N.J. man among those detained as volunteers protect Palestinian farmers in West Bank from violence

WASHINGTON — A Cedar Grove man was among those detained by Israeli forces while helping Palestinian farmers harvest their olive crop in the West Bank, an action that Rep. Analilia Mejia called an “outrageous abuse of power.”

Alan Gordon was one of dozens of Americans, Israelis and Palestinians  participating in the annual harvest in the West Bank, where right-wing Israel settlers…