{"id":19825,"date":"2018-12-13T11:18:02","date_gmt":"2018-12-13T16:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=19825"},"modified":"2018-12-13T11:17:56","modified_gmt":"2018-12-13T16:17:56","slug":"news-and-analysis-12-13-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=19825","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (12\/13\/18)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The death of a premature infant due to the shooting of a pregnant settler is properly deplored, but not the murder of a disabled Palestinian, nor that the <a href=\"https:\/\/ifamericaknew.org\/stat\/children.html\">Israelis kill 16 times as many children as Palestinians<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/opinion\/.premium-two-shootings-in-israel-and-palestine-equally-criminal-1.6743210\">Two Shootings in Israel and Palestine, Equally Criminal<\/a> (Haaretz)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Arrested and released on charges &#8220;of insulting Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other offences,\u00c2\u00a0he was arrested again in August, just months after his release, reportedly on similar charges&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-46547845\">Vahid Sayadi Nasiri: Jailed Iran Activist Dies on Hunger Strike<\/a> (BBC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Gulf Arab monarchies are using racism, bigotry, and fake news to denounce Washington&#8217;s newest history-making politicians.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2018\/12\/11\/saudi-arabia-declares-war-on-americas-muslim-congresswomen\/\">Saudi Arabia Declares War on America\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Muslim Congresswomen<\/a> (Foreign Policy)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>He couldn&#8217;t completely close the door, but he has reduced Muslim refugees by over 90%:<\/p>\n<ul id=\"mce_18\" class=\"editor-rich-text__tinymce mce-content-body\" role=\"textbox\" contenteditable=\"true\" aria-label=\"Write list\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\" aria-autocomplete=\"list\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-multiline=\"true\" data-is-placeholder-visible=\"false\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2018\/12\/10\/trump-might-not-have-gotten-his-muslim-ban-he-sure-got-his-extreme-vetting\/?utm_term=.c63236a237b1\">Trump Might Not Have Gotten His \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcMuslim Ban.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 But He Sure Got His \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcExtreme Vetting.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pompeo &#8220;underscored the laser focus the administration has placed on painting Iran as the epitome of evil in the world&#8221; but &#8220;the Security Council session also demonstrated the isolation of the United States&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul id=\"mce_23\" class=\"editor-rich-text__tinymce mce-content-body\" role=\"textbox\" contenteditable=\"true\" aria-label=\"Write list\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\" aria-autocomplete=\"list\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-multiline=\"true\" data-is-placeholder-visible=\"false\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/national-security\/pompeo-asks-un-to-bar-iran-from-ballistic-missile-testing\/2018\/12\/12\/3c853ef8-fe2d-11e8-83c0-b06139e540e5_story.html?utm_term=.174863b16acf\">Pompeo asks U.N. to Bar Iran from Ballistic Missile Testing<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;[W]hile the electricity cost in Iran has always been relatively low, the recent significant devaluation of the Iranian rial &#8230; has made the opportunities even more appealing&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/cheap-power-lures-crypto-miners-to-iran-but-its-not-as-easy-as-it-sounds\">Cheap Power Is Luring Battered Bitcoin Miners to Iran<\/a> (Coindesk)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The death of a premature infant due to the shooting of a pregnant settler is properly deplored, but not the murder of a disabled Palestinian, nor that the Israelis kill 16 times as many children as Palestinians: Two Shootings in Israel and Palestine, Equally Criminal (Haaretz) Arrested and released on charges &#8220;of insulting Supreme Leader [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-analysis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19825"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19828,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19825\/revisions\/19828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}