politician and a former member of the Knesset for the Labor Party 3 July – Saharon Shelah, Israeli mathematician 5 July – Yosef Shapira, Israeli judge, current State Comptroller of Israel 25 July - Rachel Shapira, Israeli songwriter and poet 18 August – Yair Shamir, Israeli politician, businessman, and Air Force officer 30 August – Daniella Weiss, Israeli settlement movement activist 31 August – Itzhak Perlman, Israeli-American violinist and conductor 29 September – Yair Garbuz, Israeli artist 30 September – Ehud Olmert, 12th Prime Minister of Israel 10 October – Miriam Adelson, Israeli-American philanthropist 14 October – Muki Betser, Israeli special forces officer, founder of the Shaldag Unit 9 November – Zevulun Orlev, Israeli politician 23 November – Assi Dayan, Israeli film director, actor, screenwriter and producer (died 2014) 27 November – Akiva Eldar, Israeli journalist 1 December – Rami Bar-Niv, Israeli pianist, composer, and author 22 December – Amiram Goldblum, Israeli chemist and political activist 31 December – Tuvia Tzafir, Israeli actor and comedian Full date unknown Giora Romm, Israeli Air Force officer, director of the Civil Aviation Authority of Israel Adina Bar-Shalom, Israeli educator, columnist, and social activist. Yosef Amit, Israeli military intelligence officer who was convicted of spying for the United States Erela Golan, Israeli politician Amir Nachumi, Israeli Air Force general and ace Eli Alon, Israeli anesthesiologist Nitza Metzger-Szmuk, Israeli archaeologist Mahmoud al-Zahar, Palestinian militant, co-founder of Hamas Notable deaths 22 January – Else Lasker-Schüler (born 1869), German-born Palestinian Jewish poet 11 June – Eliyahu Golomb (born 1893), Russian (Belarus)-born leader of the Jewish defense effort in Mandate Palestine and chief architect of the Haganah 20 July – Yohanan Levi (born 1901), German-born Palestinian Jewish Hebrew linguist and historian, specialising in the Second Temple period 11 November – Yehoshua Hankin (born 1864), Russian (Ukraine)-born Zionist activist who was responsible for most of the major land purchases of the World Zionist Organization in Ottoman Palestine References Palestine Years in Mandatory Palestine Mandatory Palestine in World War II