Brett Wilkins is a staff writer for Common Dreams.
The largest professional association of U.S. pediatricians is asking the State Department to intervene on behalf of a Gaza hospital director detained by Israel , where a court on Thursday ordered an extension of his imprisonment until mid-February. The Gaza -based Al Mezan Center for Human Rights said Friday that the Ashkelon Magistrates' Court extended the detention of Dr.
' On Friday, the Council on American Islamic-Relations welcomed the AAP letter in a statement asserting that 'Secretary Blinken could pick up the phone and demand' that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu—who is wanted by the International Criminal Court for alleged crimes against humanity and war crimes in Gaza—'release Dr. Abu Safiya and all those illegally detained and facing torture and abuse at the hands of Israeli forces.
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