Israel detains Brad Lander and dozens of olive-harvest volunteers in West Bank
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Israeli forces detained Democratic U.S. congressional nominee Brad Lander and about 80 other activists on Wednesday while they helped Palestinian families harvest olives near Nahalin in the occupied West Bank, according to NPR and The Guardian. The group included American, Israeli and British volunteers, among them rabbis and former Israeli deputy attorney general Joshua Schoffman.
Lander, a former New York City comptroller, was taken by bus to a police station and later released with a warning. He said in a video recorded during his detention that the group had been harvesting olives and called Israel’s occupation illegal under international law. Several dozen others remained in custody at the time of NPR’s report.
The Israeli military said farmers in the area must submit requests before the harvest season so authorities can coordinate security and maintain public order. It said no request had been submitted and that soldiers and police detained those present. The military told NPR that Lander was released after officials learned of his detention.
Protect the Harvest, which organized the volunteer effort, said participants had been invited onto a Palestinian family’s private land. Schoffman said everyone complied when security forces ordered them to stop. The group said soldiers declared the area a closed military zone before separating detainees by nationality and transporting them to a police station.
The detentions occurred amid increased attacks by Israeli settlers against Palestinian farmers and people accompanying them during the olive harvest.
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WHAT IT FLAGGED editor revise: Correct the attribution of the detainees’ compliance to Joshua Schoffman. - "Protect the Harvest, which organized the volunteer effort, said participants had been invited onto a Palestinian family’s private land and complied when security forces ordered them to stop.": The source attributes the claim that everyone complied to detainee Joshua Schoffman, not to Protect the Harvest.
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Israel detains Brad Lander and dozens of olive-harvest volunteers in West Bank
Israeli forces detained Democratic U.S. congressional nominee Brad Lander and about 80 other activists on Wednesday while they helped Palestinian families harvest olives near Nahalin in the occupied West Bank, according to NPR and The Guardian. The group included American, Israeli and British volunteers, among them rabbis and former Israeli deputy attorney general Joshua Schoffman.
Lander, a former New York City comptroller, was taken by bus to a police station and later released with a warning. He said in a video recorded during his detention that the group had been harvesting olives and called Israel’s occupation illegal under international law. Several dozen others remained in custody at the time of NPR’s report.
The Israeli military said farmers in the area must submit requests before the harvest season so authorities can coordinate security and maintain public order. It said no request had been submitted and that soldiers and police detained those present. The military told NPR that Lander was released after officials learned of his detention.
Protect the Harvest, which organized the volunteer effort, said participants had been invited onto a Palestinian family’s private landland. andSchoffman said everyone complied when security forces ordered them to stop. The group said soldiers declared the area a closed military zone before separating detainees by nationality and transporting them to a police station.
The detentions occurred amid increased attacks by Israeli settlers against Palestinian farmers and people accompanying them during the olive harvest.
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