israeli authorities have been proactive? what was their response to those contacts? >> not really. nothing was happening. in fact, they fear that tariq would still have been in jail right now with no charges and no proper medical treatment had it not been for the international attention that his plight has received. they're actually very grateful to the media internationally and activists worldwide who contacted the u.s. state department and said, you need to bring this american boy back home so he can get the proper medical treatment. meanwhile, his own cousins, as young as 13 years old, are still languishing in israeli prisons with broken bones and suffering without medical treatment, but they're not getting the same sort of treatment because they're not american. >> and what was happening at the time that tariq was confronted by israeli police? what was going on? >> no, he wasn't doing anything. he was outside his relative's home. he was on his own family's land when he saw people started running in his direction. he didn't know what was going on. he's just an american kid from tampa used to playing basketball, going fishing.
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