Congresswoman RashidaTlaib Calls for Release of All Hostages and Palestinian Political Prisoners

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Representative Rashida Tlaib (MI-12) released the following statement on H. Res. 793:

"Every innocent civilian should be released and reunited with their family, no matter their faith or ethnicity. I will continue to call for the release of all hostages, as well as the innocent Palestinians who were arbitrarily detained and being held by the Israeli government indefinitely without charge or trial.

"On average, 500-700 children are detained by Israeli forces every year. Palestinian children are often abducted from their homes and then subjected under Israeli apartheid...