Israel on Monday released two Palestinian Authority officials arrested on suspicion of aiding in the abduction of a Palestinian resident of Jerusalem, police said, but gave no further details on the case.
The two officials are Adnan Gheith, who holds the largely ceremonial post of Palestinian-appointed governor of Jerusalem, and Jihad Al-Faqeeh, the Jerusalem director of the Palestinian Authority General Intelligence Services.
They were arrested on suspicion that they helped abduct a Palestinian resident of Jerusalem two weeks ago, their lawyers said.
According to a report on Israel's Reshet 13 television, the Palestinian has both an Israeli identity card and U.S. citizenship. He is reportedly being held in the West Bank.
He was wanted by the Palestinian Authority for helping to sell property in Jerusalem's Old City to Jewish buyers, the report said.
In the past, Palestinians have imposed the death penalty on individuals convicted of selling land to Jews, though PA President Mahmoud Abbas has not authorized executions since his election in 2004.
Gheith's lawyer, Mohammed Mahmoud, said his client was ordered to keep out of Jerusalem and to pay a 20,000 shekel ($5,500) fine, and was also placed under house arrest for seven days.
The official Palestinian news agency, WAFA, said Abbas had spoken by phone to both men following their release.
