{"id":2689093,"date":"2026-10-21T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mamdani-linked-democratic-congressional-nominee-detained-by-idf-while-in-west-bank\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T20:00:00","slug":"mamdani-linked-democratic-congressional-nominee-detained-by-idf-while-in-west-bank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mamdani-linked-democratic-congressional-nominee-detained-by-idf-while-in-west-bank\/","title":{"rendered":"Mamdani-Linked Democratic Congressional Nominee Detained by IDF While in West Bank"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmamdani-linked-democratic-congressional-nominee-detained-by-idf-while-in-west-bank%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2689093&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A Mamdani-linked New York congressional candidate who\u2019s poised to easily be elected to Congress in November was detained by the Israel Defense Forces while partaking in an olive harvest in the West Bank.<\/p>\n<p>The detained candidate was identified by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/liveblog_entry\/ny-congressional-candidate-brad-lander-detained-in-west-bank-olive-harvest-rights-group-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Times of Israel<\/a> as Brad Lander, who\u2019s running to represent New York\u2019s 10th Congressional District in the U.S. House, and who\u2019s \u201can ally of\u201d New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani.<\/p>\n<p>Lander, who polls show is trouncing his Republican opponent in the ongoing congressional race, announced his detention in a post published to the social media site X early Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been detained by the IDF, along with a group of rabbis &#038; volunteers,\u201d he wrote in the post. \u201cWe were simply harvesting olives in a grove near Nehalim in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/op-ed-illegal-palestinian-settlements-never-heard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">West Bank<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I\u2019ve been detained by the IDF, along with a group of rabbis &#038; volunteers. We were simply harvesting olives in a grove near Nehalim in the West Bank.<\/p>\n<p>The occupation is a crime under international law. Harvesting olives isn\u2019t a crime under any law I know. https:\/\/t.co\/r7B5Q3RvjY<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brad Lander (@bradlander) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bradlander\/status\/2112853707784118403?\">October 21, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to The Times of Israel, Lander was picking olives alongside members of\u00a0Rabbis for Human Rights, a left-wing group.<\/p>\n<p>Gilad Kariv, a member of the Knesset who reportedly previously worked with the group, announced in an X post of his own that the organization had brought 80 volunteers to pick olives in the Nahalin region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter two calm hours IDF and police forces came and announced a closed military zone and demanded the volunteers to get on a bus ordered by the military,\u201d Kariv added in Hebrew, according to a translation from The Times of Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Lander published an updated X post later Wednesday morning announcing that he\u2019d finally been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/russia-releases-american-whod-detained-years-trump-gets-personally-involved\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">released from custody<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been released from IDF custody with a \u2018warning,\u2019 apparently because of my public profile (I told them I wasn\u2019t even a congressmember yet, just a nominee),\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I\u2019ve been released from IDF custody with a \u201cwarning,\u201d apparently because of my public profile (I told them I wasn\u2019t even a congressmember yet, just a nominee).<\/p>\n<p>But several dozen rabbis &#038; participants harvesting olives with me are still in detention. For harvesting olives. They should all be released immediately\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brad Lander (@bradlander) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bradlander\/status\/2112900551646065073?\">October 21, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Lander continued his X post by revealing that \u201cseveral\u00a0dozen rabbis &#038; participants\u201d who\u2019d been harvesting olives with him were still in detention.<\/p>\n<p>Concluding his post, Lander, who, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/politics-news\/new-york-congressional-candidate-brad-lander-detained-west-bank-rcna604741\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC News,<\/a> previously accused Israel of waging a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/answer-charge-supposed-genocide-gaza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">genocide<\/a>\u201d against the Palestinians, tied his detention to the plight of the Palestinian people in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be clear: Palestinians face far worse consequences every day,\u201d he alleged. \u201cThese detentions by the IDF are one more attempt to undermine Palestinians\u2019 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite his pro-Palestinian views and close ties to New York City\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-muslim-goes-viral-shouting-islamic-republic-new-yorkistan-mamdanis-new-york-claims-islam-will-every-household\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Islamic mayor<\/a>, Lander was heckled in August by pro-Palestinian protesters who called him a \u201cZionist\u201d:<\/p>\n<p>The irony, his critics say, is that, according to New York station <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/post\/ny-10-candidate-brad-lander-detained-idf-group-says\/19964102\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WABC-TV<\/a>, Lander chose to travel to the West Bank months after being heckled precisely \u201cto support Palestinian farmers during the olive harvest and promote \u2018human rights, safety, equality &#038; freedom for both Palestinians and Israelis.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Israeli-American real estate investor and philanthropist Adam Milstein previously called Lander a \u201cuseful idiot\u201d in an <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AdamMilstein\/status\/2102460443084157371\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">X post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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