Events in the year 1944 in the British Mandate of Palestine.

Incumbents

* High Commissioner – Sir Harold MacMichael until 30 August; John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort *

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– 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

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. * 1 May – The British mandatory government restricts the immigration of Jews to

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. * 1 August – Fourth Assembly of Jewish Representatives elections held. * 8 August –

Lehi Lehi (; he, לח"י – לוחמי חרות ישראל ''Lohamei Herut Israel – Lehi'', "Fighters for the Freedom of Israel – Lehi"), often known pejoratively as the Stern Gang,"This group was known to its friends as LEHI and to its enemie ...

members attempt to assassinate the High Commissioner, Sir Harold MacMichael. * 30 August – Sir John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort assumes office as the

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. * 20 September – World War II: The Jewish Brigade group of the British Army is established. * 19 October – Irgun and

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

members in Cairo. * 7 November – World War II: Hannah Szenes is executed in Hungary by a German firing squad.

Notable births

* 6 January –

Yair Rosenblum Yair Rosenblum ( he, יאיר רוזנבלום; January 6, 1944 – August 27, 1996) was an Israeli composer and arranger. Music career Rosenblum was born in Tel Aviv. He was musical director of the Israel Defense Forces chorus in the 1960s and 1 ...

, Israeli composer (died 1996) * 9 February –

Ze'ev Seltzer Ze'ev Zeltzer ( he, זאב זלצר; born 9 February 1944) is an Israeli former footballer and current manager. As a player, he represented Maccabi Petah Tikva and the Israeli national team twice. Honours as Manager * Israeli Second Division (1 ...

, Israeli footballer and football manager * 10 February – Assad Assad,

Druze The Druze (; ar, دَرْزِيٌّ, ' or ', , ') are an Arabic-speaking esoteric ethnoreligious group from Western Asia who adhere to the Druze faith, an Abrahamic, monotheistic, syncretic, and ethnic religion based on the teachings of ...

Israeli politician, diplomat, and military officer * 16 February –

Gaby Mazor Gabriel (Gaby) Mazor ( he, גבריאל מזור; born February 16, 1944) is an Israeli archaeologist working for the Israel Antiquities Authority. Mazor is the director and senior researcher of the Bet She'an Archaeological Project. He is the ...

, Israeli archaeologist * 20 February –

Yaakov Peri Ya'akov Peri ( he, יעקב פרי, born 20 February 1944) is a former head of the Israeli security agency Shin Bet and formerly a member of the Knesset for Yesh Atid. He headed Shin Bet between 1988 and 1994. He was the first Shin Bet head born ...

, 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, 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 Arab, 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 Israel Segal ( he, ישראל סגל, 26 May 1944 – September 27, 2007) was an Israeli journalist, author, and longtime political commentator.Frenkel, Sheera Claire. (January 12, 2007The magic touch: A charm or a curse for Israeli politics?Jerusal ...

, Israeli writer and journalist (died 2007) * 29 May – Avraham Melamed, Israeli swimmer, competed at the

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and

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, won two silver medals in the

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* 10 June –

Yona Wallach Yona Wallach ( he, יונה וולך; June 10, 1944 – September 26, 1985) was an Israeli poet. Her surname also appears as Volach. She is considered a revolutionary Israeli feminist and post-modernist. Wallach was a promising young poet, thoug ...

, 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 * 16 October – Roni Brizon, Israeli politician * 24 October –

Yaacov Shavit Yaacov Shavit (born 24 October 1944) is an emeritus professor at the Department of Jewish History, Tel Aviv University. His main fields of study are the history of modern Israel and modern Jewish intellectual and cultural history. Shavit has also ...

, Israeli historian * 27 November –

Aryeh Stern Aryeh Stern ( he, אריה שטרן, born 27 November 1944) is the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem, a member of the Chief Rabbinate Council of Israel, and the chief editor of the Halacha Brura and Berur Halacha Institute. Biography Aryeh Ste ...

, 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 Dan Gillerman ( he, דן גילרמן, born 1944 in Tel Aviv) was Israel's 13th Permanent Representative to the United Nations. He was appointed in July 2002 and assumed his post on January 1, 2003, serving through 2008. Education Gillerman wa ...

, Israeli diplomat, 13th Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations **

Nahum Barnea Nahum Barnea ( he, נחום ברנע) (born October 23, 1944) is an Israeli journalist. Barnea writes for ''Yedioth Ahronoth''. He won the Israel Prize in 2007. Biography Nahum Borstein (later Barnea) was born in Petah Tikva. He served in the ...

, 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 Arab politician, member of the

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executive

Notable deaths

* 2 August –

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(born 1887), Russian-born Labor Zionist leader and journalist. * 7 November – Hannah Szenes (born 1921), Hungarian-born

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ish poet, who served as a paratrooper during World War II for the British Army. * 18 November – Enzo Sereni (born 1905), Italian-born

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