Israeli forces have arrested the Palestinian governor of Jerusalem for unspecified offences he allegedly committed in the occupied West Bank, the Palestine Liberation Organization said Sunday. Adnan Gheith was arrested on Saturday evening in the east Jerusalem neighbourhood Beit Hanina, the PLO said.
On Sunday morning, he was taken to the Ofer Israeli military court, where he is being detained ahead of a hearing that will take place within four days, the PLO said in a statement. PLO secretary general Saeb Erekat said the arrest was "a new step... against the Palestinian presence in Jerusalem," and constitutes a violation of Israel's own terms regarding Palestinian institutions in the city.