Mohammad Barghouti (محمد برغوثي) was the Minister of Local Government in the

Palestinian Authority The Palestinian National Authority (PA or PNA; ar, السلطة الوطنية الفلسطينية '), commonly known as the Palestinian Authority and officially the State of Palestine,

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. He held the post of Labor Minister in the previous cabinet. Mohammad Barghouti was arrested by

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

on 29 June 2006 as part of Israel's

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. Mohammad Bargouti was on his way to a village north of

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when his car was stopped by jeeps and placed under arrest. He was released on 14 August 2006.West Bank: a government in jail, csmonitor.com
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