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