Content overview: “Israeli Military Detains US Politician Brad Lander, Rabbis at West Bank Olive Harvest”. About 80 volunteers from the US, Israel, and Britain were detained by the Israeli military while helping Palestinians harvest olives near Nahalin in the West Bank. Among those held were New York Democratic congressional nominee Brad Lander, several rabbis, and Israel’s former deputy attorney general. Lander posted on social media from a bus taking him to a police station, saying, “We were simply harvesting olives in a grove near Nahalin in the West Bank.
The occupation is a crime under international law. Harvesting olives isn’t a crime under any law I know.” The incident highlights growing tensions in the West Bank, where Palestinian farmers often face restrictions or settler harassment during the olive harvest, and international volunteers frequently accompany them as protective presence. This listing links straight to the original page, where the content is available in full.