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Jewish-American Volunteers Face Deportation Amid West Bank Tensions

10/30/2025

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Activists Face Deportation

Two Jewish-American women volunteering to help Palestinian olive growers in the West Bank face deportation.
They were part of Achvat Amim's four-month program.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) intercepted the group in Burin, a recently declared closed military zone.
A spokesperson criticized Israeli authorities for targeting solidarity activists instead of addressing settler violence against Palestinian farmers.
The IDF has not yet commented on the incident.

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Israeli Forces Intensify Operations

Israeli forces have ramped up operations in the occupied West Bank, conducting raids in villages near Jenin and Ramallah.
Concurrently, Israeli settlers attacked a Bedouin village, damaging property and obstructing roads.
They also destroyed hundreds of olive trees near Nablus.
Rabbis for Human Rights condemned the deportation of the two Jewish-American women, calling it a troubling trend against nonviolent human rights efforts and dissenting Jewish perspectives in the conflict.

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Activists Face Deportation

Two Jewish-American women volunteering to help Palestinian olive growers in the West Bank face deportation.
They were part of Achvat Amim's four-month program.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) intercepted the group in Burin, a recently declared closed military zone.
A spokesperson criticized Israeli authorities for targeting solidarity activists instead of addressing settler violence against Palestinian farmers.
The IDF has not yet commented on the incident.

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