Geopolitics
The Olive Branch and the Baton: How Brad Lander's Arrest Exposes the Brutal Mechanics of Occupation
US congressional candidate Brad Lander was arrested by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank while picking olives with Palestinian farmers and international activists in an area declared a closed military zone. This brazen act of colonial intimidation against a foreign official engaged in peaceful solidarity highlights the brutal, lawless reality of the occupation and the west's hypocritical silence on such violations when they target critics.
