🚨Help Free 16-year-old Palestinian American Mohammed Zaher Ibrahim from Israeli Prison🚨
So much of what’s happening in Palestine feels out of our control, but this is a chance to make a real, material difference.
Yesterday I spoke with Mohammed's father, Zaher, about his son and their fight to free him from Israel's notoriously brutal Megiddo prison. I’ll be sharing clips from that interview along with tools to send letters to Huckabee, Rubio, and your Senators. His family is worried for his life and completely desperate to get him home, and they believe enough public pressure could actually move the US gov't to action. Please look for the links below, and share widely.
"They took my son away. We can do nothing about that. But can you give us something back, give us some happiness back? Can you at least get Muhammad out of jail?”
Here’s Mohammed’s father—and uncle of Sayfollah Musallet, who was beaten to death by settlers last month—recounting what Sayfollah’s father told Mike Huckabee when the two men met him: one seeking justice for his murdered son, the other fighting to free his son from military detention.
Pausing the video clips to share two forms that make it easy to email Huckabee, Rubio, and your Senators. Please fill them out ASAP—it takes just minutes—and share with everyone you know.
Link 1: palestine.salsalabs.org/actionjuly31/i…
Link 2: support.adc.org/a/mohammed-ibr…
The family spends half of every day trying to reach recently released prisoners from Megiddo who might know something about Mohammed. In recent months, two healthy young men from his prison block have died—one, a 17-year-old from disease; the other, a 20-year-old beaten to death. When the latter died, they spent five agonizing hours trying to find out if it was him. Frankly, the family has good reason to fear for his life.
Here’s Mohammed’s father and sister talking about what he’s like—really just a normal kid! Just before the Israeli military abducted him, he’d been in California visiting his sister to help with her newborn. That’s them on the right.
On the 20 masked soldiers who stormed their house in the middle of the night, blindfolding and tying up Mohammed before taking him away and telling the family nothing. He is now wasting away in prison, down at least 25 pounds and covered in scabies. His family hasn't been able to speak with him since he was abducted in February.
On learning his nephew, Sayfollah, was beaten to death by settlers last month. Mohammed had planned to spend the summer with him in Florida, working together at the family’s ice cream shop. They don’t know if Mohammed even knows he was murdered. That’s them in the photo: Sayfollah on the left, Mohammed the little guy in the middle.
Mohammed is accused of throwing a rock. Not of hitting anyone. Not of throwing it at a car. Just throwing a rock. He's facing three years in prison, but his trial has been delayed three separate times, and nothing is currently scheduled. A single phone call from Trump or Huckabee could get him out.
On Tuesday, for the first time, a reporter asked the State Department what they’re doing to free Mohammed from Israel’s illegal detention. The spokesperson’s response was a complete non-answer.
Please help bring the little guy in blue back to his family. They fear for his life and are desperate to have him home. I’m allowing myself the slightest hope that with enough pressure, we can make it happen. Here are the two forms to contact your representatives again:
Link 1: palestine.salsalabs.org/actionjuly31/i…
Link 2: support.adc.org/a/mohammed-ibr…
And thanks to @ProphetKotto for the pro-bono video editing help! You're a mensch Alex!
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