Hussein al-Araj

{{Short description|Palestinian minister}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Hussein Abdallah al-Araj

|image = حسين الأعرج.png

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|office1 = Governor of Hebron Governorate{{cite web |url=https://mjr.ogb.gov.ps/Decrees/Download/?p=84d8261d-863d-4587-80de-be8178d32880.pdf&d=%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1%20%D8%AA%D8%B9%D9%8A%D9%8A%D9%86%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AF%20%D8%AD%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%20%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B9%D8%A9%20(%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%AC)%20%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B8%D8%A7%D9%8B%20%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B8%D8%A9%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%84.pdf |publisher=Government of Palestine |access-date=7 July 2024 |script-title=ar: قرار رقم ٢٨٠ لسنة ٢٠٠٧م|trans-title=Decision Number 280 for Year 2007 |date=13 September 2007 |language=ar}}

|term_start1 = 2007

|term_end1 = 2010

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|office2 = Acting Mayor of Nablus

|term_start2 = April 2004

|term_end2 = April 2005

|predecessor2 =

|successor2 = Ghassan Hammouz

|office3 = Deputy Minister of Local Government

|term_start3 = 2004

|term_end3 = 2005

|primeminister3 = Ahmad Qurei

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|nationality = Palestinian

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Hussein Abdallah al-Araj ({{langx|ar|حسين الأعرج}}) is a Palestinian former mayor and government minister. He was the acting mayor of Nablus, one of the largest cities in the West Bank. He was in office, heading a local government committee, from April 2004 to April 2005. He was succeeded by another local government committee led by Ghassan Hammouz.{{cite web |url=http://www.nablus.org/en/content.php?id_itemcontent=238 |title=Former Mayors of Nablus |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100216221512/http://www.nablus.org/en/content.php?id_itemcontent=238 |archive-date=2010-02-16 |website=Nablus Municipality}} Al-Araj was also the Palestinian National Authority's Deputy Minister of Local Government in 2004-05.{{cite web |author=Kraus, Silvi |url=http://spirit.tau.ac.il/government/downloads/RigiCooperBooklet.pdf |title=Regional Cooperation Through Local Government: A Panel Session of the First Annual Local Government Conference Harold Hartog School of Government and Policy Tel Aviv University |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608011836/http://spirit.tau.ac.il/government/downloads/RigiCooperBooklet.pdf |archive-date=2011-06-08 |date=2005-05-30}}

In 2005, he complained that Nablus was closed off by the Israel Defense Forces for three years and concerning the Israeli West Bank barrier, he stated "Walls don't build peace, we learned that in Berlin... face to face contact do [build peace]."{{cite web |author=Sullivan, Robert |url=http://ww2.unhabitat.org/cdrom/wuf/documents/Networking%20events/Global%20Youth%20Congress/Summaries/CITY%20DIPLOMACY%20FOR%20PEACE%20BUILDING.pdf |title=City Diplomacy for Peace Building |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070814122601/http://ww2.unhabitat.org/cdrom/wuf/documents/Networking%20events/Global%20Youth%20Congress/Summaries/CITY%20DIPLOMACY%20FOR%20PEACE%20BUILDING.pdf |archive-date=2007-08-14 |website=World Urban Forum |date=2005-09-14}}