Israeli forces detain, then release, congressional candidate Brad Lander at a West Bank olive harvest

Summary

Israeli forces detained Brad Lander, a Democratic candidate for Congress from New York, as Lander took part in a West Bank olive harvest with Palestinian farmers, Bloomberg and The Philadelphia Inquirer reported on Wednesday 21 October, the Inquirer headlining that Israeli forces detained and then released the candidate. NBC News reported that Lander said in a post on X that the Israel Defense Forces had carried out the detention in the occupied West Bank during the olive harvest, and that Lander told NBC News in an interview of a later release with a warning, while the rest of the group remains in detention. Bloomberg said the Palestinian farmers have faced increasing threats from radical Jewish settlers, and the Inquirer that Lander is running in the U.S. elections on Nov. 3 to represent a heavily Democratic New York district in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Latest: Israeli forces detained Democratic congressional candidate Brad Lander as Lander helped Palestinian farmers harvest olives in the West Bank, The Philadelphia Inquirer and Bloomberg reported, the Inquirer headlining that the candidate was then released, and Lander told NBC News of a release with a warning while the rest of the group remains in detention.

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