Stern, Israeli politician (died 1997) 1 November – Edward Said, Palestinian-American literary theorist (died 2003) 4 November – Uri Zohar, former Israeli film director, actor, and comedian who left the entertainment world to become a rabbi (died 2022). 24 November – Shlomo Amar, Israeli politician 15 December – Adnan Badran, former Jordanian Prime Minister 24 December – Arnon Soffer, Israeli demographer Full date unknown Said Aburish, Palestinian Arab journalist and writer (died 2012). Imil Jarjoui, Palestinian Arab politician (died 2007). Avigdor Nebenzahl, Israeli rabbi and posek Moshe Levinger, Israeli rabbi and settlement activist (died 2015). Eitan Tchernov, Israeli conservationist (died 2002). David Ussishkin, Israeli archaeologist. Deaths 9 June – Shmaryahu Levin (born 1867), Russian (Belarus)-born rabbi and Zionist activist. 1 September – Abraham Isaac Kook (born 1865), Russian (Latvia)-born first Ashkenazi chief rabbi of the British Mandate for Palestine. 20 November – Izz ad-Din al-Qassam (born 1882), Syrian-born Palestinian Muslim cleric who founded and headed the militant Black Hand movement and a number of other extreme anti-Jewish and anti-British groups. He was based in Haifa and president of the Young Men's Muslim Association there. References Palestine Years in Mandatory Palestine