Nayef Rajoub

Palestinian politician and cabinet member

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Nayef Rajoub
نايف الرجوب

Religious Affairs Minister of Palestine
In office March 2006 – March 2007
President	Mahmoud Abbas
Prime Minister	Ismail Haniyeh
Preceded by	Yousef Salameh
Succeeded by	Hussein Tartouri

Personal details
Born	1958 (age 65–66) Hebron
Nationality	Palestinian
Political party	Hamas
Relations	Jibril Rajoub (brother)
Profession	Beekeeper, author

Sheikh Nayef Al-Rajoub (Arabic: نايف الرجوب, born 14 May 1958) is an MP of the State of Palestine. He was Minister of Religious Endowments and became a lawmaker during the 2006 Palestinian legislative elections won by Hamas in Gaza. As a member of the Hamas faction, he was arrested five times by Israel including on June 29, 2006 as part of Israel's Operation Summer Rains. Years ago Major General Jibril, Nayef’s older brother parted politically years ago with his little brother to the point that in ^{[citation needed]} 1996 during a crackdown on Hamas members, then Colonel Jibril led the Preventive Security Force to arrest his own brother even if just for one day. Furthermore, as a member of the rival Fatah party^[1] Major General Jibril also ran but lost against Nayef in the 2006 Palestinian legislative elections.

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

References

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