'Post' sees letter sent by rights group after IDF denies receiving
The Jerusalem Post reports that Rabbis for Human Rights provided evidence of a coordination letter sent to the IDF regarding a West Bank olive harvest visit. The IDF had previously claimed the visit was uncoordinated, justifying the detention of 90 volunteers.
Why it matters
This highlights potential administrative failures or accountability issues within military operations regarding civilian access to disputed territories.
The incident on Wednesday in which the IDF detained a US congressional nominee and around 90 foreign volunteers, including senior members of Rabbis for Human Rights (RHR), as they attempted to assist Palestinians in harvesting olives in the West Bank, was a highly complex situation, IDF sources told The Jerusalem Post on Thursday.Given extensive recent reports of Jewish extremists harassing Palestinians and preventing them from completing their harvests, the activists sought to assist in the olive harvest.Claims from both sides involved were subjected to careful examination.
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