{"id":19928,"date":"2019-01-10T07:20:44","date_gmt":"2019-01-10T12:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=19928"},"modified":"2019-01-10T07:20:45","modified_gmt":"2019-01-10T12:20:45","slug":"news-and-analysis-1-10-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=19928","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (1\/10\/19)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Irish journalist traveled &#8220;to the USA-Mexico border, the now  demolished Berlin Wall, the Korean DMZ and the Israel-Palestine  Separation Barrier&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/tg4-documentary-mexico-wall-4429675-Jan2019\/\">&#8216;My Trip to Israel and Palestine Changed My Life Utterly &#8211; and Changed Me as a Person&#8217;<\/a> (The Journal)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; &#8220;The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/misc\/tags\/TAG-west-bank-1.5598977\">West Bank<\/a> has many segregated roads, but none of them [until now has been] divided along its entire length by a wall&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/israel-news\/.premium.MAGAZINE-new-apartheid-road-opens-separating-palestinians-and-west-bank-settlers-1.6827201\">New Jerusalem \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcApartheid Road\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Opens, Separating Palestinians and Jewish Settlers<\/a> (Haaretz)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>  The Maryland governor ordered &#8220;contractors to certify in writing that they don&#8217;t  boycott Israel&#8221; which violates &#8220;First Amendment-protected political  advocacy&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksl.com\/article\/46464651\/muslim-group-sues-to-block-no-boycott-of-israel-measure\">Muslim Group Sues to Block &#8216;No Boycott of Israel&#8217; Measure<\/a> (AP \/ KSL) <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;In effect, the  Israeli government whose crowning legacy so far is the proto-fascist  nation-state law, has become the first Israeli government to seek to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/israel-news\/.premium-the-israel-you-know-just-ended-you-can-thank-netanyahu-1.6292343\">export anti-democratic legislation<\/a> to the United States of America&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/opinion\/.premium-as-an-american-israeli-i-am-thrilled-for-the-palestinians-and-for-rashida-tlaib-1.6824087\">As an American-Israeli, I Am Thrilled for the Palestinians and for Rashida Tlaib<\/a> (Haaretz)                                                                                      <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Muslim women themselves have been challenging these notions, taking  control of narratives that attempt to frame their experiences within a  limited Western understanding&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/opinion\/contributors\/2019\/01\/09\/the-significance-of-muslim-women-in-congress.html\">Muslim Women in Congress Reinforce What Is Possible<\/a> (Toronto Star)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>With the election of    the U.S. is beginning to catch up to female Muslim political figures successful like the female prime ministers of Pakistan, Turkey, Bangladesh (two) and heads of state in Senegal and Indonesia:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gazettenet.com\/Pasha-column-22645926\">Columnist Shaheen Pasha: Finally Being Seen as a Muslim-American Woman<\/a> (Daily Hampshire Gazette)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;As a proposal to oust a Tarrant County Republican Party leader because he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Muslim looms Thursday night, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott stressed that &#8216;the promise of freedom of religion is guaranteed&#8217; by the U.S. Constitution&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/news\/state\/texas\/article224127375.html\">Texas Governor Weighs In on Push to Remove Muslim from Tarrant GOP Post<\/a> (Star-Telegram)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Bolton openly promotes &#8220;a cult-like group&#8221; that sided with Saddam Hussein&#8217;s 1980 invasion of Iran and has since &#8220;spent lavishly&#8221; what is courting both conservative Republicans and liberal Democrats&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/congress-blog\/foreign-policy\/424522-the-new-congress-must-reverse-course-on-iran\">The New Congress Must Reverse Course on Iran<\/a> (The Hill)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;[M]ost hate crimes recorded in Thurrock were against Muslims,&#8221; a situation that will not be helped by denying &#8220;children, who arguably are those that most need to be taught about Islam,&#8221; the opportunity:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-england-essex-46813567\">Thurrock Parents Take Children Out of Islam RE Classes<\/a> (BBC)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Rezaian testified that he &#8220;was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/post-correspondent-jason-rezaian-sentenced-to-prison-term-in-iran\/2015\/11\/22\/bfb5c112-912f-11e5-befa-99ceebcbb272_story.html?utm_term=.679d50bc11f1\">convicted of espionage<\/a> after a &#8216;sham trial&#8217; with no witnesses, and evidence that consisted of his newspaper article s and an earlier unsuccessful application for a U.S. government job&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/legal-issues\/us-lawsuit-by-post-journalist-seeks-1-billion-in-damages-from-iran-to-deter-taking-of-hostages\/2019\/01\/08\/fbe40466-12d0-11e9-803c-4ef28312c8b9_story.html?utm_term=.5e226a6e9db5\">U.S. Lawsuit by Post Journalist Seeks $1 Billion in Damages from Iran to Deter Taking of Hostages<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; &#8220;[W]orsening ties could be heard in remarks Wednesday by Iran\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s &#8230; Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, &#8230; &#8216;Some U.S. officials pretend that they are mad. 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