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Events in the year 1922 in the British Mandate of Palestine.
Incumbents High Commissioner – Sir Herbert Louis Samuel Emir of Transjordan – Abdullah I bin al-Hussein Prime Minister of Transjordan – Mazhar Raslan until 10 March; 'Ali Rida Basha al-Rikabi
Events
January
9 January – Haj Amin al-Husseini, who had become the Mufti of Jerusalem the previous year, is elected head of the Muslim community (Rais al-'Ulama').
April 2 April – The founding of the agricultural settlement Giv'atayim by a group of 22 Second Aliyah pioneers led by David Schneiderman. The founding of the agricultural settlement "Ahuza A – New York" (now Ra'anana), named after the founding company.
June 3 June – The Churchill White Paper is published endorsing the Balfour Declaration but weakening the plans for a Jewish homeland.
July 24 July – The Mandate for Palestine, a legal instrument for the administration of Palestine, is formally confirmed by the Council of the League of Nations.
August 22 August – Fifth Palestine Arab Congress held in Nablus.
November 4 November – The founding of the kibbutz Beit Alfa by Hashomer Hatzair volunteers.
December 5 December – The Jewish Agency for Israel is established.
Full date unknown
The Industrial Islamic orphanage school is established in the old city of Jerusalem.
Births
22 January - Shalom Ronli-Riklis, Israeli musician (died 1994). 28 January – Emile Habibi, Israeli Arab writer and politician (died 1996). 2 February – Shmuel Agmon, Israeli mathematician (died 2025). 10 February – Eliyahu Bet-Zuri, Jewish Lehi activist known for his part in the assassination of Lord Moyne (died 1945). 24 February – Pnina Salzman, Israeli pianist (died 2006). 1 March – Yitzhak Rabin, Fifth Prime Minister of Israel, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (died 1995). 12 March – Aviva Uri, Israeli painter (died 1989). 11 May – Tawfik Toubi, Israeli Arab communist politician (died 2011). 21 May – Moshe Amar, Israeli politician (died 2015). 17 June – Avigdor Levontin, Israeli lawyer and diplomat (died 2016). 20 June - Eliezer Spiegel, Israeli footballer (died 2017). 22 June – Yehoshua Cohen, Israeli Lehi veteran, assassin of Folke Bernadotte (died 1986). 5 July – Menachem Cohen, Israeli politician (died 1975). 25 August – Ivry Gitlis, Israeli virtuoso violinist (died 2020). 9 October – Asaf Simhoni, Israeli general (died 1956). 1 December – Amichai Paglin, Israeli businessman and Irgun chief of operations (died 1978).
Deaths
22 February – A. D. Gordon (born 1856), Russian (Ukraine)-born Zionist activist, founder of Hapoel Hatzair. 16 December – Eliezer Ben-Yehuda (born 1858), Russian (Belarus)-born Jewish lexicographer and newspaper editor, the driving spirit behind the revival of the Hebrew language in the modern era.
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