80 Israelis and Americans, including NY Democrat Brad Lander, detained in West Bank
Israeli security forces detained roughly 80 American and Israeli activists and rabbis, including U.S. Democratic congressional nominee Brad Lander, while they assisted Palestinians with olive harvesting in the occupied West Bank.
Why it matters
This represents the largest mass detention of activists in the West Bank in a decade, intensifying diplomatic scrutiny over Israeli military actions and settler violence amid the ongoing Middle East conflict.
NEAR BEITAR ILLIT, West Bank, and TEL AVIV, Israel — U.S. Democratic congressional nominee Brad Lander was detained along with about 80 American and Israeli rabbis and activists detained by Israeli security forces as they helped Palestinians harvest olives from their grove close to a settlement in the occupied West Bank.
This is the largest mass detention of activists in the occupied West Bank in at least a decade, two Israeli lawyers who work on these cases told NPR. And Rabbi Arik Asherman, a longtime Israeli human rights proponent, called the detentions "unprecedented."
It was not immediately clear what they were accused of by Israeli authorities. Israel's military had said the area was a closed military zone.
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Israeli Forces Detain Brad Lander and Dozens of Activists at West Bank Olive Harvest
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