Ishaq Darwish
{{Short description|Palestinian politician (1896–1974)}}
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Ishaq Darwish ({{Langx|ar|إسحاق درويش}}; 1896–1974) was a Palestinian political figure and served as a member of the Arab Higher Committee in 1947. He is known for being an aide to Amin al-Husseini who was his maternal uncle.{{cite journal|author=Taysir Nashif|title=Palestinian Arab and Jewish Leadership in the Mandate Period|journal=Journal of Palestine Studies|volume=6|issue=4|date=Summer 1977|jstor=2535781|doi=10.2307/2535781| page=116}}
==Early life and education==
Darwish was born in Jerusalem, Ottoman Palestine, in 1896.{{cite book|author=Michael R. Fischbach|page=115|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GkbzYoZtaJMC&pg=PA115|chapter=Darwish, Ishaq|editor-link=Philip Mattar|location=New York|edition=Revised
|isbn=978-0816057641|editor=Philip Mattar|title=Encyclopedia of The Palestinians|year=2005|publisher=Facts On File, Inc.}}{{cite journal|author=Muhammad Muslih|title=Arab Politics and the Rise of Palestinian Nationalism|journal=Journal of Palestine Studies
|volume=16|issue=4|date=Summer 1987|jstor=2536721|doi=10.2307/2536721|pages=90–91}} He was educated in Beirut.
Career and activities
Following his graduation Darwish joined the Ottoman army during World War I.{{cite web|title=Darwish, Ishaq (1896-1974)|url=http://www.passia.org/personalities/452|publisher=Passia|access-date=12 February 2024}} After the end of the war he returned to Jerusalem and became a member of the Arab Club chaired by Amin al-Husseini in 1918. Darwish's tenure at the organization ended in 1920. He also served the first secretary of the Muslim-Christian Association.
Darwish functioned as an aide to Amin al-Husseini and worked as a teacher during the British rule in Palestine.{{cite journal|author=Ela Greenberg|title=Majallat Rawdat al-ma'arif: Constructing Identities within a Boys' School Journal in Mandatory Palestine| journal=British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies|volume=35|issue=1|year=2008|doi=10.1080/13530190801890261|page=94|s2cid=143153577 }} Darwish was among the founders of the Independence Party which was established in 1932. He was assigned by Musa Alami as a representative of the Palestinians in the meetings with the Italian officials from 1936.{{cite journal|author=Nir Arielli|page=191| title=Italian Involvement in the Arab Revolt in Palestine, 1936-1939|journal=British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies|volume=35|issue=2|year=2008|jstor=20455584}}{{cite journal|author=Jessi A. J. Gilchrist|title=Sharing empire: Great Britain, Fascist Italy, and (anti-) colonial intelligence networks in the Palestine Mandate, 1933-1940|journal=Intelligence and National Security|volume=38|issue=3|year=2023|doi=10.1080/02684527.2022.2104507|page=365}} In the early 1940s he was served as a negotiator between Amin al-Husseini and the Arab exiles in Istanbul.{{cite web|title=Mohammad Ishaq Darwish, Istanbul, 1943|website=The Palestinian Museum Digital Archive|access-date=12 February 2024|url=https://palarchive.org/index.php/Detail/objects/9112/lang/en_US}} He became a member of the Fourth Arab Higher Committee in 1947.
Later years and death
Following the 1948 Palestine war Darwish left Palestine and settled in Beirut and then in London. He died in 1974.
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