Brad Lander West Bank detention claim
por Giantkebab: Brad Lander
Brad Lander, the Democratic candidate for Congress, said Israeli Army forces detained him Wednesday while he was with rabbis and volunteers in the West Bank
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They've just told us that all of the non-Israelis, all of the internationals who have been harvesting today, are going to get on that bus. That is to say we're being arrested by the Israeli military for harvesting olives. We were not causing any problem or making any threats to anyone. We're simply harvesting olives. You might see all the testimony. But they checked our passports and everyone who's not Israeli has been told, get on that bus. I hope they will not deport you. We'll see what happens. You know, as everybody knows, we came because we believe that Palestinians have the right to harvest that olive field. If they were harvesting it, it probably would be a lot worse. They haven't harvested it since October 7th because they're afraid Israeli settlers will come and beat them or burn their olive trees. And so we were just trying to harvest those trees. And we harvested a lot of olives, which I think are making it to the Palestinian farmers. That's not a crime. Occupation is a crime under international law. harvesting olives. Quick update, the Israeli citizens were also detained. We are now on our way to the police station in the settlement of Bechal. Please watch this space for more updates.
