Lawmakers Expose Israeli Torture of Sick Twenty-Year-Old American Student Detained Without Trial

Lawmakers call on Rubio to intervene in case of US citizen detained by Israel

Lawmakers call on Rubio to intervene in case of US citizen detained by Israel Submitted by Yasmine El-Sabawi on Wed, 08/26/2026 - 18:30 Sama Safi is more likely to be forced into a plea deal than see Washington secure her release, relative tells Middle East Eye Sama Safi, a US student at Birzeit University in the occupied West Bank, is pictured in a photo uploaded to her Facebook profile on 22 October 2024. Off More than 40 US lawmakers have s…

Lawmakers Expose Israeli Torture of Sick Twenty-Year-Old American Student Detained Without Trial

Forty US lawmakers, including six senators, have warned that a 20-year-old American student held without trial in an Israeli military prison could suffer 'life-threatening' organ damage unless she receives urgent medical care, as they demand her immediate release in a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Sama Safi, who studies at Birzeit University in the occupied West Bank, was reportedly seized from her family home during a late-night Isr…

US lawmakers urge Trump team to free American student held by Israel

Congress members call on Marco Rubio to ‘use every tool’ at his disposal to secure release of 20-year-old Sama Safi.

US lawmakers demand release of American student held in Israel

40 members of Congress urge Secretary of State Marco Rubio to secure immediate freedom for Sama Safi, 20, from military prison

40 Democrats Demand Rubio Take Action to Free Sami Safi, US Citizen Detained by Israel

Lawmakers warn Rubio that Safi, who has chronic health issues, may die in Israeli prison if he doesn’t take action.

Dozens of US Lawmakers, Groups Demand Rubio Secure Release of Sama Safi From Israeli Detention

US lawmakers demand the release of Sama Safi, a 20-year-old American psychology student detained by the Israeli military in the illegally occupied West Bank.