First Youth Tournament in Palestine?

In Moshe Czerniak's Ha'Sachmat (Vol. 1 no. 1 p. 14, Sept. 1936) we read that there took place 'a few weeks ago' in Tel Aviv (i.e., summer 1936) a small 'youth tournament' involving eight young players from all across the country. The top places (in order) were taken by Bistritsky, Carmon, and Alhanovich (ph. spelling in all cases) -- the first two from Jerusalem, the last from Tel Aviv.

Is this the first youth tournament -- as opposed to a tournament where young people played, simultaneous displays, etc. -- in Palestine?

Czerniak adds the following game:

Event: Palestinian Youth Championship
Date: Summer 1936
White: Bistrisky, S.
Black: Carmon, D.
ECO: C44 (Scotch gambit; Czerniak writes, "Italian Opening")
Annotator: Moshe Czerniak
Source: Ha'Sachmat, vol. 1 no. 1 (Sept. 1936), p. 14. 

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. O-O Better is 5. c3 immediately. 5... d6 6. c3 Bg4 7. Qb3 Bxf3 (7... Qd7 8. Bxf7+ followed by Qxb7) 8. Bxf7+ Kf8 9. gxf3 g5?

It was necessary to play 9... Ne5 10. Bxg8 Nxf3+ 11. Kh1 Rxg8. 10. Bh5 Ne5 11. f4 gxf4 12. Bxf4 Qf6 13. Bxe5 dxe5 14. Kh1 b6 15. Nd2 Ne7 16. f4 exf4 17. Rxf4 Qxf4 18. Rf1 Qxf1+ 19. Nxf1 Ng6 20. cxd4 Be7 21. Ng3 Rg8 22. Qf3+! An excellent move! 22... Ke8 23. e5 Rd8 24. e6 Rg7 25. Nf5 Kf8 (25... Rg8 26. Nd6+! Rxd6 27. Qf7+ Kd8 28. Qxg8+ Nf8 29. Qg2! +-) 26. Nxg7+ Kxg7 27. Qf7+ Kh6 28. Bxg6 hxg6 29. Qxe7 Black resigns (1-0)