Hussein al-Araj

Hussein Abdallah al-Araj (Arabic: حسين العرّاج‎‎) is a Palestinian former mayor and government minister. He was the acting mayor of Nablus, one of the largest cities in the West Bank. He was in office, heading a local government committee, from April 2004 to April 2005. He was succeeded by another local government committee led by Ghassan Hammouz.[1] Al-Araj was also the Palestinian National Authority's Deputy Minister of Local Government in 2004-05.[2]

In 2005, he complained that Nablus was closed off by the Israel Defense Forces for three years and concerning the Israeli West Bank barrier, he stated "Walls don't build peace, we learned that in Berlin... face to face contact do [build peace]."[3]

References

  1. ↑ Former Mayors of Nablus. Nablus Municipality.
  2. ↑ Kraus, Silvi. Regional Cooperation Through Local Government. A Panel Session of the First Annual Local Government Conference Harold Hartog School of Government and Policy Tel Aviv University. 2005-05-30.
  3. ↑ Sullivan, Robert. City Diplomacy for Peace Building World Urban Forum. 2005-09-14.


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