Istiqlal Party (Palestine)
The Independence Party of Palestine (''Hizb al-Istiqlal'') was an Arab nationalism, Arab nationalist political party established on 13 August 1932 in Palestine (region), Palestine during the Mandate for Palestine, British Mandate. The party was founded by Izzat Darwaza, Muhammad Izzat Darwaza, and the other founders of the party were Fahmi al-Abboushi, Mu'in al-Madi, Akram Zuaiter, Akram Zu'aytir, ‘Ajaj Nuwayhid, Rashid al-Haj Ibrahim, Subhi al-Khadra, and Salim Salamah. The party did not achieve a large membership but Awni Abd al-Hadi, through his role as private secretary to Faisal I of Iraq, Amir Feisal in Damascus between 1918-1920, had good relations with many senior leaders across the Arab world. Its origins lay in the Istiqlal movement associated with the short-lived Sharifian Army, Sharifian government in Damascus. The party's creation was spurred by the al-Husayni family, al-Husayni–Nashashibi family, Nashashibi rivalry, which had almost paralyzed the Palestinian nati ...
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Arab Nationalism
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