1930 in the British Mandate of Palestine«««192919281927»»»193119321933 See also:1930 in the United Kingdom Events in the year 1930 in the British Mandate of Palestine.
Incumbents High Commissioner - Sir John Chancellor Emir of Transjordan - Abdullah I bin al-Hussein Prime Minister of Transjordan - Hasan Khalid Abu al-Huda
Events
5 January - The left-wing political party Mapai is founded by the merger of the Hapoel Hatzair (founded by A. D. Gordon) and the original Ahdut HaAvoda (founded in 1919 from the more moderate, right-wing of the Marxist Zionist socialist Russian party Poale Zion, led by David Ben-Gurion). March - The Commission on the Palestine disturbances of August, 1929 presents the Shaw ReportGreat Britain. Report of the Commission on the Palestine Disturbances of August, 1929. London: His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1930. Cmd. 3530. to the british parliament. The Report investigates the disturbances in 1929 and gives recommendations for preventing further disturbances and addresses the causes of the conflict. 17 June - 3 Arab Palestinians hanged for their part in the August 1929 riots. 25 other prisoners, two of them Jewish, had their death sentences commuted."The Palestine Riots". The Times: p. 13. 18 June 1930. The day was remembered by Palestinians as "Red Tuesday".Tamari, Salim & Nassar, Issam (2014) The Storyteller of Jerusalem. The life and Times of Wasif Jawhariyyeh, 1904-1948. Olive Branch Press. . p.202. 21 October - The Hope Simpson Royal Commission publishes the Hope Simpson Report, following the widespread 1929 Palestine riots, which recommends limiting Jewish immigration, claiming a lack of agricultural land to support such immigration. 21 October - Lord Passfield, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, issues a white paper, a formal statement of the British policy in Palestine, outlining a more restrictive british policy towards jewish immigration and land settlement.Great Britain. Palestine: Statement of Policy. London: His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1930. Cmd. 3692.
Unknown dates The founding of the kibbutz Na'an by 42 members of the Noar HaOved youth group, on lands purchased from the Arabic village Al-Na'ani. Two prominent Palestinian women, Sadhij Nassar and Mariam al-Khalil, founded Arab Women’s Union of Haifa.
Births 7 February - David Bar-Ilan, Israeli pianist, author, political spokesman, and columnist (died 2003). 15 March - Edna Solodar, Israeli politician (died 2024). April - Yaëla Hertz, Israeli-Canadian teacher (died 2014) 5 April - Dov Lando, Israeli rabbi 19 April - Yardena Alotin, Israeli composer and pianist (died 1994). 2 May - Yoram Kaniuk, Israeli writer, painter, journalist, and theater critic (died 2013). 6 May - Mordechai Gur, Israeli general and politician, tenth Chief of Staff of the IDF (died 1995). 5 June - Reuven Adiv, Israeli actor, director, and drama teacher, head of acting at the Drama Centre London (died 2004). 13 July - Naomi Shemer, leading Israeli songwriter and composer (died 2004). 15 August - Emmanuel Shaked, Israeli general (died 2018). 23 August - Yair Tzaban, Israeli politician and academic. 1 September - Ora Namir, Israeli politician and diplomat (died 2019). 11 October – Zev Buffman, theatre producer, President and CEO of Ruth Eckerd Hall (died 2020).Ruth Eckerd Hall's Former President and CEO Zev Buffman Passes Away At Age 89 3 November - Shalom Cohen, Israeli rabbi (died 2022) 7 December - Dani Karavan, Israeli sculptor and painter (died 2021) . 10 December - Muhammad Youssef al-Najjar, Palestinian Arab militant and leader of Black September (died 1973). 22 December - Amnon Kapeliouk, Israeli journalist and author (died 2009). Full date unknown Gad Avigad, Israeli biochemist. Yoel Alroy, Israeli footballer and politician (died 2023). Amnon Yariv, Israeli-American applied physicist and electrical engineer
Deaths 17 June - Fuad Hijazi. Acre Prison. 17 June - Ata El-Zeer. Acre Prison. 17 June - Mohammad Khaleel Jamjoum. Acre Prison.Tamari, Salim & Nassar, Issam (2014) The Storyteller of Jerusalem. The life and Times of Wasif Jawhariyyeh, 1904-1948. Olive Branch Press. . pp. 202,291
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