JEWS MAKE UP MAJORITY IN JERUSALEM BUT CAN NOT STAND FOR ELECTION, 1934
Elections for the Jerusalem municipal council were held. Although Jews constituted a majority of the population in the city, a Jewish candidate could not stand for election as mayor. The winning mayor was Hussein al-Khalidi.
THE VELLOS SHIP ARRIVED AND WAS TURNED BACK, 1934
The Vellos ship arrived on the shore of mandated Palestine for the second time, but was forced to return to Europe by British authorities.
THE HAGANAH BEGINS FIRST LONG TRAING COURSE, 1934
The first comprehensive Haganah (pre-state defense force) training course took place in Lower Givat and lasted for ten weeks.
BRITISH DISTRICT COMMISSIONER MURDERED BY ARAB ASSAILANTS, 1937
Arab assailants murdered British District Commissioner of the Galilee, Lewis Andrew, as he departed from prayer in a Nazareth church.
ISRAEL'S POPULATION TO REACH SEVEN MILLION BY 2005, 2000
The Central Bureau of Statistics released a report which stated that Israel's population would reach seven million by the year 2005.
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