Nayef Rajoub

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Nayef Rajoub
نايف الرجوب
Religious Affairs Minister of Palestine
In office
March 2006 – March 2007
PresidentMahmoud Abbas
Prime MinisterIsmail Haniyeh
Preceded byYousef Salameh
Succeeded byHussein Tartouri
Personal details
Born1958 (age 65–66)
Hebron
NationalityPalestinian
Political partyHamas
RelationsJibril Rajoub (brother)
ProfessionBeekeeper, author

Nayef Rajoub (Arabic: نايف الرجوب, born 1958) was the Religious Affairs Minister of Palestine in the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority cabinet and beekeeper. He has been arrested five times by Israel and once by his brother Jibril Rajoub in 1996 during a crackdown on Hamas members by Preventive Security Force led by Jibril. Nayef was released after a day. Nayef and his brother parted politically years ago; Jibril is a member of the rival Fatah party[1] and ran against Nayef in the 2006 Palestinian legislative elections. Nayef Rajoub was arrested by Israel on June 29, 2006 as part of Israel's Operation Summer Rains.[citation needed]

On 26 July 2020, IDF arrested Rajoub from his home in the city of Dura near Hebron.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Israel arrests senior Hamas leader in West Bank raid". Middle East Monitor. July 20, 2022. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  2. ^ "قوات الاحتلال تعتقل القياديين بحماس نايف الرجوب وحاتم قفيشة في الخليل". دنيا الوطن (in Arabic). 26 July 2020. Retrieved 2020-07-26.