Maor Zemach, chairman of the Lech Yerushalayim organization, says that prior to protests against the arrest of the Palestinian Authority "governor of Jerusalem", the mufti of Jerusalem, Sheikh Muhammad Hussein, called for for his immediate release.
Sheikh Hussein said that the decision to arrest Adnan Gheith "is a crime against the Palestinian people against its leaders and national symbols and a gross violation of international law." In his opinion, the arrest of the man was meant to "prevent the pressure on the occupation to continue the expansion and Judaization of the Holy City."