The following lists events that happened during 1924 in the British Mandate of Palestine.

Incumbents

Herbert Louis Samuel Herbert Louis Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel, (6 November 1870 – 5 February 1963) was a British Liberal politician who was the party leader from 1931 to 1935. He was the first nominally-practising Jew to serve as a Cabinet minister and to beco ...

Emir of Transjordan Emir (; ar, أمير ' ), sometimes transliterated amir, amier, or ameer, is a word of Arabic origin that can refer to a male monarch, aristocrat, holder of high-ranking military or political office, or other person possessing actual or cerem ...

– Abdullah I bin al-Hussein * Prime Minister of Transjordan – Hasan Khalid Abu al-Huda until 3 March;

'Ali Rida Basha al-Rikabi Ali Rida al-Rikabi ( ar, علي رضا باشا الركابي; 1864 25 May 1943) was the First Prime Minister in modern Syria and was also the 3rd Prime Minister of Jordan. Summary During the last phase of Ottoman rule in the Middle East, al-Ri ...

Events

* 24 April – The football team " Hapoel Haifa" is established, the first football team to belong to the " Hapoel" sport association. * 30 June Jacob Israël de Haan assassinated in Jerusalem by

Haganah Haganah ( he, הַהֲגָנָה, lit. ''The Defence'') was the main Zionist paramilitary organization of the Jewish population ("Yishuv") in Mandatory Palestine between 1920 and its disestablishment in 1948, when it became the core of the ...

* 17 October – The HaNoar HaOved ("The Working Youth") movement is founded by

Palestinian Jew Palestinian Jews or Jewish Palestinians were the Jewish inhabitants of the Palestine region (known in Hebrew as ''Eretz Yisrael'', ) prior to the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948. The common term used to refer to the Jewish commun ...

ish youth working to defend their rights. The name of the movement was changed in 1959 to "HaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed" ("The Working and Studying Youth"). * 13 December – The founding of

Herzliya Herzliya ( ; he, הֶרְצְלִיָּה ; ar, هرتسليا, Hirtsiliyā) is an affluent city in the central coast of Israel, at the northern part of the Tel Aviv District, known for its robust start-up and entrepreneurial culture. In it h ...

, initially a semi-cooperative farming community (

moshava A moshava ( he, מושבה, plural: ''moshavot'' , lit. ''colony'') was a form of rural Jewish settlement in Ottoman Palestine, established by the members of the Old Yishuv since late 1870s and during the first two waves of Jewish Zionist immi ...

), near the central Mediterranean coast of the country.

Unknown dates

* ''Collective Responsibility Ordenance'' issued giving powers of collective punishment in rural areas. Introduced to combat feuding between communities. The powers included application of fines and demolition of houses. * The founding of the

moshav A moshav ( he, מוֹשָׁב, plural ', lit. ''settlement, village'') is a type of Israeli town or settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists between 1904 an ...

Magdiel, one of the four original communities of Jewish agriculturalists that combined in 1964 to form

Hod Hasharon Hod HaSharon ( he, הוֹד הַשָּׁרוֹן, lit. "Splendor of the Sharon, Israel, Sharon plain") is a city in the Central District (Israel), Central District of Israel. The city is located approximately east of the Mediterranean coastline, s ...

. * The founding of the agricultural settlement

Bnei Brak Bnei Brak or Bene Beraq ( he, בְּנֵי בְּרַק ) is a city located on the central Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean Israeli coastal plain, coastal plain in Israel, just east of Tel Aviv. A center of Haredi Judaism, Bnei Brak covers an are ...

by Rabbi Yitzchok Gerstenkorn and a group of Polish

chasidim Ḥasīd ( he, חסיד, "pious", "saintly", "godly man"; plural "Hasidim") is a Honorifics in Judaism, Jewish honorific, frequently used as a term of exceptional respect in the Talmudic and early medieval periods. It denotes a person who is sc ...

Births

* 11 January – Yehuda Perah, Israeli politician (died 1998). * 24 January – Rabbi

Hayim David HaLevi Hayim David HaLevi (24 January 1924 – 10 March 1998) (), was Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv-Yafo. Biography Hayim David HaLevi was born in Jerusalem. He studied under Rabbi Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel at the Porat Yosef Yeshiva. When R. Uziel was ...

, Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv (died 1998). * 20 February –

Moshe Wertman Moshe Wertman ( he, משה ורטמן, 20 February 1924 – 2 October 2011) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Alignment and Labor Party between 1966 and 1977. Biography Born in Tomaszów Lubelski in Po ...

, Israeli politician (died 2011) * 24 February –

Ted Arison Ted Arison ( he, תד אריסון; 24 February 1924 – 1 October 1999) was an Israeli businessman who co-founded Norwegian Cruise Lines in 1966 with Knut Kloster and soon left to form Carnival Cruise Lines in 1972. Early years Arison wa ...

, Israeli-American businessman (died 1999). * 29 March –

Amnon Linn Amnon Linn ( he, אמנון לין; 29 March 1924 – 21 July 2016) was an Israeli politician. Biography Linn was born in Mishmar HaEmek to Hava and David (Dodia) Linn. He became a member of the Hashomer Hatzair youth movement in 1940, and in 19 ...

, Israeli politician (died 2016). * 15 June –

Ezer Weizman Ezer Weizman (; he, עֵזֶר וַיצְמָן ''Ezer Vaytsman''; 15 June 1924 – 24 April 2005) was the seventh President of Israel, first elected in 1993 and re-elected in 1998. Before the presidency, Weizman was commander of the Israeli Ai ...

, Israeli Air Force commander and seventh President of Israel (died 2005). * 24 June –

David Rubinger David Rubinger ( he, דוד רובינגר; 29 June 1924 – 2 March 2017) was an Israeli photographer and photojournalist. His famous photo of three Israeli paratroopers after the recapture of the Western Wall has become an iconic image of th ...

, Israeli photographer (died 2017) * 30 June -

Amos Horev Amos Horev ( he, עמוס חורב; born Amos Sochaczewer, 30 June 1924) is an Israeli military official and expert. He served as a commander in the Palmach the elite force of the Haganah before the founding of the state, and was later an Israeli ...

, Israeli general and President of the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. * 31 July -

Ben Zion Abba Shaul Ben Zion Abba Shaul ( he, בן-ציון אבא-שאול; 31 July 1924 – 13 July 1998; on the Hebrew calendar: 29 Tammuz 5684 – 19 Tammuz 5758) (first name also spelled Ben Sion) was one of the leading Sephardic rabbis, Torah scholars a ...

, Israeli Sephardic rabbi, Torah scholar, and Rosh Yeshiva (died 1998). * 31 July –

Abraham Yakin Abraham Yakin ( he, אברהם יכין ; 31 July 1924 – 10 May 2020) was an Israeli artist. Background Abraham Yakin was born in Jerusalem. During the Second World War, he joined the Royal Navy and served three years in the Mediterranean Fl ...

, Israeli artist (died 2020) * 21 August – Pesah Grupper, Israeli politician (died 2013). * 13 September –

Israel Tal Israel Tal ( he, ישראל טל, September 13, 1924, – September 8, 2010), also known as Talik (Hebrew: טליק), was an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) general known for his knowledge of tank warfare and for leading the development of Israel's Mer ...

, Israeli general (died 2010). * 15 September –

Mordechai Tzipori Mordechai Tzipori ( he, מרדכי צפורי, 15 September 1924 – 29 May 2017) was an Israeli politician who served as Minister of Communications from 1981 until 1984. Biography Born Mordechai Bankovich-Hendin in Petah Tikva during the Man ...

, Israeli military officer and politician (died 2017). * 25 November –

Zundel Kroizer Zundel Kroizer (25 November 1924 - 7 May 2014) was a Haredi Israeli rabbi and the author of ''Sefer (Hebrew), sefer Ohr Hachamah'' on the entire Talmud, ''Shulchan Aruch'', Five ''Chumash (Judaism), Chumashim'' and the ''Haggadah shel Pesach''. H ...

, Israeli rabbi (2014). * 17 December –

Yohai Ben-Nun Yohai Ben-Nun ( he, יוחאי בן-נון; December 17, 1924 – June 6, 1994) was the sixth commander of the Israeli Navy and one of the founders of the Israeli Special Forces. Hero of Israel. Biography Yohai Ben-Nun born on December 17, 192 ...

, sixth commander of the Israeli Navy (died 1994). * 25 December – Yosef Avni,

Irgun Irgun • Etzel , image = Irgun.svg , image_size = 200px , caption = Irgun emblem. The map shows both Mandatory Palestine and the Emirate of Transjordan, which the Irgun claimed in its entirety for a future Jewish state. The acronym "Etzel" i ...

fighter *''Full date unknown'' ** Siman-Tov Ganeh, Israeli war hero, recipient of the

Hero of Israel A hero (feminine: heroine) is a real person or a main fictional character who, in the face of danger, combats adversity through feats of ingenuity, courage, or strength. Like other formerly gender-specific terms (like ''actor''), ''hero ...

medal (died 1968). **

Shmuel Ben-Dror Shmuel Ben Dror (1924 – January 6, 2009) was an Israeli association football player. Football career Ben Dror was born in Petah Tikva. He played defense for the Israeli national football team. He served as their first captain and scored the ...

, Israeli footballer (died 2009). **

Uzi Feinerman Uzi Feinerman ( he, עוזי פיינרמן, born 1924, died 8 April 1975) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Alignment between 1969 and 1975. Biography Born in Kfar Yehezkel during the Mandate era, Feinerman ...

, Israeli politician (died 1975). **

Yehoshua Ben-Zion Yehoshua Ben-Zion (1924 – 2004) ( he, יהושע בן ציון) was an Israeli banker. He served as the managing director of Israel-British Bank. Following the collapse of the bank in July 1974, owing British investors £46.6 million, Ben-Zion ...

, Israeli banker (died 2004). **

Raquela Prywes Raquela Prywes ( he, רחלה פריבס; born Raquela Levy, 1924 in Jerusalem; died March, 1985) was a nurse in Israel, trained in midwifery and obstetrics at the Hadassah Medical Center. A ninth generation Jerusalemite, Raquela is the chief p ...

, Israeli nurse (died 1985).

Notable deaths

References

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Mandatory Palestine Mandatory Palestine ( ar, فلسطين الانتدابية '; he, פָּלֶשְׂתִּינָה (א״י) ', where "E.Y." indicates ''’Eretz Yiśrā’ēl'', the Land of Israel) was a geopolitical entity established between 1920 and 1948 ...

Years in Mandatory Palestine 1920s in Mandatory Palestine