Israeli troops detained about 90 volunteers with Rabbis for Human Rights in the West Bank on Wednesday. Brad Lander, a New York congressional nominee, was among them.
Why it matters: Lander faces voters Nov. 3 after a primary shaped by views on Israel. He has called the Gaza war a genocide.
Where they split: Coverage differs on whether the detention reflects a crackdown on peaceful harvest support or a story about a candidate's activism.
Left coverage, 13 sources: The left sees the detention of a congressional candidate against a backdrop of rising settler violence against Palestinians.
Right coverage, 10 sources: The right centers the episode on Lander, a critic of Israel, and questions whether he was only harvesting olives.
What’s next: Detainees were split into foreign nationals and Israelis and taken to a police station for processing.
