1938 in Mandatory Palestine explained
Events in the year
1938 in the British Mandate of Palestine.
Incumbents
Events
- 4 January – The British government appoints the Woodhead Commission to explore the practicalities of the partition of Palestine.
- 10 January – James Leslie Starkey, a noted British archaeologist of the ancient Near East and Palestine who leads the first excavations in Tel Lachish, is killed by a gang of armed Arabs near Bayt Jibrin on a track leading from Bayt Jibrin to Hebron.
- 23 February – The Port of Tel Aviv officially opens, as a competing (Jewish) port to the port in Jaffa, the latter having been crippled by the Arab revolt and general strike since 1936.
- 1 March – Sir Harold MacMichael assumes office as the High Commissioner of Palestine.
- 21 March – The founding of the kibbutz Hanita
- 13 April – The founding of the moshav Shavei Tzion as part of the tower and stockade settlement scheme.
- 19 June – 18 Arabs killed (9 men, 6 women and 3 children), 24 injured by a bomb that was thrown into a crowded Arab market place in Haifa.[1] [2] [3] [4]
- 26 June – The founding of the kibbutz Alonim
- 29 June – Shlomo Ben-Yosef executed for ambushing an Arab bus near Safad.[5]
- 6 July – 21 persons were killed in a bombing at Haifa vegetable market, mostly Arabs according to a discussion in UK Parliament.[6] Others reported higher casualties, 18 Arabs and 5 Jews were killed by two simultaneous bombs in the Arab melon market in Haifa, 79 people were wounded.[7]
- 16 July – 10 Arabs were killed and 29 wounded by a bomb at a marketplace in Jerusalem.[7]
- 17 July – The founding of the kibbutz Ma'ale HaHamisha
- 25 July – The founding of the kibbutz Tel Yitzhak
- 25 July – 39 Arabs were killed and over 60 wounded by a second bomb in the Haifa vegetable market.[7]
- 26 July – 53 persons were killed and 45 wounded in a. bombing at Haifa vegetable market, according to a conversation in the UK Parliament the following year.[8]
- 16 August – Former Jewish policeman Mordechai Schwarcz executed for the murder of an Arab policeman
- 17 August – The founding of the moshav Beit Yehoshua
- 25 August – The founding of the kibbutz Ein HaMifratz
- 26 August – 24 Arabs were killed and 39 wounded by a bomb in the Jaffa vegetable market.[9]
- 30 August – The founding of the kibbutz Ma'ayan Tzvi
- 2 October – 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine: In the 1938 Tiberias massacre, Arab rioters kill 19 Jews in the city of Tiberias, eleven of whom are children.[10] During the massacre, 70 armed Arabs set fire to Jewish homes and the local synagogue.
- 12 October – The British Government announces sending a further four battalions to Palestine.[11]
- 18 October – British army troops regain control of the old city of Jerusalem, which is occupied by Arab extremists in early October.
- 9 November – A technical British committee, known as the Woodhead Commission, rejected the Peel Commission partition plan mostly on the grounds that it could not be achieved without a large forced transfer of Arabs. It proposed "a modification of partition which, ...seems, subject to certain reservations, to form a satisfactory basis of settlement", if the U.K is prepared to provide a "sufficient assistance to enable the Arab State to balance its budget".
- 16 November – The founding of the moshav Sharona
- 17 November – The founding of the moshav Geulim
- 24 November – The founding of the kibbutz Eilon
- 25 November – The founding of the kibbutz Neve Eitan
- 25 November – The founding of the kibbutz Kfar Ruppin
- 29 November – The founding of the kibbutz Kfar Masaryk
- 22 December – The founding of the kibbutz Mesilot
Unknown dates
- The founding of the moshav Sde Warburg
- The founding of the moshav Ramat Hadar
Notable births
- 13 January – Yehoshua Porath, Israeli historian (died 2019)
- 24 January – Yoram Taharlev, Israeli poet, author, and comedian (died 2022)
- 30 January – Yoram Tsafrir, Israeli archaeologist (died 2015)
- 13 March – Dan Margalit, Israeli journalist
- 3 April – Boaz Moav, Israeli politician, academic, and activist (died 2002)
- 14 April – Rivka Michaeli, Israeli actress
- 1 July – Ilana Karaszyk, Israeli Olympic runner, long jumper
- 14 July – Moshe Safdie, Israeli-American architect and urban designer
- 21 July – Ya'akov Ahimeir, Israeli journalist and television and radio personality
- 9 August – Moshe Maya, Israeli rabbi and politician
- 29 August – Amnon Reshef, Israeli general
- 29 August – Ofer Bar-Yosef, Israeli archaeologist and anthropologist
- 3 October – Dan Bar-On, Israeli psychologist (died 2008)
- 29 October – Ralph Bakshi, Israeli-American director of animated and live-action films
- 4 December – Nava Arad, Israeli politician and Member of Knesset (1981–1992, 1995–1996) (died 2022)[12]
- Full date unknown
Notable deaths
29 June – Shlomo Ben-Yosef
Notes and References
- Book: The Seventh Million . . 39. Citing Arnold Zweig's letters to Sigmund Freud
- News: . 1939-06-19 . Haifa Bombs Fell Scores . New York Times . New York . 2015-09-09 .
- News: . 1939-06-20 . Bomb Blast Kills 18 Arabs at Haifa . New York Times . New York . 2015-09-09 .
- News: 18 Arabs Die In Bomb Blast. June 19, 1939. The Vancouver Sun. 15 October 2011.
- Book: Marlowe, John . 1946 . Rebellion in Palestine . The Cresset Press . London . 198-199 .
- https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/1939-06-28/debates/9ee4d4aa-fea8-4f83-b86a-64eaad159956/BombExplosionsHaifa
- Marlowe. p.200
- https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/1939-06-28/debates/9ee4d4aa-fea8-4f83-b86a-64eaad159956/BombExplosionsHaifa
- Marlowe. p.201
- Web site: League of Nations Archives . 11 August 2010 . 8 June 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190608153227/http://www.indiana.edu/~league/1938.htm . dead .
- Marlowe. p.203
- News: הלכה לעולמה חברת הכנסת לשעבר נאוה ארד. Former Member of Knesset Nava Arad has died. Maariv . 22 February 2022.
