1921 in the British Mandate of Palestine

Events in the year 1921 in the British Mandate of Palestine.

Incumbents

• High Commissioner - Sir Herbert Louis Samuel
• Emir of Transjordan - Abdullah I bin al-Hussein from 11 April
• Prime Minister of Transjordan - Rashid Tali’a from 11 April until 15 August; Mazhar Raslan

Events

• 11 April - The establishment of the Emirate of Transjordan, which continues to remain part of the British Mandate of Palestine.
• 1 May–7 May - Jaffa riots: Riots in Jaffa result in the death of 47 Jews (including the author Yosef Haim Brenner) and 48 Arabs.

Unknown dates

• The founding of the Hebrew Writers Association in the Land of Israel by Hayim Nahman Bialik.
• The founding of the kibbutz Tel Yosef by members of Gdud HaAvoda, named after Joseph Trumpeldor.
• The founding of the kibbutz Ein Harod by pioneers of the Third Aliyah.
• The founding of the moshav Nahalal by pioneers of the Second Aliyah and Third Aliyah.
• The founding of the moshava Ramat Gan.

Notable births

• 6 January - Haim Corfu, former Israeli politician
• 17 March - Meir Amit, Israeli politician and general (d. 2009)
• 9 April - Yitzhak Navon, Fifth President of Israel
• 26 August - Shimshon Amitsur, Israeli mathematician (d. 1994)
• 15 September - Moshe Shamir, Israeli author, playwright, opinion writer, and public figure (d. 2004).

Notable deaths

• 2 May - Yosef Haim Brenner (b. 1881), Russian-born Palestinian Jew. Hebrew-language author, one of the pioneers of modern Hebrew literature

References