Nayef Rajoub is the Religious Affairs Minister of the Hamas

Hamas

Hamas is the Palestinian Sunni Islamic or Islamist political party that governs the Gaza Strip. Hamas also has a military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades...

 led Palestinian Authority cabinet

Cabinet (government)

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 and beekeeper

Beekeeper

A beekeeper is a person who keeps honey bees for the purposes of securing commodities such as honey, beeswax, pollen, royal jelly; pollinating fruits and vegetables; raising queens and bees for sale to other farmers; and/or for purposes satisfying natural scientific curiosity...

. He has been arrested five times by Israel and once by his brother Jibril Rajoub

Jibril Rajoub

Jibril Rajoub is a Palestinian political figure. He was the head of the Preventive Security Force in the West Bank until being dismissed in 2002. He was elected to the Fatah Central Committee at the party's 2009 congress...

 in 1996 during a crackdown on Hamas members by Preventive Security Force led by Jibril. Nayef, however, was released after only a day. Nayef and his brother parted politically years ago; Jibril is a member of the rival Fatah

Fatah

Fataḥ is a major Palestinian political party and the largest faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization , a multi-party confederation. In Palestinian politics it is on the left-wing of the spectrum; it is mainly nationalist, although not predominantly socialist. Its official goals are found...

 party and ran against Nayef in the 2006 Palestinian legislative elections

Palestinian legislative election, 2006

On January 25, 2006, elections were held for the Palestinian Legislative Council , the legislature of the Palestinian National Authority . Notwithstanding the 2005 municipal elections and the January 9, 2005 presidential election, this was the first election to the PLC since 1996; subsequent...

. Nayef Rajoub was arrested by Israel

Israel

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 on June 29, 2006 as part of Israel's Operation Summer Rains.

Quotes

• “Let Rice mind her own business. Palestinian elections are an internal Palestinian matter. We don't interfere in American elections, and we will not accept American or foreign interference in our elections.”
• “The Palestinian leadership could have built schools, hospitals and factories instead of a casino. This is a big disgrace and we will put an end to it.”
• “Have you forgotten that Israel is the occupying power here? Do I need to remind you of an occupying power's obligations under international law?”
• “They represent the Nazis and we are the victims, the same as Jews were victims of the Nazis.”
• "Blood is thicker than politics"

Hothifa Nayef Rajoub