Events in the year 1947 in the British Mandate of Palestine.

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• 7 January – The founding of the kibbutz Mivtahim.
• 26 January – Irgun members kidnap a British intelligence officer two days before the planned execution date of the Irgun member Dov Gruner.
• 27 January – Irgun members kidnap the British President of the district court of Tel Aviv.
• 18 February – British Foreign Minister Ernest Bevin announces that the United Kingdom has decided to give up its mandate over Palestine and allow the United Nations to determine the country's future.
• 3 March – 13 people are killed in a raid on a British officer's club in Jerusalem by the Irgun. Simultaneously, multiple other targets throughout Palestine are attacked by the Irgun.
• 11 March – The founding of the kibbutz Ma'ayan Barukh.
• 4 May – Acre Prison break: Irgun forces break through the walls of the Acre prison and free 28 incarcerated Irgun and Lehi activists. 214 Arab prisoners also escaped.
• 16 June – The UNSCOP Committee, the Special UN Committee in charge of finding a solution to the conflict in Palestine, begins its work in Palestine.
• 30 June – The founding of the kibbutz Sa'ad.
• 11 July – The Exodus leaves France for Palestine, with 4,500 Jewish Holocaust survivor refugees on board who have no legal immigration certificates to enter Palestine.
• 12 July – The Irgun kidnaps two British Intelligence Corps NCOs in Netanya, and threatens to kill them if Irgun members death row prisoners held in the Acre prison are executed.
• 18 July – Following wide media and UNSCOP coverage, the Exodus is captured by British troops and refused entry into Palestine at the port of Haifa.
• 29 July – The British execute three Irgun members captured during the Acre Prison break. In response, the Irgun hangs the two British hostages kidnapped eighteen days earlier.
• 28 August – The founding of the Kibbutz HaOgen.
• 31 August – The UNSCOP Committee publishes the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine.
• 16 November – The United Kingdom begins withdrawing its army troops from Palestine.^{[citation needed]}
• 29 November – The United Nations approves partition of Palestine into Jewish and Arab states. It is accepted by the Jews, but rejected by the Arab leaders (See ).

• 20 January – Ze'ev Segal, Israeli jurist and journalist (died 2011).
• 21 January – Dan Chamizer, Israeli artist, journalist, and radio and television host.
• 22 January – Ali Yahya, Arab-Israeli diplomat, first Israeli-Arab to serve as an ambassador (died 2014).
• 30 January – Yehoshua Mondshine, Israeli Rabbi (died 2014).
• 4 February – Juval Aviv, Israeli-American security expert.
• 22 February – Yehonatan Geffen, Israeli author, poet, songwriter, journalist and playwright.
• 31 March – Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Israeli business management guru (died 2011).
• 31 March – Ronny Reich, Israeli archaeologist.
• 1 April – Tzipi Shavit, Israeli actress, comedian, and entertainer.
• 4 April – Israel Sadan, Israeli police colonel, former commander of the Israel Border Police, and Mayor of Hadera.
• 22 April – Shmuel Rosenthal, Israeli footballer.
• 23 April – Dan Meridor, Israeli politician.
• 9 May – David Zilberman, Israeli economist.
• 28 May – Boaz Sharabi, Israeli musician.
• 3 June – Shuki Levy, Israeli-American composer, writer, director, and executive producer.
• 13 June – Elyakim Rubinstein, Israeli jurist, Vice-President of the Israeli Supreme Court.
• 25 June – Zvi Galil, Israeli-American computer scientist and mathematician, President of Tel Aviv University
• 30 June – Yedidya Ya'ari, Israeli Admiral, commander of the Israeli Navy (2000–2004).
• 24 July – Amnon Straschnov, Israeli judge.
• 27 July – Giora Spiegel, Israeli footballer.
• 4 August – Yael German, Israeli politician.
• 4 August – Salim Joubran, Arab-Israeli jurist, judge on the Israeli Supreme Court.
• 1 September – Batya Gur, Israeli writer (died 2005).
• 15 September – Amos Kollek, Israeli film director, writer, and actor.
• 17 September – Ilanit, Israeli singer.
• 27 September – Shaul Yahalom, Israeli politician.
• 1 October – Aaron Ciechanover, Israeli biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
• 2 October – Uzi Arad, Israeli strategist, National Security Advisor, and Mossad officer.
• 13 October – Avi Lerner, Israeli-American film producer.
• 26 October – Miriam Naor, Israeli jurist, judge on the Israeli Supreme Court.
• 23 October – Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi, Palestinian Arab, co-founder of the militant Palestinian Islamist organization Hamas (died 2004).
• 7 November – Sefi Rivlin, Israeli actor (died 2013).
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  • Efrat Natan, Israeli artist.
  • Minna Rozen, Israeli historian.
  • Moti Sasson, Israeli politician, current Mayor of Holon.
  • Avraham Diskin, Israeli political scientist.
  • Yael Renan, Israeli writer and translator (died 2020).

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• 16 April
  • Dov Gruner (born 1912), Irgun member captured during a raid on a police station, executed by hanging.
  • Yehiel Dresner (born 1922), Irgun member, captured during the Night of the Beatings, executed by hanging.
  • Mordechai Alkahi (born 1925), Irgun member, captured during the Night of the Beatings, executed by hanging.
• 21 April
  • Meir Feinstein (born 1927), Irgun member captured following the bombing of a railway station, committed suicide while awaiting execution.
  • Moshe Barazani (born 1926), Lehi member captured carrying a grenade, committed suicide while awaiting execution.
• 23 May
  • Akiva Aryeh Weiss (born 1868), Zionist activist, one of the founders of Tel Aviv.
• 29 July
  • Avshalom Haviv (born 1926), Irgun member and former Palmach member captured during the Acre Prison break, executed by hanging.
  • Meir Nakar (born 1926), Irgun member captured during the Acre Prison break, executed by hanging.
  • Yaakov Weiss (born 1924), Irgun member captured during the Acre Prison break, and Czech immigrant who saved hundreds of Jews from the Nazis, executed by hanging.
• 27 November
  • David Bloch-Blumenfeld (born 1884), Labor Zionist leader and second Mayor of Tel Aviv