1943 in Mandatory Palestine

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1943 in the British Mandate of Palestine

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See also:

1943 in the United Kingdom
Other events of 1943

Events in the year 1943 in the British Mandate of Palestine.

Incumbents

Events

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  • 18 February – World War II : The Polish Anders Army arrive in Palestine, where many Polish Jews, including Menachem Begin, desert to work on establishing a Jewish state in Palestine. This becomes known as the 'Anders Aliyah'.
  • 12 May – The founding of the kibbutz Gvulot.
  • 1 – 20 November Lehi members flee from the Latrun Detention Camp through a 70 meter long tunnel.
  • December – The founding of the kibbutz Yad Mordechai.

Notable births

  • 1 March – Benny Begin, Israeli geologist and politician
  • 30 April – Ze'ev Boim, Israeli politician and Knesset member (died 2011)
  • 30 April – Nechemya Cohen, Israeli army officer, the most decorated soldier in the history of the IDF (died 1967)
  • July – Tanya Reinhart, Israeli linguist and peace activist (died 2007)
  • 12 December – Hanan Porat, former Israeli politician (died 2011)
  • 18 December – Hanoch Levin, Israeli playwright, theater director, author and poet (died 1999)
  • Full date unknown

Notable deaths