Brad Lander says he was detained during West Bank olive harvest
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POLITICSWednesday, October 21, 2026 10:56AMPedro Rivera has breaking details. WEST BANK (WABC) -- Brad Lander, the Democratic nominee for New York's 10th Congressional District and former New York City comptroller, said Wednesday that he was detained by the Israel Defense Forces while participating in an olive harvest in the West Bank. In a social media post, Lander wrote: "I've been detained by the IDF, along with a group of rabbis & volunteers. We were simply harvesting olives in a grove near Nehalim in the West Bank. " He added, "The occupation is a crime under international law. Harvesting olives isn't a crime under any law I know. "According to the Israeli human rights group Rabbis for Human Rights, Lander was among roughly 90 volunteers and activists detained Wednesday while accompanying Palestinian farmers during the olive harvest near the village of Nahalin, outside Bethlehem. The group said volunteers had been helping farmers harvest olives on land they had been unable to access since Oct. 7.
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