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HERE ARE PROMINENT EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE DURING 1947 IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL UNDER THE BRITISH MANDATE.

THE DRIVER
THE GOVERNMENT OF MANDATE
HIGH COMMISSIONER SIR ALAN GORDON KENINGHAM

THE LEADERSHIP OF THE COMMUNITY

MAJOR EVENTS

JANUARY 12 - THE IDF FIGHTERS HAVE WARNED VEHICLES TO INFILTRATE THE POLICE CENTER IN HAIFA. FOUR PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND 140 WOUNDED.
JANUARY 26 - IDF PERSONNEL KIDNAP A BRITISH INTELLIGENCE OFFICER TWO DAYS BEFORE THE SCHEDULED EXECUTION OF DOV GRONER.
JANUARY 27 - IDF PERSONNEL KIDNAP THE BRITISH PRESIDENT OF THE DISTRICT COURT IN TEL AVIV
FEBRUARY 18 - BRITISH FOREIGN MINISTER ERNEST BEVIN ANNOUNCES THE RETURN OF THE MANDATE TO THE UNITED NATIONS.
FEBRUARY 27 - THE SHIP'S ELEPHANTS LIVE IN ARROZOROV, CAPTURED BY THE ENGLISH ON A WAVE BEACH
MARCH 17 - MOSHE BREZHNY, THE MEMBERS OF THE IDF RESISTANCE, IS RAISED TO TRIAL, IS FOUND GUILTY AND SENTENCED TO DEATH PENALTY IN THE GARDAR. HE COMMITS SUICIDE A MONTH AFTER THE PENALTY.
MARCH 31 - THE SHIP'S ELEPHANTS ARE CAPTURED AND DEPORTED TO CYPRUS.
APRIL 25 - IDF PERSONNEL ARE ABLE TO SET UP A CAR TO SHARON. IN THE EXPLOSION, FOUR BRITS WERE KILLED AND DAMAGED STRUCTURES.
MAY 4 - THE IDF FORCES ARE FORCED TO PRISON IN ACRE AND RELEASE JEWISH PRISONERS FROM THE IDF AND THE IDF FIGHTERS.
MAY 6 - ALEXANDER ROBOWITZ WAS ASSASSINATED BY ROY FARAN
MAY 8 - THE SHIP OF ELEPHANTS "THE ARK" SAILS FROM ITALY TO THE LAND OF ISRAEL AND ITS 1,414 ELEPHANTS.
JUNE 16 - THE O'NOSCOPY COMMITTEE, THE UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON THE LAND OF ISRAEL, BEGINS ITS WORK IN ISRAEL.
JULY 11 - THE AXIDUS ELEPHANT SHIP DEPARTS ON THE SIDEWALK
JULY 12 - THE IRGUN KIDNAPS TWO BRITISH SYMBOLS IN NETANYA, AS AN INSTRUMENT AGAINST THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH INCARCERATED IN THE PRISON OF ACUTE.
JULY 18 - THE AXIDUS ELEPHANT SHIP REACHES THE SHORES OF THE LAND OF ISRAEL, WITH A TOTAL OF 4,500 SOULS. AFTER A DIFFICULT STRUGGLE CONDUCTED BY THE BRITISH IN THE PARASITES, CAUSING THE DEATHS OF THREE ELEPHANTS AND DOZENS OF WOUNDED, THE SHIP WAS DRAGGED INTO HAIFA HARBOUR. PASSENGERS WERE NOT ALLOWED TO ENTER THE TERRITORY OF THE LAND OF ISRAEL, AND WERE FORCIBLY RETURNED TO THE DISPLACED CAMPS IN GERMANY AFTER A BITTER STRUGGLE.
JULY 22 - THE ELEPHANT SHIP THAT REACHES THE SHORES OF THE LAND OF ISRAEL. THE BRITISH BOARDED THE SHIP AND BY STICKS AND WEAPONS TOOK OVER IT. THE ENGINE IS WIRED TO DELAY THE TAKEOVER AND PREVENT THE CRUISE TO CYPRUS. LATER SHE WAS BROUGHT TO THE FIRE.
JULY 29 - THE BRITISH EXECUTED THE NOBLE FIGHTERS OF ABE PEACE, JACOB WEISS AND MEIR KNOCKER, WHO WERE CAPTURED DURING THE BREAK INTO ACRE PRISON. IN RESPONSE, THE IRGUN HANGS THE TWO SERGIOTS WHO HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN KIDNAPPED AS HOSTAGES.
JULY 30 - IN RESPONSE TO THE EXECUTION OF THE THREE NOBLEMEN BY THE BRITISH, TWO BRITISH SERGIOTS WERE FOUND TO BE BURIED NEXT TO A FOREST.
31 AUGUST – THE UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON LAND OF ISRAEL PUBLISHES THE PARTITION PLAN.
NOVEMBER 10 - THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE "AIR CHAINS" OF THE DEFENSE UNDER THE COMMAND OF JOSHUA ASHEL
NOVEMBER 29 - UN RESOLUTION ON THE PARTITION PLAN AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL
NOVEMBER 29 - THE GENOME SCROLLS ARE ACQUIRED BY ARCHAEOLOGIST ELAZAR LA FA SOAKNIK
NOVEMBER 30 – THE NEXT DAY, NOVEMBER 3, INDEPENDENCE WAR OPENS.
DECEMBER 2 - RIOTS IN JERUSALEM, ARABS MARCH TO ZION SQUARE AND ARE BLOCKED BY THE BRITISH
DECEMBER 11 - THE ENRICHMENT ARENA WAS ATTACKED TO TRANSFER SUPPLIES TO THE SULFUR TREE BLOC.
DECEMBER 30 - THE MASSACRE OF THE REFINERIES IN HAIFA

BORN BORN
JANUARY 20 - HER DAUGHTER GUR, AN ISRAELI WRITER (WHO WAS BANNED IN 2005)
FEBRUARY 22 - JONATHAN GEFFEN, POET, PLAYWRIGHT, WRITER, RECKLESS, POETICIST, TRANSLATOR AND ISRAELI SATIRICINE
APRIL 2 - EXPECT SHABIT, ISRAELI ACTRESS AND SINGER
APRIL 22 - SAMUEL ROSENTHAL, ISRAELI FOOTBALLER
APRIL 23 - DAN MARDOR, ISRAELI POLITICIAN,