Adnan Adel Tawfiq Ghaith[1] (Arabic: عدنان غيث) (born 1970s) is a member of Fatah's Revolutionary Council and is the Palestinian Authority's (PA) governor for the Quds Governorate since August 2018. He has been a life-long Fatah activist and lives in Jerusalem's Silwan neighbourhood in the West Bank.[2]
Ghaith was the Fatah movement secretary in Silwan and one of the leaders of the People's Committee in the Al-Bustan neighbourhood of Jerusalem which has led local opposition to the "City of David" archaeological-tourist park. Because of his position and activities he has been arrested several times by Israel.[2]
In 2011, Ghaith, at the time Fatah Secretary-General, was banned from entering Jerusalem for eight months.[3]
On November 25, 2018, Ghaith was arrested along with 40 other members of the Fatah movement but released only a week later. His lawyer claimed that the Israeli authorities tried to harass him. His previous arrest was in October.[4] He was subsequently banned from entering the Israeli-occupied West Bank for six months.[5]
In February 2020, Ghaith was again banned from the West Bank for six months.[6]
In July 2020, Ghaith was again arrested and was, according to his lawyers, investigated, over "planning an act of terrorism" but then released on August 4, 2020.[7][8] It was his third arrest in 2020 and his 17th since he was appointed governor in 2018.[9][10] In September, Israel issued him an order preventing him from meeting with many PA officials, including President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh.[11]
See also
External links
- Israeli security forces arrest Ghaith (video), April 5, 2020. PLO-NAD. Twitter.
- Why is Israel after Adnan Ghaith?, November 11, 2019. Ahmad Melhem. Al-Monitor.
References
- ^ "Appropriating lands and shutting down institutions;Israel's policy to change Jerusalem's identity" (PDF).
- ^ a b "Adnan Ghaith (Governor of Jerusalem)". European Council on Foreign Relations. 21 October 2018.
- ^ "QUARTERLY UPDATE ON PALESTINIAN PRISONERS" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-07-25. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
- ^ "Palestinian governor of Jerusalem released to house arrest". www.aljazeera.com.
- ^ "Israel bans Jerusalem governor entry to West Bank for six months". December 7, 2018.
- ^ "Israel bans PA's Jerusalem governor from the West Bank for six months, again". February 21, 2020.
- ^ "Israeli court orders release of Palestinian Authority's Jerusalem governor, intelligence chief with condition". WAFA Agency.
- ^ "Israeli forces storm two Palestinian cultural centres in East Jerusalem". Middle East Eye.
- ^ "Israel arrests PA's Jerusalem governor for 17th time". July 20, 2020.
- ^ "Jerusalem governor arrested in Israel raid". July 19, 2020.
- ^ "Israel bans PA Jerusalem governor from meeting Palestinian officials". Middle East Monitor. September 10, 2020. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
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