[Aljazeera] Israeli police have arrested the head of the Islamic authority that oversees Muslim holy sites in Jerusalem following recent protests, an official from the authority said.Religious Endowments Authority (Al Waqf) director Sheikh Abdul Azim Salhab was arrested early on Sunday as part of an overnight raid carried out by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, Mahdi Abdelhadi, a senior member of Al Waqf, said.
At least 13 other Palestinians have also been arrested, including Salhab's deputy, according to Maan news agency.
Al Waqf officials told Israeli daily Haaretz that Salhab's arrest was unusual.
"He's the most senior Jordanian figure in the [Palestinian] territories. 20 years ago [if] the police wanted to interrogate the mufti, they would call and invite him, but coming to a 75-year-old's home like that at 5am is unacceptable," the official was quoted as saying.