Israeli court orders release of Palestinian official

By Abbey Westbury
December 02 2018 12:37 AM

CP1716213816 — In this Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018 photo, Israeli policeman watches over a Palestinian governor of Jerusalem Adnan Ghatith during a court appearance following his arrest in Jerusalem. President Donald Trump\'s recognition of Jerusalem has set off an increasingly visible battle in the city\'s eastern sector _ with an emboldened Israel seeking to cement its control over the contested area and Palestinians pushing back to maintain their limited foothold. In recent weeks, Israel has arrested dozens of Palestinian activists for allegedly illegal political activity. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

JERUSALEM – The lawyer of a top Palestinian official in Jerusalem arrested for illegally collaborating with Palestinian security services says an Israeli court has released his client to house arrest.

Lawyer Rami Othman says the court ruled Sunday the Palestinians’ Jerusalem governor, Adnan Ghaith, could leave custody on bail and on condition he not enter the West Bank for two weeks.

Ghaith and more than 30 Palestinian activists were arrested last week for allegedly supporting Palestinian security forces in violation of interim peace accords between Israel and the Palestinians. All have been released.

The arrests, unusual in scale and made under a rarely prosecuted offence, appear to have been prompted by the detention of a Palestinian Jerusalemite who allegedly sold property in the city to Jews, a punishable crime under Palestinian law.

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