1925 in the British Mandate of Palestine

Events in the year 1925 in the British Mandate of Palestine.

Incumbents

• High Commissioner - Sir Herbert Louis Samuel until 30 June; Herbert Onslow Plumer
• Emir of Transjordan - Abdullah I bin al-Hussein
• Prime Minister of Transjordan - 'Ali Rida Basha al-Rikabi

Events

• 6 February - The official opening ceremony of the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.
• 1 April - The Hebrew University of Jerusalem campus on Mount Scopus is opened at a gala ceremony attended by the leaders of the Jewish world, distinguished scholars and public figures, and British dignitaries, including the Earl of Balfour, Viscount Allenby and Sir Herbert Samuel.
• 1 May - The founding of the kibbutz Givat HaShlosha by group of Jewish immigrants from Poland.
• 1 June - The first edition of the Hebrew-language daily newspaper "Davar" is published under the name Davar - Iton Poalei Eretz Yisrael (lit. Davar - Newspaper of Eretz Yisrael Workers).

Unknown dates

• The founding of the moshav Ramatayim, one of the four original communities of Jewish agriculturalists that combined in 1964 to form Hod Hasharon.

Notable births

• 6 January - Uzi Narkiss, distinguished Israeli nuclear physicist (d. 1997).
• 9 April - Kamal Nasser, Palestinian Arab politician, PLO leader, writer and poet (d. 1973).
• 14 May - Yuval Ne'eman, Israeli physicist and politician (d. 2006).
• 25 May - Moshe Gidron, Israeli military officer, major general in the IDF (d. 2009).
• 7 June - Reuven Shefer, Israeli actor (d. 2011).
• 24 December - Yafa Yarkoni, Israeli singer.
• 25 December - Geulah Cohen, former Israeli politician and journalist.
• Full date unknown
  • Walid Khalidi, Palestinian Arab historian who has written extensively on the Palestinian exodus.

Notable deaths

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