Bassam Shakaa (1930-) was elected mayor of Nablus in 1976. Former Nablus mayor Ghassan Shakaa is his first cousin. Shakaa had been a PLO supporter and outspoken critic of the Camp David accords, and was subsequently accused of inciting terrorism by his public statements and was issued an expulsion order in 1979. Felicia Langer successfully defended him from the charges. Wikipedia
Arab mayors are maimed as West Bank violence takes a grisly turn Early one morning last week in the israeli-occupied territory of the west Bank, Karim Khalaf, mayor of the resort town of Ramallah,... www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,924203,00.html
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Four Palestinians are reported to have been arrested for putting their names to a statement accusing Yasser Arafat's self-rule authority of tyranny and corruption. news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/540552.stm