1919 in British-administered Palestine

1919 in British-administered Palestine
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See also: 1919 in the United Kingdom Other events of 1919

Events in the year 1919 in British-administered Palestine (British-controlled part of OETA territory).

Events

• 3 January - The signing of the Faisal Weizmann Agreement by Emir Feisal (son of the King of Hejaz) and Chaim Weizmann (later President of the World Zionist Organization) as part of the Paris Peace Conference, 1919.
• 22 January to 10 February - First meeting of the Palestine Arab Congress held in Jerusalem.
• 26 February - The first official meeting of the Zionist General Council.

Notable births

• 8 May - Aharon Remez, Israeli civil servant, politician and diplomat, and second commander of the Israeli Air Force (died 1994).
• 10 June - Haidar Abdel-Shafi, Palestinian Arab physician, and later politician (died 2007).
• 2 August - Nehemiah Persoff, Jerusalem-born American Jewish film and television actor, and later painter.
• Full date unknown
  • Binyamin Gibli, head of Israeli military intelligence (died 2008).
  • Jabra Ibrahim Jabra, Palestinian Arab poet. (died 1994).

References

Years in Mandatory Palestine (1920–1948)
1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948
1930s	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
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British-administered Palestine (pre-Mandate)	1918 1919 1920