US coalition calls for immediate release of American teenager detained by Israel

A US-wide coalition is calling for the immediate release of a Palestinian-American teenager being held in Israeli military detention since February of this year. 

The coalition, comprising a diverse range of activists, distributed on Saturday more than 2,000 flyers at the "No King" protests across six US states, urging people to contact their representatives and demand the release of Mohammed Ibrahim, 16, from Tampa, Florida.

The group has been raising awareness about Mohammed's incarceration and lobbying their congressional representatives. In August, the group sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio to secure his release.

In the middle of the night in February, the Israeli military forcibly took Mohammed, who was 15 at the time, from his family home in the occupied West Bank, and accused him of throwing rocks at a car - a charge he has denied. He is being held without trial at the notorious Ofer military prison. 

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