Events in the year 1945 in the British Mandate of Palestine. Incumbents High Commissioner – John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort until 5 November; Sir Alan Cunningham Emirate of Transjordan – Abdullah I bin al-Hussein Prime Minister of Transjordan – Samir al-Rifai until 19 May; Ibrahim Hashem Events 11 July – The founding of the kibbutz Hukok. 15 July – Jewish Holocaust survivors of the Buchenwald Nazi concentration camp arrive at Haifa port and are arrested by the British. 31 August – U.S. President Harry Truman issues a statement requesting the British government to admit 100,000 Jewish refugees in Europe into Palestine. 27 September – The Defence Emergency Regulations are enacted by the Mandatory authorities. 2 November – Arabs demonstrate against the British. 5 November – Sir Alan Cunningham assumes office as the High Commissioner of Palestine. Unknown dates The founding of the kibbutz Gal'ed. Notable births 17 January – Asher Grunis, Israeli jurist, former President of the Supreme Court of Israel 30 January – Yoram Lass, Israeli politician and physician, professor of medicine at Tel Aviv University 9 February – Haim Be'er, Israeli novelist 20 February – Amram Mitzna, Israeli politician and former general, acting Mayor of Yeruham, former Mayor of Haifa 23 February – Yossi Ben Hanan, Israeli general 1 March – Tom Segev, Israeli historian 1 March – Ehud Yaari, Israeli journalist 8 March – Atar Arad, Israeli-American musician 8 March – David Ascalon, Israeli sculptor and stained glass artist 15 March – Danny Yatom, Israeli politician and Mossad head 22 March – Hillel Weiss, Israeli literature professor 28 March – Ruth Gavison, Israeli jurist 29 March – Yehuda Barkan, Israeli actor, producer, director and screenwriter (died 2020) 2 April – Moshe Peled, Israeli politician 9 April – Adam Baruch, Israeli journalist, writer and art critic (died 2008) 10 April – Mordechai Mishani, Israeli politician (died 2013) 19 April – Eliezer Mizrahi, Israeli painter 21 April – Nadav Levitan, Israeli film director and screenwriter (died 2010) 26 April – Avishai Henik, Israeli neurocognitive psychologist 14 May – Yochanan Vollach, Israeli footballer 28 May – Anat Maor, Israeli politician 30 May – Makram Khoury, Arab-Israeli actor, first Arab to win the Israel Prize 1 June – Menachem Froman, Israeli rabbi and political activist (died 2013) 5 June – Nechama Rivlin, First Lady of Israel (died 2019) 19 June – Leah Tsemel, Israeli lawyer 27 June – Ami Ayalon, Israeli