1945 in Mandatory Palestine
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Events in the year 1945 in the British Mandate of Palestine.
Incumbents
- High Commissioner - John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort until 5 November; Sir Alan Cunningham
- Emir of Transjordan - Abdullah I bin al-Hussein
- Prime Minister of Transjordan - Samir al-Rifai until 19 May; Ibrahim Hashem
Events
Buchenwald survivors arrive in Haifa to be arrested by the British, 15 July 1945
- 11 July – The founding of the kibbutz Hukok.
- 15 July – Jewish holocaust survivors of the Buchenwald Nazi concentration camp arrive at Haifa port and are arrested by the British.
- 31 August – U.S. President Harry Truman issues a statement requesting the British government to admit 100,000 Jewish refugees in Europe into Palestine.
- 27 September – The Defence Emergency Regulations are enacted by the Mandatory authorities.
- 2 November Arabs demonstrate against the British
- 5 November – Sir Alan Cunningham assumes office as the High Commissioner of Palestine.
Unknown dates
Notable births
- 20 February - Amram Mitzna, Israeli politician and former general, the acting mayor of Yeruham, the former mayor of Haifa
- 28 March - Ruth Gavison, Israeli jurist
- 9 April - Adam Baruch, Israeli journalist, writer and art critic (died 2008)
- 19 April - Yehuda Barkan, Israeli actor, producer, director and screenwriter
- 21 April - Nadav Levitan, Israeli film director and screenwriter (died 2010)
- 27 June - Ami Ayalon, Israeli politician and a former member of the Knesset for the Labor Party
- 31 August – Itzhak Perlman, Israeli-American violinist and conductor
- 30 September – Ehud Olmert, 12th Prime Minister of Israel
- 23 November - Assi Dayan, Israeli film director, actor, screenwriter and producer
- 31 December - Tuvia Tzafir, Israeli actor and comedian
Notable deaths
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- 22 January - Else Lasker-Schüler (born 1869), German-born Palestinian Jewish poet
- 11 June - Eliyahu Golomb (born 1893), Russian (Belarus)-born leader of the Jewish defense effort in Mandate Palestine and chief architect of the Haganah
- 20 July - Yohanan Levi (born 1901), German-born Palestinian Jewish Hebrew linguist and historian, specialising in the Second Temple period
- 11 November - Yehoshua Hankin (born 1864), Russian (Ukraine)-born Zionist activist who was responsible for most of the major land purchases of the World Zionist Organization in Ottoman Palestine
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