1932 in Mandatory Palestine

1932 in the British Mandate of Palestine
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See also: 1932 in the United Kingdom Other events of 1932

Events in the year 1932 in the British Mandate of Palestine.

Haifa 1932 1:20,000

Incumbents

• High Commissioner - Sir Arthur Grenfell Wauchope
• Emir of Transjordan - Abdullah I bin al-Hussein
• Prime Minister of Transjordan - Abdallah Sarraj

Events

• According to official statistics there were 9,555 Jewish immigrants during 1932.^[1]
• 28 March - The 1932 Maccabiah Games, the first Maccabiah Games ever held, are opened in Tel Aviv.
• 19 July - The founding of the moshav Avihayil on a waste stretch of sand dunes, land owned by the Jewish National Fund.
• 13 August - Independence Party (Palestine) established.
• 1 December - The Palestine Post (now The Jerusalem Post) is published for the first time.

Unknown dates

• The founding of kibbutz Ma'abarot by Romanian Jews affiliated with the Hashomer Hatzair movement.
• The founding of kibbutz Afikim by Russian Jews affiliated with the Hashomer Hatzair movement.
• The founding of the moshav Tel-Tzur by The Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium teachers led by Haim Boger. The moshav was later on merged with Even Yehuda.
• The founding of the moshav Beer Ganim by former employees of the Dead Sea Works company. The moshav was later on merged with Even Yehuda.
• The founding of the moshav Ramat Tyomkin. The moshav merged with Netanya in 1948.
• The founding of the moshav Neta'im by residents of other moshavim as part of the Settlement of the Thousand plan.
• The founding of the moshav Ganei Am by immigrants from Germany who were members of the HaOved HaTzioni group.
• The founding of the moshava Even Yehuda by the "Bne Binyamin" association on the lands acquired by the philanthropist Samuel S. Bloom.
• The founding of the kibbutz Givat Haim by Jewish European immigrants .

Notable births

• 12 January - Itzik Kol, Israeli film producer (died 2007).
• 13 January - Shafiq al-Hout, Palestinian Arab politician and writer, co-founder of the PLO (died 2009).
• 22 February - Zvi Ofer, Israeli soldier, former military governor of Nablus (died 1968).
• 9 July - Amitzur Shapira, Israeli athletics coach, murdered at the Munich Olympics (died 1972).
• 9 October - Dvora Omer, Israeli author.
• 5 November - Yossi Banai, Israeli performer, singer, actor, and dramatist (died 2006).
• Full date unknown
  • Eli Hurvitz, Israeli industrialist, former Chairman and CEO of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (died 2011).

Notable deaths

Years in Mandatory Palestine (1920–1948)
1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948
1930s	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
1920s	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929
British-administered Palestine (pre-Mandate)	1918 1919 1920

References

1. ↑ O'Brien, Conor Cruise (1986) The Siege. The Story of Israel and Zionism. 1988 Paladin Edition. ISBN 0-586-08645-5. p.202