Aref Basha al-Dajani (Arabic: عارف الدجاني; 1856 – April 14, 1930) was an Arab Palestinian politician who served as mayor of Jerusalem in 1917–1918. Aref al-Dajani was born in Jerusalem in 1856.

It is impossible for us to make an understanding with them [the Jews] or even to live them together… Their history and all their past proves that it is impossible to live with them. In all the countries where they are at present they are not wanted and undesirables, because they always arrive to suck the blood of everybody, and to become economically and financially victorious. If the League of Nations will not listen to the appeal of the Arabs this country will become a river of blood. ~ Aref al-Dajani