Avraham Saide: The 100th anniversary of British-Palestinian passport No. 1

Avraham Saide obtained the first known British-Palestinian passport on November 3, 1926, during the British Mandate. Born in Jerusalem in 1906, he later served in the Irgun underground and fought for Israeli independence. The article, written by his grandson, marks the passport's 100th anniversary.

Avraham Saide, born in Jerusalem in 1906 during Ottoman rule, obtained the first known British-Palestinian passport on November 3, 1926, after the British Government's Palestinian Citizenship in the Mandate Act of 1925. The passport, issued by the British Consul in Buenos Aires, defined him as a British protected Palestinian citizen. Saide later returned to the Yishuv, served in the Irgun underground during the struggle for Israeli statehood, and lived through Ottoman, British, and Israeli rule. The article, written by his grandson Ilan Sade, marks the 100th anniversary of the passport's issuance and traces Saide's life from poverty in Jerusalem to his role in the fight for independence. His descendants commemorated the centenary on November 3, 2026.