Ben-Yair, Israeli jurist, Attorney General of Israel 2 September – Yossi Vardi, Israeli entrepreneur 19 November – Amihai Mazar, Israeli archaeologist 7 December – Ehud Kalai, Israeli-American game theorist Full date unknown Itamar Rabinovich, Israeli diplomat Notable deaths 3 January – Pinhas Rutenberg (born 1879), Ukrainian-born Palestinian Jew who was the founder of The Palestine Electricity Corporation 12 February – Avraham Stern (born 1907), Polish-born Palestinian Jew who was the leader of the Lehi References Years in Mandatory Palestine Mandatory Palestine in World War II