WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley issued the following press release:
U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley with U.S. Representative Maxine Dexter today joined Senate and House colleagues to demand accountability for the Israeli military's nearly ten-month detention of Mohammed Ibrahim, a Palestinian-American minor.
On February 16, 2025, U.S. citizen and Florida resident Mohammed Ibrahim was arrested in his home in the town of al-Mazraa ash-Sharqiya, near Ramallah in the West Bank, at 3 am by heavily armed Israeli soldiers. For nearly ten months, the then 15-year-old boy was detained without trial and denied visitation from family. He was finally released on November 27, 2025. The lawmakers highlight how his physical and psycho...