An Israeli court on Sunday ordered the release of Jerusalem governor Adnan Ghaith, according to Palestinian lawyers.
Israeli authorities have yet to comment on the report.
Israeli authorities decided, on Sunday, to release the Palestinian Governor of Jerusalem, Adnan Ghaith, and nine Fatah movement activists under strict conditions. pic.twitter.com/Meem6YLmDN
— Palestine Live (@pallive_en) December 2, 2018
Ghait was detained on November 25 by Israeli forces for the second time in a month. His detention came shortly after Israeli authorities banned the Jerusalem governor from entering the occupied West Bank for a six-month period.
Last month, the Jerusalem governor was arrested by Israeli forces and held in prison for two days before being released.
The lawyer of a top Palestinian official in Jerusalem Adnan Ghaith, arrested for illegally collaborating with Palestinian security services says an Israeli court has released his client to house arrest.#Israel #Palestinian https://t.co/vFJKRNPb4f
— Randa HABIB (@RandaHabib) December 2, 2018
Jerusalem remains at the heart of the decades-long Mideast conflict, with Palestinians hoping that East Jerusalem, occupied by Israel since 1967, might one day serve as the capital of a Palestinian state.
International law continues to view East Jerusalem, along with the entire West Bank, as “occupied territories” and considers all Jewish settlement construction there as illegal.
(MEMO, PC, Social Media)
