Cate Brown
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Reporting on power and influence in Washington for @TheGuardian. formerly @washingtonpost. tips to catebrown.60 // [email protected]
Washington, DC
Joined December 2009
Mohammed Ibrahim was released from Ofer Prison today. The U.S. citizen is on his way to a hospital after 9 months in Israeli detention. “Words can’t describe the immense relief we have as a family right now to have Mohammed in his parents’ arms,” Zeyad Kadur said.
Mohammed Ibrahim, a 16-year-old U.S. citizen, has been held by the Israeli military for 8 months without trial. U.S. lawmakers are calling for his release. “We had so much trust in our blue passport,” his sister said. “We thought it could protect us.” --> https://t.co/FY43V5bVyM
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NEW report @DropSiteNews: Trump, Gaza, and Oslo Déjà Vu The U.S. is pushing its colonialist plan, as Israel keeps killing. Mahmoud Abbas is changing election laws to ban Hamas. And a battle is brewing over who speaks for the Palestinian liberation cause https://t.co/u0rYxHLhtp
dropsitenews.com
The U.S. is pushing its colonialist plan, as Israel keeps killing. Mahmoud Abbas is changing election laws to ban Hamas. And a battle is brewing over who speaks for the Palestinian liberation cause.
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@JGedeon1 And some backstory from @infinite_jaz - both have been writing about Mohammed’s detention for months. https://t.co/inxX8x1YFM
infinitejaz.com
An interview with the father of Mohammed Zaher Ibrahim, the 16-year-old Palestinian American jailed in Israel's notorious Megiddo prison
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More on Mohammed’s release from @JGedeon1 “Relatives said he was taken to a hospital for intravenous therapy and blood work immediately after his release...” The teen lost a quarter of his body weight while in prison. https://t.co/EXGlcpEc3n
theguardian.com
Israeli soldiers had taken Mohammed Ibrahim from his home in a night raid when he was only 15 years old
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What a moving reunion. Mohammed Ibrahim, a 16 year old U.S. citizen, returned to his family in the West Bank today after 9 months in Israeli detention without trial.
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We're still gathering applications for this job, if you haven't seen it and are interested. Our VI team does a very wide range of work -- it's not all just conflict reporting (though we do plenty of that). A handful of recent stories for an idea of our range of coverage:
Our New York Times Visual Investigations team is hiring a reporter. It's the same job I have -- use visual investigation/OSINT/etc. skills to report on the world. You'll need to be based in/near NYC. Pay range is ~110-130k. https://t.co/SQrZgqvrip
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Nearly nine out of 10 Israeli military investigations into allegations of war crimes or abuses by its soldiers since the start of the war in Gaza have been closed without finding fault or left without resolution, according to a conflict monitor. We all know that the Israeli
theguardian.com
Conflict monitoring group Action on Armed Violence says Israel is seeking to create a ‘pattern of impunity’
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1. Marry into wealthy Russian family with ties to Kremlin. 2. Spend 10 yrs working for steel trading behemoth co-owned by Abramovich. 3. Be nominated by Trump admin for top position at U.S. exports agency. Wapo exclusive from @CatherineBelton @ben_stockton
washingtonpost.com
Bryce McFerran is a senior executive at a steel-trading business co-owned by one of Russia’s richest oligarchs and is married to a member of a Russian family with extensive ties to the Kremlin.
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“I will never have mercy on you,” the commander responds. “Our job is only killing.” Chilling reporting from @khoureld and @mmkelly22 on an RSF killing spree unfolding in #ElFashir Sudan, where less than 250,000 civilians remain amidst a military siege https://t.co/JMK4tP3J1F
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RSF paramilitary fighters are carrying out mass ethnic killings in the recently captured city of El Fashir, according to videos, aerial images and interviews.
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@ChrisVanHollen @DCIPalestine The Ibrahim family said they hope for government action. “If you were the President of the United States and you see an American citizen imprisoned in an Israeli jail known for torture and starvation, what would you do?” Mohammed's mother said. Story🎁->
washingtonpost.com
As Rubio visits Israel, family members and lawmakers push Trump to demand the return of 16-year-old Mohammed Ibrahim of Florida, detained eight months without trial.
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@ChrisVanHollen @DCIPalestine She doesn’t want to leave the country without Mohammed, but said she lives in fear. Settler attacks have escalated. Her nephew was beaten to death nearby. “Sometimes in the middle of the night I wake up and look around the house for settlers,” she said. “It’s not easy.”
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@ChrisVanHollen @DCIPalestine When Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire earlier this month, Mohammed's mother tidied up his bedroom and prepared maqluba, his favorite meal. She'd hoped that he might be one of the 2,000 prisoners released as part of an exchange for hostages held by Hamas -- but no luck.
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@ChrisVanHollen The family received news of Mohammed's conditions via an affidavit to @DCIPalestine. Their son said he's being kept in an unheated cell alongside children in Ofer Prison. “I want to see a video, anything, to see if my son is really alive," his mom said. https://t.co/FY43V5ctok
washingtonpost.com
As Rubio visits Israel, family members and lawmakers push Trump to demand the return of 16-year-old Mohammed Ibrahim of Florida, detained eight months without trial.
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As Rubio goes to Israel, U.S. lawmakers called on the government to "secure the swift release of this American boy." @ChrisVanHollen, who met Mohammed's father in August, said the administration's efforts on this case had been "totally feckless" so far. https://t.co/Z5vUA4BKJS
vanhollen.senate.gov
U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and U.S. Representatives Kathy Castor (D-Fla.) and Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) are leading...
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Mohammed's mother said that she now fears for his life. U.S. Embassy officials told the family that Mohammed has lost 1/4 of his body weight in prison. A prisoner emerged with a message from her son: “Please tell my parents to hurry up and get me out.” https://t.co/FY43V5bVyM
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The U.S. teenager has been held in two of Israeli's most notorious detention facilities while he awaits a court date. Evidence of Mohammed's alleged crimes has yet to be made publicly available.
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Court documents show that Mohammed was charged with throwing rocks at Israeli vehicles. When he initially refused to confess to that crime, a masked interrogator threatened to have soldiers beat him. “Out of sheer fear, I ultimately confessed,” the boy said in an affidavit.
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Israeli soldiers raided the Ibrahim's home in the West Bank town of al-Mazra’a ash-Sharqiya at 3am on Feb. 16. His mother Mona said that they blindfolded her son and led him away. “I begged them not to hit my kid,” she said. “That was the last day I saw him.”
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Mohammed Ibrahim, a 16-year-old U.S. citizen, has been held by the Israeli military for 8 months without trial. U.S. lawmakers are calling for his release. “We had so much trust in our blue passport,” his sister said. “We thought it could protect us.” --> https://t.co/FY43V5bVyM
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Despite the growing participation, the weapons restrictions will likely have a limited impact on Israel’s arsenal. 99% of “major conventional weapons” transferred to Israel are supplied by the United States and Germany, according to @SIPRIorg
https://t.co/sSBP48uOHi
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