||| FROM THE OFFICE OF U.S. REP. RICK LARSEN |||
EVERETT, WA – Today, Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) released the following statement on the detention of Jasmine Ikeda, an Orcas Island resident detained by Israel on October 1st, 2025 following her participation in the Global Sumud Flotilla:
Jasmine Ikeda
“I have been in touch with Jasmine’s family, and I am working with them to advocate for her immediate release. With the permission of Jasmine’s family, I can share that I have reached out to the State Department and requested the U.S. Embassy in Israel provide full and timely consular services to her. I am monitoring the situation closely to ensure Jasmine is provided with humane treatment while in custody, legal due process, and is released immediately from Israeli detention.”
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Orcas Island and San Juan County can easily help Jasmine. You need to flex your per capita muscle and get this poor girl home. Yes, she was protesting. Trump is systematically culling people of color in our Great country. Orcas residents should be enflamed. Trump can and will cut off all Federal services and state funding for the San Juan run.