 May – The United Kingdom grants full

sovereignty Sovereignty can generally be defined as supreme authority. Sovereignty entails hierarchy within a state as well as external autonomy for states. In any state, sovereignty is assigned to the person, body or institution that has the ultimate au ...

to Transjordan. The parliament of Transjordan proclaimed the ruler of Transjordan, emir Abdullah, as Transjordan's king and formally changed the name of the country from the Emirate of Transjordan to the Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan. Three years later, the country changes its name to

Jordan Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Jordan is bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the east, Saudi Arabia to the south, and Israel and the occupied Palestinian ter ...

. * 16 June –

Night of the Bridges The Night of the Bridges (formally Operation Markolet) was a Haganah venture on the night of 16 to 17 June 1946 in the British Mandate of Palestine, as part of the Jewish insurgency in Palestine (1944–47). Its aim was to destroy eleven brid ...

: Ten

Palmach The Palmach (Hebrew: , acronym for , ''Plugot Maḥatz'', "Strike Phalanges/Companies") was the elite combined strike forces and sayeret unit of the Haganah, the paramilitary organization of the Yishuv (Jewish community) during the period of th ...

members blow up bridges across Palestine which link Palestine to the neighboring countries

Lebanon Lebanon, officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. Situated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian Peninsula, it is bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south ...

Syria Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...

, Transjordan, and

Egypt Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northe ...

, in order to immobilize its transportation. * 29 June –

Operation Agatha Operation Agatha (Saturday, June 29, 1946), sometimes called Black Sabbath () or Black Saturday because it began on the Jewish sabbath, was a police and military operation conducted by the British authorities in Mandatory Palestine during the J ...

. * 22 July –

King David Hotel bombing The British administrative headquarters for Mandatory Palestine, housed in the southern wing of the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, were bombed in a terrorist attack on 22 July 1946, by the militant right-wing Zionist underground organization I ...

members detonate bombs in the basement of the

King David Hotel The King David Hotel (; ) is a 5-star hotel in Jerusalem and a member of The Leading Hotels of the World. Opened in 1931, it was built with locally quarried pink limestone and was founded by Ezra Mosseri, a wealthy Egyptian Jewish banker. It ...

Jerusalem Jerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. It is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest cities in the world, and ...

, where the British had brought a large amount of documents confiscated from the

Jewish Agency for Israel The Jewish Agency for Israel (), formerly known as the Jewish Agency for Palestine, is the largest Jewish non-profit organization in the world. It was established in 1929 as the operative branch of the World Zionist Organization (WZO). As an ...

. The attack kills 91 people and injures 45 more, mostly civilians. The hotel was a center of British administration at the time, although Arabs and Jews were also victims. The Jewish National Council condemns the attack. * 6 October – The founding of the

Urim. * 6 October – The founding of the

Be'eri Be'eri () is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located in the north-western Negev desert near the eastern border with the Gaza Strip, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. In it had a population of . During the massacre in ...

. * 6 October – The founding of the

Gal On. * 6 October – The founding of the

Hatzerim Hatzerim (, ''lit.'' Farmyards) is a kibbutz located 8 kilometers west of Beersheba in the Negev desert in Israel. It is named after the Bible (Deuteronomy 2:23), mentioning a site nearby: "the Avvites who lived in farmyards as far as Gaza". It b ...

. * 6 October – The founding of the

Mishmar HaNegev. * 6 October – The founding of the

Nirim. * 6 October – The founding of the

Shoval Shoval () is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located in the northern Negev desert near the Bedouin city of Rahat, it falls under the jurisdiction of Bnei Shimon Regional Council. In it had a population of . Etymology The kibbutz founders wanted t ...

. * 23 October – The founding of the

Ein Tzurim Ein Tzurim (, ''lit.'' Rock Spring) is a religious kibbutz in southern Israel. Located south of Kiryat Malakhi, it falls under the jurisdiction of Shafir Regional Council and is a member of the Religious Kibbutz Movement. In it had a populati ...

. * 30 October – The founding of the

Dovrat. * 26 November – The founding of the

Yehiam Yehiam () is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located at the western Upper Galilee, eight miles east of the coastal town of Nahariya and 14 miles south-east of the border with Lebanon it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. I ...

. * December –

David Ben-Gurion David Ben-Gurion ( ; ; born David Grün; 16 October 1886 – 1 December 1973) was the primary List of national founders, national founder and first Prime Minister of Israel, prime minister of the State of Israel. As head of the Jewish Agency ...

appointed director of

security policy at the Zionist Congress in

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Unknown dates

* The founding of the

Regba.

Notable births

* 1 January – Nissan Slomiansky, Israeli politician * 7 January –

Aviem Sella Aviem Sella (; born January 7, 1946) is an Israeli businessman and former commander in the Israeli Air Force. In 1987, he was charged in absentia on three counts of espionage for recruiting Jonathan Pollard, who served a 30-year sentence for spyi ...

, Israeli fighter pilot * 5 February – Amnon Dankner, Israeli newspaper editor and author (died 2013) * 22 February –

Motti Mizrachi Mordechai (Motti) Mizrachi (; born 1946) is an Israeli multimedia artist who creates politically engaged conceptual works that combine sculpture, video, photography, public art and performance. ''Dough'', ''Via Dolorosa'' (1973) and ''Healing'' ...

, Israeli artist * 26 February – Ephraim Sidon, Israeli author, playwright and satirist * 12 March – Ya'acov Dorchin, Israeli sculptor and painter * 15 April –

Tsvi Misinai Tsvi Jekhorin Misinai (; born 15 April 1946) is an Israeli researcher, writer, historian, computer scientist and entrepreneur. A pioneer of the Israeli software industry, he now spends most of his time researching and documenting the common Hebr ...

, Israeli computer scientist and researcher * 18 April – Nahum Manbar, Israeli businessman convicted for selling arms to Iran * 24 April – Benjamin Rawitz-Castel, Israeli classical pianist (died 2006) * 26 April – Michael Reisser, Israeli politician (died 1988). * 11 May –

Moni Fanan Shimon (Moni) Fanan (; 11 May 1946 – 19 October 2009) was the team manager of the Israeli basketball team Maccabi Tel Aviv in 1992–2008. Managerial career Fanan began his career with Maccabi in the club's football team A football team is a g ...

, Israeli basketball team manager (died 2009). * 2 June –

Gideon Remez Gideon Remez (; born 2 June 1946) is an Israeli journalist and an analyst on post-Soviet affairs. Biography Gideon Remez was born in Tel Aviv on June 2, 1946. His father, Aharon Remez, was an Israeli diplomat and military officer who served as t ...

, Israeli journalist. * 21 June – Ehud Adiv, Israeli anti-Zionist activist imprisoned for collaborating with Syria and the PLO * 7 July –

Amiram Levin Amiram Levin (; born 7 July 1946) is a retired Aluf ( Major General) of the Israel Defense Forces. Military career Amiram Levin served in Sayeret Matkal and rose to become its commander. He was commander of the IDF Northern Command. He was sever ...

, Israeli general and

Mossad The Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations (), popularly known as Mossad ( , ), is the national intelligence agency of the Israel, State of Israel. It is one of the main entities in the Israeli Intelligence Community, along with M ...

deputy director * 1 September –

Shalom Hanoch Shalom Hanoch (; born September 1, 1946) is an Israeli rock singer, lyricist and composer. He is considered one of the founders of Israeli rock and modern Israeli music in more generally, both of which have been profoundly influenced by his w ...

, Israeli singer * 15 September – Yitzchak Dovid Grossman, Israeli rabbi, founder and dean of the Migdal Ohr educational NGO and member of the Chief Rabbinate Council * 20 September – Dudu Topaz, Israeli TV personality, comedian, actor, screenwriter, playwright, author and radio and television host (died 2009) * 4 October – Dov Weissglass, Israeli lawyer, businessman, and manager and office bureau chief for the Prime Minister * 6 October – Menachem Zilberman, Israeli actor, comedian, and songwriter (died 2014) * 8 October –

Hanan Ashrawi Hanan Daoud Mikhael Ashrawi (; born 8 October 1946) is a Palestinian politician, activist, and scholar. Ashrawi began her career at Birzeit University. Beginning in the 1990s, Ashrawi was a member of the PLO's Leadership Committee, serving as t ...

Palestinian Arab Palestinians () are an Arab ethnonational group native to the Levantine region of Palestine. *: "Palestine was part of the first wave of conquest following Muhammad's death in 632 CE; Jerusalem fell to the Caliph Umar in 638. The indigenous ...

scholar, legislator and political activist * 16 October –

Ya'akov Yosef Ya'akov Yosef (; 18 October 1946 – 12 April 2013) was an Israeli rabbi and politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Shas between 1984 and 1988. Early life Ya'akov Yosef (Jacob Joseph) was born in Jerusalem towards the end of ...

, Israeli rabbi and politician (died 2013) * 16 October –

Israel Bartal Israel Bartal (), is Avraham Harman Professor of Jewish History, member of Israel Academy of Sciences (2016), and the former Dean of the Faculty of Humanities at Hebrew University (2006–2010). Since 2006 he is the chair of the Historical Societ ...

, Israeli historian * 18 October – Eliezer Moses, Israeli politician * 20 October –

Tsvia Walden Tsvia Walden (; born October 20, 1946) is an Israeli psycholinguist. She is a professor at the Ben Gurion University of the Negev and previously a senior lecturer at Beit Berl Academic College and Ben-Gurion University. Walden specializes in s ...

, Israeli psycholinguist * 17 November – Nehemiah Tamari, Israeli major general (Aluf) and head of IDF Central Command (died 1994) * 18 November – Naomi Chazan, Israeli politician, academic, and political activist. * 28 November –

Nachman Shai Nachman Shai (; born 28 November 1946) is an Israeli journalist and politician who served as Israel's Minister of Diaspora Affairs. He previously served as a member of the Knesset and its Deputy Speaker, as well as the IDF spokesman. In April ...

, Israeli politician, military spokesman, and journalist. * 20 December –

Uri Geller Uri Geller ( ; ; born 20 December 1946) is an Israeli-British illusionist, magician, television personality, and self-proclaimed psychic. He is known for his trademark television performances of spoon bending and other illusions. Geller use ...

, Israeli paranormalist * 24 December –

Uri Barbash Uri Barbash ( Hebrew: אורי ברבש; born 24 December 1946) is an Israeli film director and television director, member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. and the Israeli Academy of Film and Television. His film '' Beyond t ...

, Israeli film director *''Full date unknown'' ** Esther Farbstein, Israeli historian ** Kohava Levy, Israeli singer-songwriter ** Adiva Geffen, Israeli author and playwright

Notable deaths

* 22 July – Edward Sperling, Russian-born Zionist writer, humorist, and Mandate government official, killed in the King David Hotel bombing.

References

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Years in Mandatory Palestine