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> United States Citizen Reported Missing in the West Bank
>
> The ADC Legal Department calls upon the United States Department of
> State to take the necessary steps in protecting the legally guaranteed
> rights of Adnan Ali, an American citizen reported missing.
>
> Adnan Ali, a 29-year-old American citizen of Palestinian descent, is a
> resident of Belle Glade, Florida where he owns and operates a
> convenience store. He and his siblings came to the United States at a
> very young age and became American citizens in the mid 1980's.
>
> Three weeks ago, Adnan and his wife went to Deir Dibwan (near Ramallah)
> to attend a family wedding. On August 1, his family reported him
> missing when he failed to arrive at the home of an American friend whom
> he was going to visit. His family found his car abandoned on a road
> near the Israeli settlement of Ofrah. Reports confirm there was no sign
> of struggle, but there was evidence that the Israeli Defense Forces
> (IDF) had examined the car because they left the blue tape used to
> indicate that the car had been searched for explosives. Furthermore, an
> eye-witness from a neighboring village came forward to tell the family
> that he was behind Adnan in traffic when two IDF jeeps pulled Adnan
> over, examined the car, and threw him in the jeep.
>
> When Adan's brother, Akif, contacted the American Consulate General, he
> was told that there was nothing they could do but wait. According to
> Akif, on Friday, August 3, he called the American Consulate again and
> learned from the duty officer, Elizabeth Sally, that they had a report
> that the IDF had detained Adnan. However, three days later, the
> Consulate denied this report claiming that it was a rumor.
>
> The ADC Legal Department has contacted the State Department regarding
> Adnan and is also working closely with Partners for Peace, an
> organization that has worked extensively on cases of human rights abuses
> by Israel against American citizens of Arab origin. Both ADC and
> Partners for Peace have contacted Kim Richer, the Overseas American
> Citizens Services Officer for Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, who has
> stated that the State Department in conjunction with the American
> Embassy in Tel Aviv and the American Consulate in Jerusalem have been
> doing everything they can to locate Adnan. However, the State
> Department is unwilling to issue an official letter of protest to the
> Israeli government, a common practice in a situation such as this one.
>
> The Department of State has an obligation to take the necessary steps to
> protect the rights of American citizens wherever they may be. The ADC
> Legal Department urges attorneys, law students, and all those who
> advocate justice to contact the State Department and demand that the
> State Department file an official protest and investigate further.
>
> Kim Richer, Department of State Secretary
> of State Colin Powell
> Office of Overseas Citizens Services Department
> of State
> Phone: 202-736-4995 Phone:
> 202-647-5291
>
> Carol F. Khawly, J.D.
> Kareem W. Shora, J.D.
> Legal Advisors
>
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