Activists Detained During Olive Harvest Near Bethlehem
Translated & summarized from i24NEWS by baba
Around 80 activists, including U.S. Congressional candidate Brad Lander, were detained by the IDF during an olive harvest near Bethlehem. The activists from Rabbis for Human Rights were accompanying Palestinian farmers when the army declared the area a closed military zone. The organization criticized the IDF's actions, stating they were preventing people from working their land.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- 80 activists, including US Congressional candidate Brad Lander, detained near Bethlehem.
- Activists were accompanying Palestinian farmers during the olive harvest.
- IDF declared the area a closed military zone for 24 hours.
- Rabbis for Human Rights criticized the army's actions.
- Detainees were identified and had their documents photographed.
Approximately 80 activists from the organization Rabbis for Human Rights, along with other American activists, were detained on Wednesday near the village of Nahalin in the Bethlehem area. The group was accompanying Palestinian farmers during the olive harvest.
Among those detained was Brad Lander, a candidate for Congress from New York. The volunteers arrived early in the morning and worked for about two hours before IDF forces arrived and presented a 24-hour military closure order for the area. According to Rabbis for Human Rights, there was no prior way of knowing about the order.
Representatives from the organization informed the forces they would vacate the area. The soldiers then detained everyone present for identification, collecting their ID cards and passports. Anton Goodman, acting CEO of Rabbis for Human Rights, stated, "We came to accompany farmers to lands they haven't been able to reach for three years, and after two hours of quiet harvesting, large forces arrived and closed the area. No one could have known about this order in advance. Instead of protecting people working their land, the army is keeping them away from it, and detaining those who come to accompany them for identification."
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