{"id":19921,"date":"2019-01-07T16:59:30","date_gmt":"2019-01-07T21:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=19921"},"modified":"2019-01-07T16:59:31","modified_gmt":"2019-01-07T21:59:31","slug":"news-and-analysis-1-7-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=19921","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (1\/7\/19)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Federal courts have already ruled similar bills &#8220;to be unconstitutional violations of the First Amendment speech rights of American citizens&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2019\/01\/05\/u-s-senates-first-bill-in-midst-of-shutdown-is-a-bipartisan-defense-of-the-israeli-government-from-boycotts\/\"> U.S. Senate\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s First Bill, in Midst of Shutdown, is a Bipartisan Defense of the Israeli Government from Boycotts<\/a> (The Intercept)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;482 politically motivated crimes by Jews reported in the West Bank last year, including assault and property damage&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/israel-news\/.premium-israeli-jewish-terror-incidents-targeting-palestinians-tripled-in-2018-1.6809367\">Israeli \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcJewish Terror\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Incidents Targeting Palestinians Tripled in 2018<\/a> (Haaretz)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>On top isolation, inadequate medical treatment, and small vermin infested food rations, Israel proposes to put rival factions together which &#8220;may cause fights to break out &#8230; in light of the current political <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2018\/05\/hamas-fatah-groups-failing-180512082001713.html\">climate<\/a>&#8220;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/01\/palestinians-vow-hunger-strikes-israel-worsens-jail-conditions-190107114535336.html\">Palestinians Vow Hunger Strikes if Israel Worsens Jail Conditions<\/a> (Al-Jazeera) <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Ahmadinijad quoted Khomeini &#8220;that Israel would disappear from the pages of history.&#8221; Iran is still explaining that he &#8220;did not say that he would destroy it. 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