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In reply to the discussion: The Global March to Jerusalem, a brave and admirable attempt to awaken the world’s conscience [View all]azurnoir
(45,850 posts)Germany but that little sound bite of yours does make for 'good copy' the party however is considered far right however secular.
The Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP) (Arabic: الحزب السوري القومي الاجتماعي?, transliterated: al-Ḥizb as-Sūrī al-Qawmī al-'Ijtimāʕī, often referred to in French as Parti Populaire Syrien or Parti Social Nationaliste Syrien), is a far-right secular nationalist political party operating in Lebanon, Syria and Jordan.[7][Third-party source needed] It advocates the establishment of a Syrian nation state spanning the Fertile Crescent, including present day Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan, the Palestinian Territories, Israel, Cyprus, Kuwait, Sinai, southeastern Turkey and southwestern Iran.[8] It is the largest political group in Syria after the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party,[9] with over 100,000 members. In Lebanon, it is part of the March 8 Alliance.
Founded in Beirut in 1932 as a national liberation organization hostile to French colonialism, the party played a significant role in Lebanese politics and was involved in attempted coups in 1949 and 1961 following which it was thoroughly repressed. It was active in the resistance against the Israeli invasion of Lebanon from 1982 to 2000 while continiously supporting the Syrian presence in Lebanon. In Syria, the SSNP became a major political force in the early 1950s, but was thoroughly repressed in 1955. It remained organised, and in 2005 was legalised and joined the Ba'ath Party-led National Progressive Front.
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Since its inception, the party endorsed an open hostility to colonialism and advocated national self-determination, which eventually led to its ban by French authorities and the incarceration of Saadeh in 1936. Saadeh was sent to trial in 1936 and spent six months in prison for creating a clandestine party.[10] He was also accused in the trial of having been in contact with the fascist movements of Germany and Italy, but the charge was dropped as a letter was addressed from Germany denying any relationships.[10] It is during his months in prison that Saadeh laid down the final ideological foundations of the party in The Genesis of Nations.
This page was last modified on 29 March 2012 at 00:00.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_Social_Nationalist_Party