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The Palestinian Arab Party (‘Al-Hizb al-'Arabi al-Filastini) was a political party in Palestine established by the influential Husayni family in 1935. Jamal al-Husayni





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The Palestinian Arab Party (‘Al-Hizb al-'Arabi al-Filastini) was a political party in Palestine established by the influential Husayni family in 1935. Jamal al-Husayni
Jamal al-Husayni

Jamal al-Husayni , , was born in Jerusalem and was a member of the influential Husayni family.Husayni served as Secretary of the Palestinian Arab Action Committee and the Muslim Supreme Council....
 was the founder and chairman. Emil Ghoury was elected as General Secretary till the end of the British Mandate in 1947.

The party was set up after the rival Nashashibi family established their National Defence Party
National Defence Party

The National Defence Party was set up by Raghib al-Nashashibi in the British Mandate of Palestine in 1934....
. Other parties at the time included the pan-Arabist
Pan-Arabism

Pan-Arabism is a movement for unification among the peoples and countries of the Arab World, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Arabian Sea....
 Muslim Youth Party and the Independence Party (Palestine)
Independence Party (Palestine)

The Independence Party was a radical Arab nationalist party established on 13 August, 1932 in Palestine during the British Mandate of Palestine....
 (Hizb al-Istiqlal al-'Arabi, also known as the Arab Istiqlal Party), as well as the Reform Party
Reform Party (Palestine)

The Reform Party was established by Husayin al-Khalidi in British Mandate of Palestine on 23 June, 1935....
 and the National Bloc
National Bloc

The National Bloc was a Nablus-based party established in 1935 in the Palestine by Abd al-Latif Salah. Salah generally took an anti-Husayni stance....
, established by public activists on a personal and local basis, and the Palestinian National Liberation League
Palestinian National Liberation League

The National Liberation League in Palestine was a political party in Palestine, founded in 1942 by Arab members of the Palestine Communist Party ....
, an organization founded by the Palestine Communist Party
Palestine Communist Party

The Palestine Communist Party was a political party in British Mandate of Palestine formed in 1923 through the merger of the Palestinian Communist Party and the Communist Party of Palestine....
.