Palestinian Authority Jerusalem governor Adnan Ghaith has been arrested for what is at least the eighth time in two years, Palestinian media reports.
Ghaith was allegedly arrested, along with several other Fatah activists, while participating in a memorial ceremony for Faysal al-Husseini in the Bab a-Zahra neighborhood of East Jerusalem.
Al-Husseini, scion of an aristocratic Palestinian family of Jerusalem, was a key figure in the early years of the Palestinian Liberation Organization. He passed away 19 years ago today.
Ghaith and the other Fatah activists were conducting the memorial ceremony at Orient House when they were allegedly arrested. Orient House housed the headquarters of the PLO from 1983 until the Second Intifada.
The Israeli police have yet to respond to a request from The Times of Israel for comment.
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