Congressional candidate Brad Lander says he was detained by IDF in West Bank

The Hill21 October 2026, 14:24 UTCIsrael

New York congressional candidate Brad Lander (D) said Wednesday that he has been detained by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in the West Bank while “harvesting olives in a grove near Nehalim.” “The occupation is a crime under international law. Harvesting olives isn’t a crime under any law I know,” Lander wrote in a post...

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