News and Analysis 10/22/26

Lander, who is Jewish, “Lander was not the first U.S. politician detained in the West Bank this year”:

Israeli Forces Detain and then Release US Congressional Candidate at West Bank Harvest (Washington Post)

Iran war updates:

Report: Israeli Jets Flew to Iran’s Border in What US Sources Suspect Was a Bid to Provoke Tehran (Times of Israel)
Iran Says 7 Tankers Were Damaged in the Strait of Hormuz, and Other Mideast News (AP News)

Settler violence and Israeli war crimes continue:

IDF Detains 90 West Bank Olive Harvest Volunteers, Including US Congressional Nominee Lander (Jerusalem Post)
From One House to Villages: Israeli Settlers Have Palestinians Surrounded (Aljazeera)
West Bank Palestinian Farmers Face Attacks, Olive Theft from Settlers as Violence Continues (Jerusalem Post)
Truth Under the Rubble | Francesca Albanese & Eyal Weizman (Palestine Deep Dive / YouTube)
Israeli Attacks Kill 4 Palestinians in Gaza amid Latest Ceasefire Violations (Andalu Ajansi)
Agrarian Annihilation and the Fight for Land Justice in Palestine (Kings College (London)
Israel’s Moderate Settlers Would Rather Ethnically Cleanse the Palestinians More Politely (Haaretz)

Macron condemned “AI-generated images depicting scenes that never actually happened in France. We’ve had people claiming that we were invaded by hordes of migrants and Islamists, which is completely false”:

Macron Slams as ‘Stupid’ Claims by Trump and Others Blaming Muslim Migrants for French Riots (AP)

“”[P]rotests hint at a public recognition that economic opportunities flourish better under democratic ideals”:

In the Home of the Arab Spring, Democracy’s Looking Better (Christian Science Monitor)

“Ynet said it could not independently verify the allegations and that the material submitted to Israeli authorities did not include original statements or social media posts by Amjadian”:

Israel Bars United Airlines Pilot over Alleged Iran Links – Ynet (Iran International)

“The rise of [Catalan] Alliance is about unfounded hate. They spread lots of things about our community which are not true”:

Catalonia’s New Far Right: How Anti-Muslim Sentiment Is Reshaping Politics (Aljazeera)

“The US State Department has ordered some diplomats and family members to depart from its missions in Saudi Arabia and is planning to move ?out family members from a number of other US missions in the Gulf”: