Congressional Candidate Detained in West Bank During Olive Harvest

• New York congressional candidate Brad Lander was detained by the IDF in the West Bank.
• Lander was detained while participating in an olive harvest.
• About 80 US, Israeli, and British volunteers were detained by the IDF.
• Lander was released after about three hours, but other volunteers remain in custody.
• Lander criticized the detention, stating that harvesting olives is not a crime under any law he knows.