The Reform Party (or Hizb-al-Islah) was established by Husayn al-Khalidi in Palestine on 23 June 1935.
It did not have a large following outside Jerusalem but its views were widely published in the Arab press.
Its program called for freedom for Palestine, self-government, welfare for farmers and workers, encouragement of education and opposition to a Jewish national home.
From its formation on 25 April 1937, al-Khalidi was a member of the Arab Higher Committee as the party's representative.
[4] He was removed as mayor of Jerusalem and deported to the Seychelles, together with four other Arab nationalist political leaders.