Adnan Gheith
JERUSALEM: Israeli police arrested the Palestinian governor of Jerusalem for the second time in as many months, a spokesman said Sunday, after reports of an investigation related to a land sale.
Adnan Gheith was arrested in east Jerusalem overnight, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said in a statement, without providing further details. Israeli security forces would not comment beyond saying the arrest had to do with money-related issues.
Gheith will be brought for a remand hearing in the Jerusalem magistrate’s court later in the day and details of the allegations against him may be released then.
On Oct 20, Gheith was detained for two days of questioning before being released, with Israel’s Shin Bet domestic security agency saying it was over ‘illegal activity by the (Palestinian Authority) in Jerusalem’. He was also taken for questioning a number of times in recent weeks and his office was raided on Nov 4. — AFP