Israeli military detain US and UK volunteers in West Bank including Democratic NY politician Brad Lander
About 80 US, Israeli and British volunteers held near Nahalin in West Bank and taken to police station
TL;DR
- About 80 US, Israeli, and British volunteers were detained by the Israeli military near Nahalin in the West Bank.
- The volunteers, including US Democratic congressional nominee Brad Lander and several rabbis, were helping Palestinians harvest olives.
- The Israeli army stated the area had been declared a closed military zone.
- Brad Lander, a critic of the Israeli government's occupation policies, was released with a warning.
- Other detainees included rabbis and former Israeli deputy attorney general Joshua Schoffman.