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Lawmaker raises alarm over deportations of US Jews who help West Bank harvest

The head of the Knesset committee overseeing immigration and diaspora affairs has criticized Israeli police and the National Security Minister for what he described as selective enforcement of military zone orders in the West Bank. The controversy centers on the recent deportation of two American-Jewish women who were volunteering with Palestinian olive harvesters and were accused of violating a closed military zone order. Lawmakers and attorneys argued that the women, who were participating in programs run by Zionist organizations, should not have been treated the same as activists with no ties to Israel or Jewish communities. The committee also raised concerns about the lack of police transparency and the broader impact of such enforcement on both Jewish volunteers and Palestinian farmers during the olive harvest season.

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