Ghazi al-Jabali
Ghazi al-Jabali | |
|---|---|
| Chief of thePreventive Security Serviceof Gaza Strip | |
| President | Yasser Arafat |
| Succeeded by | Musa Arafat |
| Chief ofPalestinian Civil Police Forcesof Gaza Strip and West Bank | |
| Assumed office October 2003 | |
| President | Yasser Arafat |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Palestinian |
| Political party | Fatah |
Ghazi al-Jabaliis a Palestinian police officer. He was theGaza StripChief of thePreventive Security Service,appointed by thePalestinian Authority.Al-Jabali, who held the rank ofMajor generalat the close of his tenure in the Palestinian security forces, had been a police commander and chief of the Gaza police since the early 1990s.
Since 1994 he has been the target of repeated attacks byPalestiniangroups opposed to the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority, including gunfire aimed at his offices and a bomb that destroyed part of his house.[1]He has also been the subject of a 1997 arrest warrant and extradition request fromIsrael,based on accusations that he ordered Palestinian police officers to attack an Israeli checkpoint in July 1997.[2]
Al-Jabali was the target of protests after the shooting deaths of three Palestinian teenagers during clashes with police forces; demonstrators claimed that al-Jabali had given police officers orders to shoot protesters throwing stones during aHamasorganized demonstration in support ofOsama bin Laden.[3][4]
Al-Jabali resigned from his post as chief of police in Gaza in June 2002, during a security forces shake-up that also saw the dismissal of ColonelJibril Rajouband the resignation of ColonelMohammed Dahlan.Along with his resignation he announced his intention to oppose Yaser Arafat as a candidate for president of the Palestinian Authority.[5]He was appointed chief ofPalestinian Civil Police Forcesin both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank in October 2003.[6]
A February 2004 gunfight Gaza police headquarters was construed by some officials as an attempt on al-Jabali's life. Other officials blamed violence on his rival Mohammad Dahlan members of the body he formerly commanded, Preventive Security Service.
Al-Jabali was criticised for corruption and curbing press freedoms, as well as the arrest of Eyad Sarraj, acivil rightsactivist.[7]
On July 17, 2004, he was kidnapped at gunpoint by the Jenin Martyr's Brigade part of thePopular Resistance Committees,who ambushed his convoy and wounded two bodyguards. Al-Jabali was only released after Palestinian PresidentYasser Arafatagreed to fire him. He was replaced with Arafat's cousin,Musa Arafat,a move which did little to restore public confidence in Police.[7][8][9]
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