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Activists Detained During Olive Harvest Near Bethlehem
Israeli security forces detained approximately 80 Israeli and foreign activists, including a U.S. Congressional candidate, on Wednesday near the village of Nahhalin in the Bethlehem area of Judea and Samaria. The activists, from the Rabbis for Human Rights organization, were assisting Palestinian farmers with the olive harvest when the military arrived.
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What happened
- 01Israeli security forces detained approximately 80 Israeli and foreign activists near the village of Nahhalin in Judea and Samaria on Wednesday.
- 02The activists from Rabbis for Human Rights were assisting Palestinian farmers with the olive harvest when the military arrived.
- 03IDF forces presented a 24-hour closed military zone order and detained the volunteers to photograph their identification documents and passports.
- 04Brad Lander, a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Congress from New York, was among those detained by the military.
- 05Rabbis for Human Rights stated that the group offered to leave immediately but was instead transferred to the Etzion station in Beitar Illit.
- 06Police arrested ten suspects for separate weekend violence, including assaults on diplomats and a photojournalist, according to Haaretz.
According to the organization, the volunteers had been harvesting for about two hours before IDF forces arrived and presented a 24-hour closed military zone order. Activists stated that they offered to leave immediately upon receiving the order, but soldiers instead detained everyone present, photographed their identification documents and passports, and transferred them to the Etzion station in Beitar Illit.
Among those detained was Brad Lander, a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Congress from New York. Rabbis for Human Rights criticized the military's actions, stating that the army is keeping farmers away from their land instead of protecting them. Separately, police arrested ten suspects in connection with weekend violence, which included assaults on diplomats and a photojournalist.
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