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. 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