Independence Party (Palestine)

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The Independence Party (Hizb al-Istiqlal) was a radical Arab nationalist party established on 13 August, 1932[1] in Palestine during the British mandate. Its origins lay in the Istiqlal movement associated with the short-lived Sharifian government in Damascus.[2]

The rise of the party marked the turn by the Palestinians to mass resistance to the Zionist project and its British patrons.[3] During the 1936-1939 Great Arab Revolt the party called for an Indian Congress Party-style boycott of the British.[4] The leader of the party Awni Abd al-Hadi[5] was General Secretary of the Arab Higher Committee. The other founders of the party were Fahmi al-Abboushi, Muhammad Izzat Darwazah, Mu'in al-Madi, Akram Zu'aytir, Rashid al-Hajj Ibrahim, Subhi al-Khadra and Salim Salamah.[6][7]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Choueiri, 2000, p. 93.
  2. ^ Pappé, 1999, p. 147.
  3. ^ Bashir Abu-Manneh, In Palestine, a Dream Deferred, The Nation, December 18, 2006.
  4. ^ Khalidi, 2001, p. 25.
  5. ^ Khalidi, 1997, p. 220.
  6. ^ Kedourie, 1974, p. 52.
  7. ^ Hassassian, 1990, p. 129.

[edit] References

  • Choueiri, Youssef M. (2000). Arab Nationalism: Nation and State in the Arab World. Oxford: Blackwell. ISBN 0631217290
  • Hassassian, Manuel Sarkis (1990). Palestine: Factionalism in the National Movement, 1919-1939. Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs.
  • Kedourie, Elie (1974). Arabic Political Memoirs and Other Studies. London: Routledge. ISBN 0714630411
  • Khalidi, Rashid (1997). Palestinian Identity: The Construction of Modern National Consciousness. Columbia University Press. ISBN 0231105142
  • Khalidi, Rashid (2001). The Palestinians and 1948: the underlying causes of failure. In Eugene L. Rogan and Avi Shlaim (Eds.). The War for Palestine: Rewriting the History of 1948(pp. 12-36). Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521794765
  • Pappé, Ilan (1999). The Israel/Palestine Question. London: Routledge. ISBN 041516947X


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