Adly Yaish

Adly Yaish
Arabic: عدلي يعيش
Mayor of Nablus
In office
May 2017 – 2019
Preceded bySameeh Tubeila
Succeeded bySameeh Tubeila
In office
December 2005 – 2012
Preceded byGhassan Hammouz
Succeeded byGhassan Shakaa
Personal details
Born (1952-06-30) 30 June 1952 (age 74)
PartyHamas

Adly Yaish (Arabic: عدلي يعيش, ʿAdlī Yaʿīš), born 30 June 1952, is the former mayor of the Nablus Municipality in the central highlands of the West Bank under the Palestinian National Authority. He is a businessman working in automobiles trade. He is believed to come from a Samaritan family that converted to Islam.

On 24 May 2007 he was arrested by Israeli forces. He spent 15 months in prison without being charged.

References

  1. ↑ "From the Mayor". Nablus Municipality. Archived from the original on 15 February 2007. Retrieved 2 November 2006.
  2. ↑ "Not Muslim, Not Jewish: Ancient Community in the West Bank Feels Increasingly Israeli". Haaretz. 10 May 2018.
  3. ↑ Rasgon, Adam (20 August 2016). "Nablus's Kingmaker". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  4. ↑ "Not Muslim, Not Jewish: Ancient Community in the West Bank Feels Increasingly Israeli".
  5. ↑ Waked, Ali (24 May 2007). "Israel arrests Palestinian minister of education". Ynetnews. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  6. ↑ Martin, Patrick (24 July 2009). "A city reborn: Israel's easing restrictions in the West Bank, and its largest city, Nablus, is thriving". Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2010 – via Canada-Israel Committee.