Calon kongres Demokrat AS ditahan tentera Israel di Tebing Barat

Israel Defense Forces detained 45 foreign activists, including American Democratic Party hopeful Brad Lander, and 25 Israeli activists while they were harvesting olive oil in the West Bank near the village of Husan, south of Bethlehem, on Wednesday, according to a Palestinian activist quoted by Anadolu Agency. The Israeli forces detained all the mentioned activists, placing them in buses and relocating them to a nearby settlement.

The final location and whereabouts of the detained activists have not yet been confirmed. The group also included activists from T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights, a New York City-based Jewish organization, according to Amira. No further information was immediately available on the number of Palestinian farmers detained or whether any of the detained individuals had been released by the Israeli forces.

Lander confirmed his detention via a post on social media platform X, stating he was detained alongside a group of rabbis and volunteers. He emphasized that harvesting olive oil is not a crime under any international law he knows. The Israeli incursion against Palestinian civilians and their land in the West Bank during the olive harvesting season has been escalating, with it including physical assaults on farmers, blocking their access to their land, stealing their harvest, and damaging olive trees.

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