1931 in Mandatory Palestine

1931 in the British Mandate of Palestine
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See also: 1931 in the United Kingdom Other events of 1931

Events in the year 1931 in the British Mandate of Palestine.

• High Commissioner – Sir John Chancellor until 20 November; Sir Arthur Grenfell Wauchope
• Emir of Transjordan – Abdullah I bin al-Hussein
• Prime Minister of Transjordan – Hasan Khalid Abu al-Huda until 22 February; Abdallah Sarraj

• 5 January – Third Jewish Assembly of Representatives election.
• March – The Press Bureau is reconstituted under a junior assistant secretary to improve the government’s communication with press and ensure better scrutiny of newspapers.^[1]
• 10 April – The Irgun is founded by Avraham Tehomi and former Haganah commanders who rejected the policy of "havlagah" and sought more action against Arab violence.
• 11 April – Three members of kibbutz Yagur are killed by members of a local Arab gang.
• 19 May – An Order in Council is issued by King George V relating to the Western Wall. This legally enshrined the Wall's status: Muslim ownership is affirmed, but Jews are guaranteed free access for prayer under specific conditions.^[2]
• 18 November – The 1931 census of Palestine is carried out by the Mandate authorities under the direction of Major E. Mills.
• 20 November – Sir Arthur Grenfell Wauchope replaces Sir John Chancellor as High Commissioner of Palestine.^[3]
• 22 December – Two members of Nahala Moshav, a man and his son, are killed when a bomb is thrown into their home. The attack is attributed to members of the Black Hand Gang.

• 17 January – Yaakov Gil, Israeli politician (died 2007)
• 13 February – Assaf Yaguri, Israeli politician and soldier (died 2000)
• 8 August – Yehoshua Matza, Israeli politician (died 2020)
• 16 May – Geula Zylberman, Jewish-Palestinian born Venezuelan artist
• 24 May – Eliezer Goldberg, Israeli jurist, judge on the Israeli Supreme Court and former State Comptroller of Israel (died 2022)
• 28 July – Michal Har'el, Israeli beauty queen (died 2012)
• 5 September – Amnon Rubinstein, Israeli law scholar, politician, and columnist (died 2024)
• 20 September – Haya Harareet, Israeli actress (died 2021)
• 21 September – Shmuel Auerbach, Israeli Haredi rabbi and posek (died 2018)
• 8 October – Sara Kishon, Israeli musician, author, and art collector (died 2002)
• 27 October – Shalom Cohen, Israeli rabbi and rosh yeshiva, spiritual leader of the Shas party
• 17 November – Amira Sartani, Israeli politician
• 27 November – Yaakov Ziv, Israeli computer scientist
• Full date unknown
  • Naim Attallah, Palestinian Arab businessman and writer
  • Ruth Horam, Israeli painter and sculptor
  • Avraham Katz, Israeli politician
  • Farouk Kaddoumi, Palestinian Arab, senior member of Fatah
  • Shaul Foguel, Israeli mathematician (died 2020)
  • Taha Muhammad Ali, Israeli Arab poet (died 2011).
  • Ram Karmi, Israeli architect (died 2013)

• 16 April – Rachel Bluwstein (commonly referred to as "Rachel the poetess") (born 1890), Russia-born Palestinian Jewish poet.