1931 in the British Mandate of Palestine«««193019291928»»»193219331934 See also:1931 in the United KingdomOther events of 1931 Events in the year 1931 in the British Mandate of Palestine.
Incumbents 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
Events 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. 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. 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. 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.
Births 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 (died 2022) 17 November – Amira Sartani, Israeli politician 27 November – Yaakov Ziv, Israeli computer scientist (died 2023) Full date unknown Naim Attallah, Palestinian Arab businessman and writer (died 2021) Ruth Horam, Israeli painter and sculptor (died 2021) Avraham Katz, Israeli politician (died 1986) Farouk Kaddoumi, Palestinian Arab, senior member of Fatah (died 2024) Shaul Foguel, Israeli mathematician (died 2020) Taha Muhammad Ali, Israeli Arab poet (died 2011).
Ram Karmi, Israeli architect (died 2013)
Deaths 16 April – Rachel Bluwstein (commonly referred to as "Rachel the poetess") (born 1890), Russia-born Palestinian Jewish poet.
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