1939 in Mandatory Palestine

	1939 in the British Mandate of Palestine
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Events in the year 1939 in the British Mandate of Palestine.

Incumbents

High Commissioner – Sir Harold MacMichael
Emir of Transjordan – Abdullah I bin al-Hussein
Prime Minister of Transjordan – Tawfik Abu al-Huda

Events

7 February – 17 March – The London Conference at St. James's Palace is held in an attempt to resolve the future of the British Mandate over Palestine. The conference ends without making any progress.
27 February – 38 Arab Palestinians killed and 44 injured when a number of bombs exploded across the country during the morning.^[1]
2 March – The first broadcast of the underground radio station of the Irgun "Kol Tsion HaLokhemet".
27 March – Abdul Rahim al Hajj Mohammed, a Palestinian leader was ambushed and killed by the British Army.
2 May – The founding of the kibbutz Dahlia
3 May – The founding of the kibbutz Dafna
4 May – The founding of the kibbutz Dan
8 May – The founding of the kibbutz Sde Eliyahu
17 May – The British government issues the White Paper of 1939, following the failure of the London Conference and the continued Arab revolt, which abandons the idea of partitioning, sharply restricts Jewish immigration into Palestine and places severe restrictions on the rights of Jews to buy land from Arabs.
23 May – The founding of the kibbutz Mahanayim
23 May – The founding of the moshav Shadmot Dvora
23 May – The founding of the kibbutz HaZore'im
23 May – The founding of the kibbutz Kfar Glikson
28 May – The founding of the moshav Mishmar HaYam
23 June – The founding of the kibbutz Hamadia
26 June – The founding of the moshav Kfar Netter
12 July – The founding of the kibbutz Negba
13 August – The founding of the kibbutz Gesher
29 October – The founding of the kibbutz Amir

Unknown dates

The founding of the kibbutz Beit Oren
The founding of the kibbutz Afek
The founding of the moshav Kfar Warburg

Births

3 January – Arik Einstein, Israeli singer-songwriter (died 2013)
10 February – Yuval Zaliouk, Israeli-American conductor
12 February – Yael Dayan, Israeli politician and author
4 March – Zvi Mazel, Israeli diplomat
23 March – Itamar Even-Zohar, Israeli cultural researcher
11 April – Aharon Shabtai, Israeli poet
22 April – Ori Orr, Israeli general and politician
27 April – Gideon Ariel, Israeli Olympic athlete and biomechanist
3 May – Adir Zik, Israeli television producer and journalist (died 2005)
4 May – Amos Oz, Israeli writer, novelist, and journalist (died 2018)^[2]
22 June – Ada Yonath, Israeli crystallographer, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
30 June – Giora Lev, Israeli general and politician, 7th Mayor of Petah Tikva
8 July – Abdelhamid Sharaf, former Jordanian Prime Minister (died 1980)
14 July – Siona Shimshi, Israeli painter, sculptor, ceramist, and textile designer
17 July – Shabtai Shavit, Israeli military officer and Mossad director
22 July – Gila Almagor, Israeli actress and author
24 July – Tamar Adar, Israeli writer (died 2008)
15 August – Yisrael Ariel, Israeli rabbi
16 August – Ram Caspi, Israeli lawyer
17 August – Gideon Sagi, Israeli politician
24 August – Yehoshua Sobol, Israeli playwright, writer, and director
26 August – Pinchas Goldstein, Israeli politician (died 2007)
9 September – Reuven Rivlin, Israeli politician, current President of Israel and former Speaker of the Knesset
16 September – Yaakov Neeman, Israeli politician (died 2017)
19 September – Moshe Weinberg, Israeli wrestling coach, murdered at the Munich Olympics (died 1972)
24 September – Moti Kirschenbaum, Israeli journalist and media personality
29 September – Yoel Schwartz, Haredi rabbi, author and teacher (died 2022)
13 October – Gideon Tish, Israeli football player
10 November – Sakher Habash, Palestinian Arab politician, a leader of the Fatah movement (died 2009)
24 December – Avihu Ben-Nun, Israeli fighter pilot, commander of the Israeli Air Force
28 December – Yehoram Gaon, Israeli singer, actor, television host, and author
Full date unknown
- Hakam Balawi, Palestinian Arab writer and member of Palestinian Legislative Council
- Ghada Karmi, Palestinian Arab doctor of medicine, author and academic
- Samih al-Qasim, Transjordanian-born Israeli Druze poet
- Avner Shalev, Israeli general, director of Yad Vashem

References

^ Kayyali, Abdul-Wahhab Said (no date) Palestine. A Modern History Croom Helm. ISBN 086199-007-2. p. 221. Quoting a memo to the Colonial Secretary.
^ Kershner, Isabel (28 December 2018). "Amos Oz, Israeli Author and Peace Advocate, Dies at 79". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 December 2018.

[1] Kayyali, Abdul-Wahhab Said (no date) Palestine. A Modern History Croom Helm. ISBN 086199-007-2. p. 221. Quoting a memo to the Colonial Secretary.

[2] Kershner, Isabel (28 December 2018). "Amos Oz, Israeli Author and Peace Advocate, Dies at 79". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 December 2018.

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