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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore

Biden must do more to free Israeli-held US grandmother, rights group says

woman in a car poses for a photograph
Samaher Esmail. According to a lawyer who visited Esmail last week, the 46-year-old grandmother was covered in bruises along her wrists, arms and back. Photograph: Courtesy Ibrahim Hamed

An influential Arab-American group sought to increase pressure on Monday on the Joe Biden White House to use its influence with Israel to help free a US-Palestinian grandmother detained by Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank.

Samaher Esmail’s family also alleges that she has been beaten and denied access to medical attention.

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