1 March – Zionist activist
Joseph Trumpeldor and five
Palestinian Jewish fighters are killed in the
battle of Tel Hai. The battle, which gave
Tel Hai its long-enduring fame, was significant far beyond the small number of fighters involved on either side – mainly due to its influence on
Zionist history, both inspiring an enduring heroic myth and profoundly influencing Zionist military and political strategies over several decades.
4–7 April –
Nebi Musa Riots in and around the
Old City of Jerusalem mark the first large-scale skirmish of the
Arab–Israeli conflict. Four Arabs and five Jews are killed, while 216 Jews (18 critically) and 23 Arabs (one critically) are wounded. The majority of the victims were members of the
old Yishuv, largely non-Zionist or anti-Zionist
Orthodox Jews. About 300 Jews from the
Old City of
Jerusalem are evacuated.[1]
26 April – The
San Remo conference ends, during which the
Allied Supreme Council agree to allocate the mandate of Palestine (including the Transjordanian region) to the United Kingdom, incorporating the terms set forth in the
Balfour Declaration.
31 May – Second
Palestine Arab Congress, held in secret because banned by British authorities.
12 June – Following the
Battle of Tel Hai, the Jewish leadership in Palestine establishes the Jewish
paramilitary organisation "
Haganah" to protect Jewish farms and kibbutzim, believing that the Jewish population in Palestine could not rely on the British administration for protection from the frequent attacks carried out by local Arab gangs against
Palestinian Jews.
30 June – Two Arabs shot dead by British troops during demonstrations in Jaffa following the landing of new Jewish immigrants.[2]
13–14 July – The
Muslim-Christian Associations hold a two-day general strike protesting against the mandate and the behaviour of the British army.[3]
7 August –
SirHerbert Louis Samuel's request to extend the frontier of British territory beyond the Jordan river and to bring Transjordan under his administrative control is rejected. The British Foreign Secretary,
Lord Curzon, proposed instead that British influence in Tranjordan should be advanced by sending a few political officers, without military escort, to encourage self-government and give advice to local leaders in the territory.[4]
10 August – The
Treaty of Sèvres endorses the allocation to the United Kingdom of a mandate of Palestine. The treaty is stillborn and subsequently superseded by the
Treaty of Lausanne.
1 March –
Joseph Trumpeldor (born 1880), Russian-born early Zionist activist.
References
^Tom Segev, One Palestine, complete: Jews and Arabs under the British Mandate, Henry Holt & Co., New York, 2001, p. 127–144.
^Luke, Sir Harry (1953) Cities and Men. An Autobiography. Volume II. Aegean, Cyprus, Turkey, Transcaucasia & Palestine. (1914–1924). Geoffrey Bles. London. p.243
^Luke, Sir Harry (1953) Cities and Men. An Autobiography. Volume II. Aegean, Cyprus, Turkey, Transcaucasia & Palestine. (1914–1924). Geoffrey Bles. London. p.247
^Martin Sicker, (1999) Reshaping Palestine: From Muhammad Ali to the British Mandate, 1831–1922 p 158.