18 Facts About Norman Bentwich

Norman de Mattos Bentwich was a British barrister and legal academic.

Norman Bentwich was the British-appointed attorney-general of Mandatory Palestine and a lifelong Zionist.

Norman Bentwich was the oldest son of British Zionist Herbert Bentwich.

Norman Bentwich attended St Paul's School in London and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was said to be the "favorite pupil" of John Westlake.

Norman Bentwich paid his first visit to Palestine in 1908.

Norman Bentwich was commissioned in the Egyptian Camel Transport Corps on 1 January 1916.

Norman Bentwich was awarded the Military Cross and, in 1919, received the OBE.

Norman Bentwich played a major role in the development of Palestinian law.

Norman Bentwich was offered senior judicial positions in Mauritius and Cyprus, but turned them down.

In November 1929, Norman Bentwich was shot in the thigh by a 17-year-old Palestinian employee of the Palestine Police.

Norman Bentwich's assailant was sentenced to 15 years hard labour, despite Bentwich personally advocating for him.

From 1932 to 1951 Norman Bentwich served as the Chair of International Relations at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Norman Bentwich was a disciple of Zionist thinker Ahad Ha'am, and wrote a book, Ahad Ha'am and His Philosophy, in 1927.

Norman Bentwich was one of the Jewish members of Palestine Administration who in 1929 joined Brit Shalom, a society founded to find rapprochement between Jews and Arabs in Palestine.

Norman Bentwich was later President of the Jewish Historical Society of England.

Norman Bentwich took part and was sent to Holland to set up help for Jewish refugee children.

Norman Bentwich travelled to Ethiopia, on a legal assignment for the Emperor.

Norman Bentwich lived the last twenty years of his life in London, where his wife, Helen Norman Bentwich, had a political career as a member of London County Council.