Sha’aban, owner of Al-Quds Press Agency in Ramallah and a member of the Arab Journalists Association, was placed in administrative detention in July 1991. On January 3, 1992 military officials announced that Sha’aban was one of 12 Palestinians issued a deportation order. He is alleged to be a PFLP activist, but he has not been formally charged. His appeal to the High Court of Justice is still pending.