Segal, Israeli writer and journalist (died 2007) 29 May – Avraham Melamed, Israeli swimmer, competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics and 1968 Summer Olympics, won two silver medals in the 1966 Asian Games 10 June – Yona Wallach, Israeli poet (died 1985) 16 June – Avigdor Kahalani, former Israeli politician and former Brigadier General in the IDF 19 June – Yona Yahav, Israeli lawyer and politician, former mayor of Haifa 22 June – Edna Arbel, Israeli jurist and judge on the Israeli Supreme Court 23 June – Alex Levac, Israeli photojournalist and street photographer 20 July – Yoram Ben-Zeev, Israeli diplomat 10 September – Eitan Ben Eliyahu, Israeli general, commander of the Israeli Air Force 26 August – Ron Huldai, Israeli politician, former Israeli Air Force fighter pilot and the current mayor of Tel Aviv 29 August – Yoram Yair, Israeli general 19 September – Ephraim Sneh, Israeli politician and former Brigadier General in the IDF 1 October – Dror Kashtan, Israeli football manager 16 October – Roni Brizon, Israeli politician 24 October – Yaacov Shavit, Israeli historian 27 November – Aryeh Stern, Israeli rabbi, Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem and member of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel 6 December – Arnon Milchan, Israeli film producer Full date unknown Dan Gillerman, Israeli diplomat, 13th Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations Nahum Barnea, Israeli journalist Assaf Hefetz, Israeli police commissioner Naomi Gal, Israeli writer Yossi Abulafia, Israeli writer, graphic artist, and director Doron Rubin, Israeli general, commander of the IDF headquarters for special operations (died 2018) David Tartakover, Israeli graphic designer and political activist Yasser Abed Rabbo, Palestinian Arab politician, member of the PLO executive Notable deaths 2 August – Berl Katznelson (born 1887), Russian-born Labor Zionist leader and journalist. 7 November – Hannah Szenes (born 1921), Hungarian-born Palestinian Jewish poet, who served as a paratrooper during World War II for the British Army. 18 November – Enzo Sereni (born 1905), Italian-born Palestinian Jew, who served as a paratrooper during World War II for the British Army. Mandatory Palestine Years in Mandatory Palestine Mandatory Palestine in World War II