Imil Musa Basil Jarjoui, MD (died November, 2007) , a Palestinian Christian

Palestinian Christian

Palestinian Christians are Arabic-speaking Christians descended from the people of the geographical area of Palestine. Within Palestine, there are churches and believers from many Christian denominations, including Oriental Orthodoxy, Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholic , Protestant, and others...

 who was a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council

Palestinian Legislative Council

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 and the PLO executive committee. Dr. Jarjoui also headed the Palestinian Ministerial Investigation Commission for the deal of Jaffa Gate and was a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council.

He was elected to the former post in 2006 as a Fatah

Fatah

Fataḥ is a major Palestinian political party and the largest faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization , a multi-party confederation. In Palestinian politics it is on the left-wing of the spectrum; it is mainly nationalist, although not predominantly socialist. Its official goals are found...

 candidate for one of the seats reserved for Christian

Christian

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s in Jerusalem

Jerusalem Governorate

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. He dealt with Christian affairs for the Palestinian Authority while it was controlled by Fatah. He headed the committee which welcomed the Pope John Paul II in January 2000.

He also owned the Christmas Hotel in East Jerusalem

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.

Jarjoui died overnight November 23-24, 2007 in his home in Bethlehem

Bethlehem

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 of a heart attack. He was 72.