The National Bloc (''al-Kutla al-Wataniyya'' الكتلة الوطنية) was a
Nablus
Nablus ( ; ar, نابلس, Nābulus ; he, שכם, Šəḵem, ISO 259-3: ; Samaritan Hebrew: , romanized: ; el, Νεάπολις, Νeápolis) is a Palestinian city in the West Bank, located approximately north of Jerusalem, with a populati ...
-based party established in 1935 in the British Mandate for
Palestine
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* State of Palestine, a state in Western Asia
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by
Abd al-Latif Salah, a lawyer and former official in the
Ottoman Senate at Istanbul. Salah generally took an anti-
Husayni
Husayni ( ar, الحسيني also spelled Husseini) is the name of a prominent Palestinian Arab clan formerly based in Jerusalem, which claims descent from Husayn ibn Ali (the son of Ali).
The Husaynis follow the Hanafi school of Sunni Isla ...
stance.
Its program called for an independent Palestine with an Arab majority and a unification of the political efforts of the Palestinian Arabs. It had limited membership mainly from areas around
Nablus
Nablus ( ; ar, نابلس, Nābulus ; he, שכם, Šəḵem, ISO 259-3: ; Samaritan Hebrew: , romanized: ; el, Νεάπολις, Νeápolis) is a Palestinian city in the West Bank, located approximately north of Jerusalem, with a populati ...
and
Jaffa
Jaffa, in Hebrew Yafo ( he, יָפוֹ, ) and in Arabic Yafa ( ar, يَافَا) and also called Japho or Joppa, the southern and oldest part of Tel Aviv-Yafo, is an ancient port city in Israel. Jaffa is known for its association with the b ...
. It was one of the parties banned by the British in October 1937.
[''A Survey of Palestine - prepared in December 1945 and January 1946 for the information of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry.'' Reprinted 1991 by The Institute of Palestine Studies, Washington. Volume II. . p.949]
Bibliography
*Kupferschmidt, Uri M. (1987). ''The Supreme Muslim Council: Islam Under the British Mandate for Palestine''. Brill Academic Publishers.
References
Arab nationalism in Mandatory Palestine
Arab nationalist political parties
Palestinian nationalist parties
History of Mandatory Palestine
Political parties in Mandatory Palestine
Political parties established in 1935
1935 establishments in Mandatory Palestine
Political parties disestablished in 1937
1937 disestablishments in Mandatory Palestine
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