1922 in Mandatory Palestine

1922 in the British Mandate of Palestine

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See also:		1922 in the United Kingdom Other events of 1922

Events in the year 1922 in the British Mandate of Palestine.

Incumbents

2 April - The founding of the agricultural settlement Giv'atayim by a group of 22 Second Aliyah pioneers led by David Schneiderman.
2 April - The founding of the agricultural settlement "Ahuza A – New York" (which was later renamed Ra'anana), named after the founding company.
3 June - The Churchill White Paper ts published endorsing the Balfour Declaration.
24 July - The Mandate for Palestine, a legal instrument for the administration of Palestine, is formally confirmed by the Council of the League of Nations.
22 August - Fifth Palestine Arab Congress held in Nablus.
4 November - The founding of the kibbutz Beit Alfa by Hashomer Hatzair volunteers.
5 December - The Jewish Agency for Israel is established.

28 January - Emile Habibi, Israeli Arab writer and politician (died 1996).
24 February - Pnina Salzman, Israeli pianist (died 2006).
1 March - Yitzhak Rabin, Fifth Prime Minister of Israel, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (assassinated in 1995).
11 May - Tawfik Toubi, Israeli Arab communist politician (died 2011).

16 December - Eliezer Ben-Yehuda (born 1858), Russian (Belarus)-born Jewish lexicographer and newspaper editor, the driving spirit behind the revival of the Hebrew language in the modern era.

Years in Mandatory Palestine (1920–1948)

1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948

1930s	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939

1920s	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929

British-administered Palestine (pre-Mandate)	1918 1919 1920

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