National Defense Party (Mandatory Palestine)

National Defense Party
Arabic nameحزب الدفاع الوطني
Hebrew nameמפלגת ההגנה הלאומית
FounderRaghib al-Nashashibi
FoundedDecember 1934
IdeologyPalestinian nationalism
Anti-Zionism
Arab–Jewish reconciliation
Anti-Husayni
Political positionCentre

The National Defense Party (NDP; Arabic: حزب الدفاع الوطني Ḥizb al-Difāʿ al-Waṭanī) was founded by Raghib al-Nashashibi in the British Mandate of Palestine in December 1934.[1]

  1. ^ Cohen, Aharon (1970) Israel and the Arab World. W.H. Allen. ISBN 0-491-00003-0. p.206