Events in the year 1932 in the British Mandate of Palestine. 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. 23 January – The founding of Kfar Yona. 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). 1 February – Batsheva Kanievsky, Israeli rebbetzin (died 2011). 10 February – Yosef Ba-Gad, Israeli politician and Rosh Yeshiva. 22 February – Zvi Ofer, Israeli soldier, former military governor of Nablus (died 1968). 22 March – Nehemia Sirkis, Israeli sports shooter and firearms designer. 2 May – Ariel Weinstein, Israeli politician and journalist (died 1996). 9 July – Amitzur Shapira, Israeli athletics coach, murdered at the Munich Olympics (died 1972). 25 July – Esther Streit-Wurzel, Israeli children's author and educator (died 2013). 21 August – Menashe Kadishman,