Adly Yaish | |
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Arabic: عدلي يعيش | |
Mayor of Nablus | |
In office May 2017 – 2019 | |
Preceded by | Sameeh Tubeila |
Succeeded by | Sameeh Tubeila |
In office December 2005 – 2012 | |
Preceded by | Ghassan Hammouz |
Succeeded by | Ghassan Shakaa |
Personal details | |
Born | 30 June 1952 |
Political party | Hamas |
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.[1][2] He is a businessman working in automobiles trade.[3] He is believed to come from a Samaritan family that converted to Islam.[4]
On 24 May 2007 he was arrested by Israeli forces.[5] He spent 15 months in prison without being charged.[6]