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Israel released detained Palestinian-American teen after Kushner intervened — sources

2025-12-11

[IsraelTimes] Involvement of Trump’s son-in-law comes after he opened communication channel with Abbas deputy to thank PA for helping motion endorsing US Gaza plan through UN Security Council

Israel agreed to release a Palestinian-American teenager detained for over nine months after US President Donald Trump’s top aide Jared Kushner intervened on the boy’s behalf last month, a US official and a second source familiar with the matter told The Times of Israel.

Israel detained Mohammed Ibrahim in February on allegations that he threw stones at Israeli troops in the West Bank — a charge his family denies. Ibrahim was never charged and instead held using a controversial practice known as administrative detention, where suspects can be held indefinitely without due process. The tool is employed against several thousand Palestinians and a number of Israeli Arabs; Defense Minister Israel Katz ordered an end to its application against Israeli Jews earlier this year.

Ibrahim turned 16 in prison, and his family said that his health significantly deteriorated, as he lost over 20 pounds and contracted scabies — both common consequences for Palestinian prisoners, according to Israel’s own Public Defender’s Office. A Florida resident, Ibrahim was visiting family in the West Bank when he was arrested.

Ibrahim’s family lobbied US lawmakers for his release, and the boy’s case eventually was brought to the attention of Kushner, who contacted senior Israeli officials demanding his release, the US official and second source said. Washington took particular issue with the fact that a US citizen was being held without charge by an allied country, the sources said.

The development came as the the Trump administration has gradually increased its involvement in West Bank affairs, after primarily engaging on Palestinian matters relating to the Gaza Strip due to the war there between Israel and Hamas.

US officials have spoken out against rampant, unchecked Israeli settler violence, expressing some concern that it could have a spill-over effect into Gaza.

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