1946 in Mandatory Palestine

Events in the year 1946 in Mandatory Palestine.

Incumbents

High Commissioner – Sir Alan Cunningham
Emirate of Transjordan – Abdullah I bin al-Hussein until 25 May
Prime Minister of Emirate of Transjordan – Ibrahim Hashem until 25 May

Events

January – The founding of the kibbutz Ami'ad.
25 February – Irgun and Lehi members blow up dozens of British military aircraft in airports at Lydda, Qastina and Sirkin.
22 March – The ruler of Transjordan, Emir Abdullah I, negotiated a new Anglo-Transjordanian treat, under which the Emirate of Transjordan gained full independence and become the Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan.
25 April – Members of Lehi kill seven British soldiers guarding a military car park in Tel Aviv.
30 April – The Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry recommended the immediate admission of 100,000 Jewish refugees from Europe into Palestine. It also recommended that Palestine remain a mandated territory, that facilities be put in place to ensure Jewish migration and that the 1940 Land Act which banned Jews from purchasing land in 95% of Palestine be rescinded.
25 May – The United Kingdom grants full sovereignty to Transjordan. The parliament of Transjordan proclaimed the ruler of Transjordan, emir Abdullah, as Transjordan's king and formally changed the name of the country from the Emirate of Transjordan to the Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan. Three years later, the country changes its name to Jordan.
16 June – Night of the Bridges: Ten Palmach members blow up bridges across Palestine which link Palestine to the neighboring countries Lebanon, Syria, Transjordan, and Egypt, in order to immobilize its transportation.
29 June – Operation Agatha.
22 July – King David Hotel bombing: Irgun members detonate bombs in the basement of the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, where the British had brought a large amount of documents confiscated from the Jewish Agency for Israel. The attack kills 91 people and injures 45 more, mostly civilians. The hotel was a center of British administration at the time, although Arabs and Jews were also victims. The Jewish National Council condemns the attack.
6 October – The founding of the kibbutz Urim.
6 October – The founding of the kibbutz Be'eri.
6 October – The founding of the kibbutz Gal On.
6 October – The founding of the kibbutz Hatzerim.
6 October – The founding of the kibbutz Mishmar HaNegev.
6 October – The founding of the kibbutz Nirim.
6 October – The founding of the kibbutz Shoval.
23 October – The founding of the kibbutz Ein Tzurim.
30 October – The founding of the kibbutz Dovrat.
26 November – The founding of the kibbutz Yehiam.
December – David Ben-Gurion appointed director of Jewish Agency for Israel security policy at the Zionist Congress in Basel.

Unknown dates

The founding of the kibbutz Regba.

Notable births

1 January – Nissan Slomiansky, Israeli politician
7 January – Aviem Sella, Israeli fighter pilot
5 February – Amnon Dankner, Israeli newspaper editor and author
22 February – Motti Mizrachi, Israeli artist
26 February – Ephraim Sidon, Israeli author, playwright and satirist
12 March – Ya'acov Dorchin, Israeli sculptor and painter
15 April – Tsvi Misinai, Israeli computer scientist and researcher
18 April – Nahum Manbar, Israeli businessman convicted for selling arms to Iran
24 April – Benjamin Rawitz-Castel, Israeli classical pianist
26 April – Michael Reisser, Israeli politician.
11 May – Moni Fanan, Israeli basketball team manager.
2 June – Gideon Remez, Israeli journalist.
21 June – Ehud Adiv, Israeli anti-Zionist activist imprisoned for collaborating with Syria and the PLO
7 July – Amiram Levin, Israeli general and Mossad deputy director
1 September – Shalom Hanoch, Israeli singer
15 September – Yitzchak Dovid Grossman, Israeli rabbi, founder and dean of the Migdal Ohr educational NGO and member of the Chief Rabbinate Council
20 September – Dudu Topaz, Israeli TV personality, comedian, actor, screenwriter, playwright, author and radio and television host
4 October – Dov Weissglass, Israeli lawyer, businessman, and manager and office bureau chief for the Prime Minister
6 October – Menachem Zilberman, Israeli actor, comedian, and songwriter
8 October – Hanan Ashrawi, Palestinian Arab scholar, legislator and political activist
16 October – Ya'akov Yosef, Israeli rabbi and politician
16 October – Israel Bartal, Israeli historian
18 October – Eliezer Moses, Israeli politician
20 October – Tsvia Walden, Israeli psycholinguist
17 November – Nehemiah Tamari, Israeli major general and head of IDF Central Command
18 November – Naomi Chazan, Israeli politician, academic, and political activist.
28 November – Nachman Shai, Israeli politician, military spokesman, and journalist.
20 December – Uri Geller, Israeli paranormalist
24 December – Uri Barbash, Israeli film director
Full date unknown
* Esther Farbstein, Israeli historian
* Kohava Levy, Israeli singer-songwriter
* Adiva Geffen, Israeli author and playwright

Notable deaths

22 July – Edward Sperling, Russian-born Zionist writer, humorist, and Mandate government official, killed in the King David Hotel bombing.