Jerusalem Post/Middle EastDabbour was previously arrested and later released in April in connection with an international arrest warrant issued through Interpol, based on financial corruption charges brought by the PA.Follow us on GoogleA sign at Interpol headquarters, where the International Criminal Police Organization, an intergovernmental body with 196 member countries, helps police worldwide work together through cooperation, intelligence-sharing and global alerts to combat cross-border crime, in Lyon, France, June 9, 2026. (photo credit: DENIS BALIBOUSE/REUTERS)ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARDAUGUST 4, 2026 11:43Former Palestinian envoy to Lebanon, Ashraf Dabbour, was placed in provisional detention in Lebanon on Monday following the decision of the public prosecutor at the Court of Cassation, Judge Ahmad Rami al-Hajj, according to Lebanese media reports.Dabbour was previously arrested, and later released, in April in connection with an international arrest warrant issued through Interpol, based on financial corruption charges brought by the Palestinian Authority.The prosecution is preparing a report on Dabbour’s case, which Lebanon’s Cabinet will use to decide on whether he should be handed over to the PA, according to the Beirut-based news site Al Modon.Dabbour’s defense team is expected to present a "series of documents intended to prove his innocence” on Tuesday and Wednesday, according to information obtained by the site.Palestinian Ambassador to Lebanon Ashraf Dabbour (L) stands next to U.N. Under-Secretary General and ESCWA Executive Secretary Rima Khalaf (C) while she holds a gift, an Arabic calligraphy that reads ''All the world is Palestine.'' (credit: JAMAL SAIDI/ REUTERS)Corruption, illicit enrichment, money laundering, abuse of trustThe former Palestinian ambassador served for more than a decade, until he was replaced by Mohammad Assaad in 2025. The PA’s judicial authorities are currently prosecuting him on charges of corruption, illicit enrichment, money laundering, and abuse of trust.Dabbour has denied the charges, alleging publicly on his Facebook that Yasser Abbas, the son of PA President Mahmoud Abbas, is “exploiting his control over the security services and his influence within the authority to use them to settle his personal scores… by pursuing me with arrest warrants from one place to another.”Follow us on Google