1941 in the British Mandate of Palestine

Events in the year 1941 in the British Mandate of Palestine.

Incumbents

• High Commissioner - Sir Harold MacMichael
• Emir of Transjordan - Abdullah I bin al-Hussein
• Prime Minister of Transjordan - Tawfik Abu al-Huda

Events

• 15 May - The Palmach is established.
• 14 July - World War II: The Armistice of Saint Jean d'Acre (also known as the "Convention of Acre") is signed on at the "Sidney Smith Barracks" on the outskirts of the city of Acre, ending the Allied invasion of Vichy French-controlled Syria and Lebanon.

Notable births

• 11 February - Avraham Hirschson, Israeli politician.
• 13 March - Mahmoud Darwish, Palestinian Arab poet and writer of prose (d. 2008).
• 22 April - Amir Pnueli, Israeli computer scientist and Turing Award winner (d. 2009).
• 7 July - Yisrael Poliakov, Israeli singer, actor and entertainer (d. 2007).
• 13 July - Ehud Manor, Israeli songwriter, translator, and radio and TV personality (d. 2005.)

Notable deaths

• 20 May - David Raziel (b. 1910), Russian-born Palestinian Jew, fighter of the Jewish underground and one of the founders of the Irgun.
• 2 October - Menachem Ussishkin (b. 1863), Russian-born Palestinian Jew, notable Zionist leader and chairman of the Jewish National Fund.