Adly Yaish (, ), born 30 June 1952, is the former mayor of the

Nablus Nablus ( ; , ) is a State of Palestine, Palestinian city in the West Bank, located approximately north of Jerusalem, with a population of 156,906. Located between Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim, it is the capital of the Nablus Governorate and a ...

Municipality in the central highlands of the

West Bank The West Bank is located on the western bank of the Jordan River and is the larger of the two Palestinian territories (the other being the Gaza Strip) that make up the State of Palestine. A landlocked territory near the coast of the Mediter ...

under the

Palestinian National Authority The Palestinian Authority (PA), officially known as the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), is the Fatah-controlled government body that exercises partial civil control over the Palestinian enclaves in the Israeli-occupied West Bank as a c ...

. 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

Israel Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It Borders of Israel, shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. Isr ...

i forces. He spent 15 months in prison without being charged.

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Living people Mayors of Nablus Hamas members Palestinian people imprisoned by Israel Palestinian mechanical engineers Alumni of the University of Liverpool 1952 births {{Palestine-mayor-stub