The Independence Party was an Arab nationalist party established on 13 August, 1932, in Palestine

Palestine

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 during the British mandate. Its origins lay in the Istiqlal movement associated with the short-lived Sharifian

Sharifian Army

The Sharifian Army was the military force behind the Arab Revolt which was a part of the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I. Sharif Husayn ibn 'Ali led the Sharifian Army in a rebellion against the Ottoman Empire with the ultimate goal of uniting the Arab people under and independent government...

 government in Damascus

Damascus

Damascus , commonly known in Syria as Al Sham , and as the City of Jasmine , is the capital and the second largest city of Syria after Aleppo, both are part of the country's 14 governorates. In addition to being one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, Damascus is a major...

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The rise of the party marked the turn by some Palestinians to mass resistance to the Zionist project and its British patron. During the 1936-1939 Great Arab Revolt

Great Uprising

The 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine or Great Arab Revolt was a nationalist uprising by Palestinian Arabs in Mandate Palestine against British colonial rule and mass Jewish immigration.The revolt consisted of two distinct phases...

 the party called for an Indian Congress Party

Indian National Congress

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-style boycott of the British. The leader of the party, Awni Abd al-Hadi

Awni Abd al-Hadi

Awni Abd al-Hadi, , was a Palestinian political figure. He was educated in Beirut, Istanbul, and at the Sorbonne University in Paris. His wife was Tarab Abd al-Hadi, a Palestinian activist and feminist....

, was General Secretary of the Arab Higher Committee

Arab Higher Committee

The Arab Higher Committee was the central political organ of the Arab community of Mandate Palestine. It was established on 25 April 1936, on the initiative of Hajj Amin al-Husayni, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, and comprised the leaders of Palestinian Arab clans under the mufti's...

. The other founders of the party were Fahmi al-Abboushi

Fahmi al-Abboushi

Fahmi al-Abboushi was co-founder of the Palestinian political party Hizb al-Istiqlal along with his close associate Awni Abd al-Hadi....

, Muhammad Izzat Darwazah, Mu'in al-Madi

Mu'in al-Madi

Mu'in al-Madi was a Palestinian Arab politician and member of the Arab Higher Committee. He was one of the founders of the al-Istiqlal party, which espoused Arab nationalism...

, Akram Zu'aytir, ‘Ajaj Nuwayhid, Rashid al-Hajj Ibrahim, Subhi al-Khadra

Subhi al-Khadra

Subhi Sa'id al-Khadra was a Palestinian Arab politician, lawyer, and newspaper columnist. As an Istiqlal leader, he helped organize anti-British and anti-Zionist activities in Palestine, including the 1936 Arab revolt, which resulted in his three-year imprisonment.-Early life:Al-Khadra was born in...

, and Salim Salamah.~