Palestine Arab Party | |
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Founder | Jamal al-Husayni |
Founded | May 1935 |
Dissolved | 1948 |
Newspaper | Al Jamia Al Arabiya |
Youth wing | Al-Futuwwa |
Ideology | Palestinian nationalism Arab nationalism Anti-Zionism Panarabism Social conservatism Anti-Nashashibi |
Political position | Right-wing |
The Palestinian Arab Party (Arabic: الحزب العربي الفلسطيني ‘Al-Hizb al-'Arabi al-Filastini) was a political party in Palestine established in May 1935 by the influential Husayni family. Jamal al-Husayni was the founder and chairman. Emil Ghuri was elected general secretary until the end of the British Mandate in 1948. Other leaders of the party included Saed al-dean Al-Aref, Rafiq al-Tamimi, Tawfiq al-Husayni, Anwar al-Khatib, Kamil al-Dajani, and Yusuf Sahyun.