Reform Party adds another current to nationalist politics

Organizations/movement: Istiqlal / Independence Party. Action: Activists announced the party on a platform of Arab independence and unity, treating British domination as central to Palestine’s...

Organizations/movement: Arab National Fund committee. Action: The committee resolved to devote collected funds to land purchases and establish a company to preserve Palestinian land. Result: An...

Organizations/movement: Arab Executive Committee; Palestinian demonstrators. Action: Strikes and demonstrations unfolded from October into early November; protests in Jerusalem and Jaffa directly...

Organizations/movement: National Defense Party. Action: Nashashibi and allies created a party opposing the Balfour framework and advancing a national parliamentary government. Result: A rival...

Organizations/movement: Palestine Arab Party. Action: A new party organized a nationalist current linked to the Husseini leadership, campaigning against the national-home policy and for Palestinian...

Organizations/movement: National Bloc Party. Action: The party called for independence, land preservation, youth activity, economic development and support for women’s organizations. Result: A new...

Organizations/movement: Al-Qassam’s followers; Muslim Youth Society, Haifa. Action: After building a following among working people and displaced rural migrants, Qassam entered armed confrontation...

A National Committee formed in Nablus and called for an indefinite general Arab strike across Palestine, with similar committees to be formed elsewhere. The strike became a major episode of resistance...

Organizations/movement: Arab Higher Committee (AHC); local National Committees. Action: Party leaders created a coalition after local mobilization and strike calls spread in April. Result: The AHC...

Organizations/movement: Arab Higher Committee; local National Committees; striking workers and traders. Action: Local strikes beginning in April developed into a nationwide campaign in May, with...