US EditionPalestinian-American Teen Mohammed Ibrahim Released After Nine Months in Israeli Detention
Mohammed Ibrahim was held without charge for over nine months in administrative detention and suffered weight loss and infections, released after pressure from US lawmakers and rights groups.
- On Thursday, Mohammed Ibrahim was freed after more than nine months in Israeli detention, his family in Florida confirmed as the US marked Thanksgiving; relatives said, `Words can't describe the immense relief we have as a family right now.`
- Mohammed Ibrahim was arrested in February while on holiday at his family’s home in al‑Mazraa al‑Sharqiya, occupied West Bank, accused by Israeli authorities of throwing stones, which he and his family deny; he was held without charge at Ofer prison.
- He required immediate hospital treatment after detention for weight loss and infections, with relatives saying 25 soldiers raided his home at four in the morning, blindfolding and dragging him from his bedroom.
- His case drew months of pressure from US lawmakers and rights groups, and US consular staff visited him while the US State Department tracked the case and vowed continued support; Council on American-Islamic Relations' Robert McCaw urged an investigation, saying it's the US government's duty.
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Contributor: In Israel and the U.S., parallel cases of malice against Palestinians
Challenging the impunity with which Israel imprisoned an American teenager also means rejecting similar injustices within our own borders, such as the detention of a Palestinian woman in Texas.
Israel releases Florida teen after more than nine months in prison over allegations of rock throwing
Screenshot of video taken of Mohammed Ibrahim on Thursday (from CAIR-Florida press release)A 16-year-old Palestinian American youth from Brevard County was released from an Israeli prison Thursday after being held since February on allegations of rock throwing in the West Bank. The U.S. State Department confirmed the release of Mohammed Ibrahim in a statement sent to the Phoenix on Friday. “The Department of State welcomes the news of the releas…
Israel Releases 16-Year-Old US Citizen After 9 Months in Detention Without Trial
“Words can’t describe the immense relief we have as a family right now,” said Zeyad Kadur, the uncle of Mohammed Ibrahim, the 16-year-old Palestinian-American who was finally released on Thursday after over nine months in Israeli detention. In February, Israeli forces arrested the Florida resident, then 15, at a family home in the illegally occupied West Bank over allegations that he threw… Source
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