US congressional candidate Brad Lander freed after West Bank detention

United States Democratic congressional candidate Brad Lander says he has been released from Israeli military custody with a warning after being detained alongside dozens of volunteers helping Palestinian farmers harvest olives in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday. But several dozen others, including rabbis and international volunteers, remain in detention, according to Lander, who called them to be released immediately. “I’ve been released from IDF custody with a ‘warning,’ apparently because of my public profile,” Lander wrote on X. “I told them I wasn’t even a congressmember yet, just a nominee.