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Thu 20 Apr 2023 4:02 pm - Jerusalem Time

A demand in Washington to release a Palestinian American citizen from administrative detention

The American human rights organization "Democracy in the Arab World Now-Don", based in Washington , DC, and founded by the murdered writer Jamal Khashoggi, called for the immediate release of Jamal Al -Nisr, 76, a Palestinian with American citizenship.


Al-Nisr was arrested for the first time by the occupation authorities in 2021 for a period of four months without charge or trial due to his alleged participation in the Palestinian legislative elections, which were scheduled for that year but never took place.


After his release in October 2021, Congressman Tim Ryan, who represents Ohio's Camel Eagle District in the US Congress, attempted to intervene on his behalf and obtained - through the US State Department - "assurances" from the Israeli government that he would be able to return to the states. United.


It is noteworthy that the official spokesman for the US State Department, Vedant Patil, responded to a question from the Jerusalem correspondent regarding the case of Jamal al-Nisr on April 6, by saying that the ministry is aware of his situation, but will not comment on his matter now due to the issue of privacy.


In the middle of the night last August, the Israeli occupation forces raided the home of Jamal Al-Nisr in Ramallah, and arrested him again, without charging him with a crime. His administrative detention order is set to expire on April 22.


"At least 10 Israeli military legal officers played direct roles in the arbitrary detention of Jamal al-Nisr," Dawn said.


"The United States and other responsible governments should sanction these individuals for their role in human rights abuses."


It is reported that after immigrating to the United States in 1967, Al-Nisr established himself, built a family and became the owner of a number of grocery stores and gas stations, and entered the field of real estate development.


Nisr returned to the occupied West Bank after the signing of the Oslo Accords in the 1990s, as Israel has imposed restrictions on his leaving the West Bank since 2011, with the exception of one trip to the United States in 2017.


And Michael Sheffer Omar Mann, director of research for Israel and Palestine at the organization, "At the very least, the Biden administration should work to liberate Jamal the Eagle with the same force and diplomatic influence that it exercises on behalf of prominent Americans, such as Brittney Grenier and Evan Gershkovitch."


And Greiner, an American professional basketball player, was arrested for drug trafficking in Russia last year. Gershkovich is an American journalist who was arrested by the Russian authorities on charges of espionage two weeks ago.


Israel currently holds about 4,900 Palestinians, more than 20 percent of them under administrative detention orders.

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