From American ambassador calls on PA to release US citizen arrested over land sale
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleUS Ambassador to Israel David Friedman calls on the Palestinian Authority to release from custody a US citizen who is suspected of selling property in East Jerusalem to Jewish Israelis.
The arrest of the Palestinian-American, whom Friedman names as Isaam Akel, has prompted Israel to arrest the Palestinian governor of East Jerusalem. He is reportedly being held in custody in Ramallah.
“The Pal Authority has been holding US citizen Isaam Akel in prison for ~2 months,” Friedman tweets. “His suspected ‘crime’? Selling land to a Jew. Akel’s incarceration is antithetical to the values of the US & to all who advocate the cause of peaceful coexistence. We demand his immediate release.”
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