US Democratic congressional nominee Lander detained by Israeli authorities in West Bank
Israeli forces said the group posed a security risk, while Lander said dozens of volunteers remained in custody after the release.
- On Wednesday, Israeli authorities detained Democratic congressional candidate Brad Lander and approximately 90 volunteers in the occupied West Bank while accompanying Palestinian farmers during an olive harvest near Nahalin.
- Rabbis for Human Rights organized the volunteer effort to assist Palestinian farmers near Bethlehem in accessing olive groves they had been unable to reach for three years.
- Israeli army, police, and Border Police forces arrived two hours into the harvest and declared the area a closed military zone for 24 hours. Acting Executive Director Anton Goodman said the work had been peaceful.
- Lander was released with a warning Wednesday, stating, "The occupation is a crime under international law," and adding, "Harvesting olives isn't a crime under any law I know."
- Lander, the Democratic nominee for New York's 10th Congressional District and ally of New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, faces political implications from the detention; Israel Police and the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem offered no immediate comment.
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Israeli police have said they have released 73 volunteers who were arrested earlier on Wednesday while helping Palestinians with the olive harvest in the West Bank. Brad Lander, a US Democratic Party candidate for Congress, also reports on X that he has been released.
A candidate for the House of Representatives in the American elections on 3 November, Brad Lander came to support Palestinians who were victims of settler violence. On Wednesday, 21 October, he was arrested by the Israeli police in an olive grove near Bethlehem, before being released a few hours later.
Israeli forces detain US congressional candidate Brad Lander at West Bank harvest, released soon
Israeli forces detained U.S. Congressional candidate Brad Lander while he assisted Palestinian farmers with their olive harvest. The military stated the harvest lacked proper coordination, viewing it as a security risk. Lander expressed concern over the detentions and emphasized the right to harvest olives. Several other volunteers, including American rabbis, were also detained during the incident. The situation reflects ongoing tensions regardi…
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Israeli forces detain and then release US congressional candidate at West Bank harvest
Israeli forces detained U.S. Democratic congressional candidate Brad Lander on Wednesday as he helped Palestinian farmers harvest olives in the occ...
AGAIN! Far-Left, Mamdani-Backed Democrat Brad Lander Detained by Israeli Forces in West Bank While Participating in Pro-Palestinian Activist Mission — Israel Accuses Him of “Harvesting Headlines” * The Gateway Pundit * by Jim Hᴏft
Democratic congressional nominee Brad Lander, the far-left former New York City Comptroller and close ally of radical Mayor Zohran Mamdani, was detained again by Israeli authorities on Wednesday.
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