e of settler violence and military activity in the territory as the Palestinian olive harvesting season has gotten underway.

American nationals are among those who have come under attack while accompanying Palestinian farmers on their harvests. Earlier this week New York congressional candidate Brad Lander was detained in the area alongside a number of activists and American rabbis.

Settler violence has long flared during the olive harvesting season, but in the years since the Oct. 7 attacks, violence has increased sharply, with Palestinians also seeing their olives stolen.

According to the United Nations, at least 160 Israeli settler attacks linked to the olive harvesting season were recorded in the first two weeks of October alone. The U.N. said many of those attacks were carried out  under the protection of, or with the participation of, Israeli forces. 

Netanyahu's government has backed settler expansion in the West Bank despite international condemnation.