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Israel has now revoked the ETAs at least 35 of the 43 people detained while helping a Palestinian family in Nahalin bring in their olive harvest, including rabbis and a congressional candidate.
“It’s an effort to discourage people from coming and participating in the olive harvest,” [Congressional candidate Brad] Lander [@bradlander] told @JewishCurrents late Monday. “That is one small step in this much larger infrastructure of occupation and ethnic cleansing.”
Exclusive: Israel revoked entry permits for Brad Lander and other US Jewish figures after they were detained at a West Bank olive harvest last week.
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This morning in Huwara our volunteers came to pick olives with a Palestinian family. Within 20 minutes the army arrived with a closed military zone order dated today, written to keep us out of the groves. An olive harvest is not a security threat.
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Ben Gvir promised to do in the West Bank what Israel has done in Gaza and Lo and behold.
21,000 people expelled from their homes with nowhere to go. This time Israelis cannot say they do not see it — the West Bank is open to Israelis, open (for now) to journalists.
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Nine of the 10 suspects arrested over violent incidents in the West Bank last weekend, including attacks on a European diplomatic delegation and Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine, have been released from custody @MatanGolanPhoto @haaretzcom
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It is revolting that we are all talking about Americans who got detained and not the Palestinians left behind
We all have to respond to the mind bogglingly stupid right wing lies bc they are so loud but this is what gets left out of the narrative when the right shapes it
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I hate getting too much in politics here but the arrest in Israel today is striking to me in that the idf blatantly lied that the area was restricted and then claimed that even though it wasn’t, the individual should have known to ask (???).
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Last week, American Jews helping Palestinians harvest olives in the West Bank told me they knew they risked detention by Israeli authorities.
Today, those fears became reality.
My latest for @haaretzcom:
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The Israeli Foreign Ministry is lying.
No coordination was required, and we were never told that it was. We were not in a restricted security area. We did not pass any checkpoints.
Palestinian farmers do not — and should not — need permits to harvest their own olive fields. But they fear doing so, because the IDF doesn’t protect them from settler violence.
We’re trying to model solidarity & co-existence between Jews and Palestinians, and to call attention to the horrors of the occupation. The Israeli government is trying to foment violence between Jews and Palestinians, and to make it impossible for Palestinians to harvest their olive groves, drive on their roads, or live in their homes.
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It’s almost word for word what was said about southern civil rights protesters. Outside agitators poking their noses where they don’t belong, just looking for attention.
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I’ve just learned @bradlander is the second person I know on that bus. My own congregation’s rabbi, wonderful Rabbi Hannah of DC’s Hill Havurah—who told us about this trip during Yom Kippur services—has also been detained as part of this peace-seeking mission. Godspeed to them.
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This is why American Jews, traveling to Israel, and trying to protect Palestinians is not performative at all. It will help move the Jewish community to understand what is happening there.
Seven Jewish organizations representing Conservative, Reform, and Reconstructionist Judaism have issued a joint statement condemning the detention of Israeli and American rabbis, alongside dozens of others, while helping a Palestinian family harvest olives.
They call for the need to protect Palestinian farmers from violent settlers.
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Respect: Brad Lander, detained, is now released. He supports Palestinians not in words but action-stands with Jews and Israeli activists harvesting olives. He calls for the other Rabbis and activists to be released, and reminds all that Palestinian face far worse consequences.
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Relieved @bradlander is safe, hoping the others will be released soon. But even then: Palestinians are still being detained, still attacked daily, still blocked from accessing their trees. Every leading candidate in the Israeli elections supports this intolerable status quo.
I’ve been released from IDF custody with a “warning,” apparently because of my public profile (I told them I wasn’t even a congressmember yet, just a nominee).
But several dozen rabbis & participants harvesting olives with me are still in detention. For harvesting olives. They should all be released immediately.
To be clear: Palestinians face far worse consequences every day. These detentions by the IDF are one more attempt to undermine Palestinians’ right to harvest their olive groves, travel on their roads, and live in their homes. Yet one more element of escalating, and very clearly state-sponsored ethnic cleansing.
We’ll update on their status as soon as we hear.
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@bradlander has been released but other activists are still detained and interrogated. We’ll keep posting as we get updates from the ground.
I’ve been released from IDF custody with a “warning,” apparently because of my public profile (I told them I wasn’t even a congressmember yet, just a nominee).
But several dozen rabbis & participants harvesting olives with me are still in detention. For harvesting olives. They should all be released immediately.
To be clear: Palestinians face far worse consequences every day. These detentions by the IDF are one more attempt to undermine Palestinians’ right to harvest their olive groves, travel on their roads, and live in their homes. Yet one more element of escalating, and very clearly state-sponsored ethnic cleansing.
We’ll update on their status as soon as we hear.
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I’ve been released from IDF custody with a “warning,” apparently because of my public profile (I told them I wasn’t even a congressmember yet, just a nominee).
But several dozen rabbis & participants harvesting olives with me are still in detention. For harvesting olives. They should all be released immediately.
To be clear: Palestinians face far worse consequences every day. These detentions by the IDF are one more attempt to undermine Palestinians’ right to harvest their olive groves, travel on their roads, and live in their homes. Yet one more element of escalating, and very clearly state-sponsored ethnic cleansing.
We’ll update on their status as soon as we hear.
Solidarity! ✊✊✊
@bradlander has been detained along with @truahrabbis and many other volunteers at the olive harvest today. We are also detained and tweeting from the police van. Hoping to update more soon.
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@bradlander has been detained along with @truahrabbis and many other volunteers at the olive harvest today. We are also detained and tweeting from the police van. Hoping to update more soon.
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🚨BREAKING: Democratic congressional nominee Brad Lander was detained in the West Bank on Wednesday along with dozens of activists who accompanied Palestinian farmers, an Israeli rights group said. @MatanGolanPhoto
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Breaking News: congressional candidate @bradlander detained for standing with Palestinians during the olive harvest.
