{"id":17873,"date":"2017-12-03T07:49:36","date_gmt":"2017-12-03T12:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=17873"},"modified":"2017-12-03T07:49:36","modified_gmt":"2017-12-03T12:49:36","slug":"news-and-analysis-12-3-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=17873","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (12\/3\/17)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stephen Walt attempts to explain why military occupations and slaughter do not endear you to the victims in a way that even an American columnist can understand:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2009\/11\/23\/why-they-hate-us-i-on-military-occupation\/\">Why They Hate Us (I): On Military Occupation<\/a> (Foreign Policy)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2009\/11\/30\/why-they-hate-us-ii-how-many-muslims-has-the-u-s-killed-in-the-past-30-years\/\">Why They Hate Us (II): How Many Muslims Has the U.S. Killed in the Past 30 Years?<\/a> (Foreign Policy)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More than a story of unintended consequences, Israel&#8217;s near elimination of the black goat shows the delusional self-destructiveness of Zionism&#8217;s goal of &#8220;erasing Palestinians and creating a slice of Europe in the Middle East&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jonathan-cook.net\/2017-12-01\/forest-fires-israel-goats-zionism\/\">In Age of Forest Fires, Israel\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Law Against Palestinian Goats Proves Self-inflicted Wound for Zionism<\/a> (Jonathan Cook)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>He was trying to stop a resolution condemning Israel&#8217;s &#8220;&#8216;flagrant violation under international law&#8217; that was &#8216;dangerously imperiling the viability&#8217; of a future peace settlement establishing a Palestinian state&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/aramroston\/it-was-kushner-who-told-flynn-to-make-calls-about-israel-un?utm_term=.cwQXMy3lA#.mdMx760Qv\">It Was Kushner Who Told Flynn to Make Calls About Israel UN Vote, Source Says<\/a> (BuzzFeed)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>His parents say allegations that the boy &#8220;kept repeating the words &#8216;Allah&#8217; and &#8216;boom&#8217; class&#8221; as impossible because \u00e2\u20ac\u0153he\u00c2\u00a0doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t speak at all\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and has \u00e2\u20ac\u0153the mental capacity of a one-year-old&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/tecaher-pearland-texas-reports-muslim-boy-terrorism-a8088751.html\">Teacher Reports Six-year-old Muslim Boy with Down&#8217;s Syndrome to Police for &#8216;Terrorism&#8217;<\/a> (Independent)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Trump provoked a wave of anger and disgust from politicians in Britain and human rights groups in the [U.S.] when he shared anti-Muslim videos posted by Jayda Fransen, deputy leader of the group Britain First&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/USA\/Politics\/2017\/1130\/Trump-angers-British-politicians-with-anti-Islamic-tweets\">Trump Angers British Politicians with Anti-Islamic Tweets<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; while Fransen threatens reporters seeking interviews her with &#8216;home visits of their own'&#8221; and a former member of her group describes talk about &#8220;damaging mosques up and down the country&#8221; and kicking in doors &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2017\/dec\/03\/britain-first-factionalised-rabble-heavy-drinking-plotting-anti-muslim-violence\">Inside Britain First: Ex-member Tells of Petty Rivalries, Racism and Violent Anti-Muslim Plots<\/a> (Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; and &#8220;the share of all Americans who say there is not much or no support for extremism among US Muslims has risen to 54 percent, up from 45 percent in 2011&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/Commentary\/the-monitors-view\/2017\/1201\/Why-speak-up-about-anti-Muslim-tweets\">Why Speak Up About Anti-Muslim Tweets?<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Keep your eye on Muhammad Bin Salman and you won&#8217;t miss Kevin Spacey&#8217;s Frank Underwood:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/av\/world-middle-east-42186564\/saudi-arabia-s-house-of-cards\">Saudi Arabia&#8217;s House of Cards<\/a> (BBC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Since the Saudi invasion, more than 10,000 people have died, more than two million have been displaced, and a cholera outbreak has infected &#8220;nearly one million people and led the country to the brink of famine&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-yemen-security\/saudi-led-coalition-provides-air-support-for-yemens-saleh-idUSKBN1DX07O?feedType=RSS&amp;feedName=topNews&amp;utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtopNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Top+News%29\">Saudi-led Coalition Provides Air Support for Yemen&#8217;s Saleh<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stephen Walt attempts to explain why military occupations and slaughter do not endear you to the victims in a way that even an American columnist can understand: Why They Hate Us (I): On Military Occupation (Foreign Policy) Why They Hate Us (II): How Many Muslims Has the U.S. Killed in the Past 30 Years? 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