Nayef Rajoub

Sheikh Nayef Al-Rajoub is a Palestinian politician. He has served as a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council since 18 February 2006. He served as Minister of Awqaf and Religious Affairs from 29 March 2006 to 17 March 2007 in the First Haniyeh Government. He became an MP during the 2006 Palestinian legislative elections which was won by Hamas. As a member of the Hamas faction, he was arrested five times by Israel including on 29 June 2006 as part of Israel's Operation Summer Rains.