Calon kongres Demokrat AS ditahan tentera Israel di Tebing Barat

Israel Defense Forces detained 45 foreign activists, including American Congress hopeful Brad Lander, and 25 Israeli activists while they were harvesting olive oil in the West Bank's Nahalal village on Wednesday, according to a Palestinian activist quoted by Anadolu Agency. The military detained all the mentioned activists, placing them in buses and transferring them to a nearby settlement.

The final location and whereabouts of the detainees are yet to be confirmed. The group also included activists from T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights, a New York City-based Jewish organization. No further information was obtained on the number of Palestinian farmers detained or whether any of the individuals were released by the Israeli military.

Lander confirmed his detention on social media platform X, stating he was held with a group of rabbis and volunteers. He emphasized that harvesting olive oil is not a crime under any international law. The escalation of illegal Israeli incursions against Palestinian people and their land in the West Bank intensified during the olive harvesting season, including physical assaults on farmers, blocking their access to land, stealing their harvest, and damaging olive trees.

Official Palestinian figures indicate that around 750,000 illegal Israeli settlers reside in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, through 194 settlements and approximately 400 checkpoints.