Adly Yaish

{{Short description|Palestinian politician}}

{{use dmy dates |date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Adly Yaish

| native_name = {{langx|ar|عدلي يعيش}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|06|30|df=yes}}

| office = Mayor of Nablus

| term_start2 = December 2005

| term_end2 = 2012

| predecessor2 = Ghassan Hammouz

| successor2 = Ghassan Shakaa

| term_start = May 2017

| term_end = 2019

| predecessor = Sameeh Tubeila

| successor = Sameeh Tubeila

| party = Hamas

}}

Adly Yaish ({{langx|ar|عدلي يعيش}}, {{Transliteration|ar|ʿAdlī Yaʿīš}}), born 30 June 1952, is the former mayor of the Nablus Municipality in the central highlands of the West Bank under the Palestinian National Authority.{{cite web|url=http://www.nablus.org/en/htm/aboutus/fromthemayor.htm |title=From the Mayor |website=Nablus Municipality |accessdate=2006-11-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070215090543/http://www.nablus.org/en/htm/aboutus/fromthemayor.htm |archivedate=2007-02-15 }}{{Cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.MAGAZINE-for-ancient-samaritan-community-a-new-test-of-loyalty-1.6075509|title=Not Muslim, Not Jewish: Ancient Community in the West Bank Feels Increasingly Israeli|newspaper=Haaretz|date=10 May 2018}} He is a businessman working in automobiles trade.{{cite web |last1=Rasgon |first1=Adam |title=Nablus's Kingmaker |url=https://www.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/nabluss-kingmaker-464601 |website=Jerusalem Post |access-date=8 July 2024 |date=20 August 2016}} He is believed to come from a Samaritan family that converted to Islam.{{Cite web |title=Not Muslim, Not Jewish: Ancient Community in the West Bank Feels Increasingly Israeli |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2018-05-10/ty-article-magazine/.premium/for-ancient-samaritan-community-a-new-test-of-loyalty/0000017f-f677-d5bd-a17f-f67f4e000000}}

On 24 May 2007 he was arrested by Israeli forces.{{cite news |url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3403756,00.html |title=Israel arrests Palestinian minister of education |newspaper=Ynetnews |date=24 May 2007 |accessdate=8 July 2024 |last1=Waked |first1=Ali }} He spent 15 months in prison without being charged.{{cite web|url=http://www.cicweb.ca/scene/2009/07/globe-mails-patrick-martin-on-the-booming-west-bank/ |title=A city reborn: Israel’s easing restrictions in the West Bank, and its largest city, Nablus, is thriving |via=Canada-Israel Committee |accessdate=2010-02-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706173636/http://www.cicweb.ca/scene/2009/07/globe-mails-patrick-martin-on-the-booming-west-bank/ |archivedate=2011-07-06 |date=24 July 2009 |first=Patrick |last=Martin |work=Globe and Mail}}