American teenager released from Israeli prison after nine months

Mohammed Ibrahim, 16, a US citizen living in the occupied West Bank, was released by Israeli authorities on Thursday, in a move timed to coincide with the American Thanksgiving holiday.

The child had been detained for more than nine months without charge.

The American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) said in a statement on Thursday that while it welcomed Ibrahim's release after many months of diplomatic and media pressure, Israel has made arresting children a routine act.

Ibrahim, the ADC said, "was kidnapped, abused, and wrongfully detained for months in an Israeli military prison. Despite his innocence, Ibrahim was held without due process, and in violation of international law and norms". 
 
"Israel has a long history of targeting children. Israeli prisons continue to hold innocent children, all without due process. No child should ever endure what Mohammed has endured. The Trump Administration and government officials must question why they continue to provide funding to a nation that is brazen about take willingness to kidnap, torture, and starve an American child," the statement continued. 
 
"Mohammed’s return to his family is a relief, but... His case is a painful reminder that hundreds of Palestinian children remain trapped in the same inhumane system, right now."