On October 21, 2026, incoming Manhattan representative Brad Lander was detained by Israeli forces and police while harvesting olives in a West Bank grove between a Palestinian village and a large settlement, as part of a Protect the Harvest delegation coordinated with Rabbis for Human Rights. He was released with a warning about 45 minutes before speaking; roughly 60 people, including about 30 Americans, remained in detention and faced possible deportation. Lander says the field was not a closed military zone and the group was doing nothing illegal. Reporting since puts the total detained at about 80, including over a dozen American rabbis, and notes about 20 settler incidents a day have been recorded since the harvest began a month…