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US Democratic congressional nominee Lander detained by Israeli authorities in West Bank

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(Corrects day ‌in first paragraph to ​Wednesday, not Tuesday)

TEL AVIV, Oct 21 (Reuters) - ⁠Brad Lander, an ally of New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani ​who is running for the ‌US Congress next month, was among 90 individuals detained by Israeli authorities ⁠in the occupied ⁠West Bank on Wednesday while accompanying Palestinian farmers harvesting olives, according to Rabbis for Human ‌rights, an Israeli rights group.

Lander ⁠is a Jewish American ‌and former New ​York City comptroller and mayoral candidate who has criticized Israel's ‌war in Gaza. ​He is ⁠the Democratic party's nominee for ‌New York's 10th ⁠congressional district for the US House of Representatives.

There was no ​immediate comment from ‌Israel Police or the US ⁠Embassy in Jerusalem.

(Reporting ​by Alexander Cornwell; Editing ​by Hugh Lawson)

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