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Nearly 80 activists detained by Israel while helping Palestinians harvest olives

NPR | By Ruth Sherlock,

Steve Inskeep

Published October 22, 2026 at 6:04 AM EDT

An unprecedented mass detention unfolds in the occupied West Bank as Israeli forces detain nearly 80 activists, including American rabbis and a congressional nominee helping Palestinians pick olives.

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