{"id":19964,"date":"2019-01-21T13:48:36","date_gmt":"2019-01-21T18:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=19964"},"modified":"2019-01-21T13:48:38","modified_gmt":"2019-01-21T18:48:38","slug":"news-and-analysis-1-21-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=19964","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (1\/21\/19)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&#8220;[I]f we are to honor King\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s message &#8230; must condemn Israel\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s &#8230; unrelenting violations of international law, continued occupation of the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza, home demolitions and land confiscations&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/01\/19\/opinion\/sunday\/martin-luther-king-palestine-israel.html\">Time to Break the Silence on Palestine<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; such as the weekly attacks on demonstrators in Gaza &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/israelpalestinenews.org\/israeli-snipers-kill-palestinian-woman-target-medics-injure-25-with-live-fire-tear-gas\/?eType=EmailBlastContent&amp;eId=57528278-17e8-4a1d-b6d7-7fd0c1bb69ad\">Israeli Snipers Kill Palestinian Woman, Target Medics, Injure 25 with Live Fire, Tear Gas<\/a> (If Americans Knew)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; or assaulting handcuffed and blindfolded detainees inflicting &#8220;severe injuries.&nbsp;One &#8230; was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/israel-news\/.premium-idf-charges-soldier-with-beating-blindfolded-handcuffed-palestinian-1.6627238\">so badly pummeled<\/a> that he could not be immediately questioned following the incident and required medical care&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/israel-news\/idf-to-file-indictments-against-5-israeli-soldiers-who-beat-detained-palestinians-1.6852962\">Israeli Army to Indict Five Soldiers Who Beat Detained Palestinians &#8216;Out of Revenge&#8217;<\/a> (Haaretz) <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I sought knowledge &#8230; for 25 years. &#8230;  [Then there] came to our country a big army. It killed many people. It  took me &#8230; and sold me into the hand of a  Christian man who &#8230; walked me to the big Ship in the big Sea&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/history\/2019\/01\/20\/when-few-enslaved-people-could-write-one-man-wrote-his-memoirs-arabic\/?utm_term=.a22188083a68\">When Few Enslaved People in the United States Could Write, One Man Wrote His Memoir in Arabic<\/a> (Washington Post) <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Public officials should be able to vigorously defend and oppose policy  positions without resorting to bigotry and the vilification of an entire  group&#8221; &#8212;  the pro-Israel Anti-Defamation League:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sun-sentinel.com\/local\/broward\/hallandale\/fl-ne-protests-hallandale-muslim-jewish-20190120-story.html\">Hallandale Braces for Protests After Commissioner&#8217;s Anti-Muslim Rant<\/a> (Sun-Sentinel)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Rouhani argues that creating digital literacy rather than blocking social media is the solution to the problem of fake news:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/news\/world\/resisting-new-technology-is-outdated-says-iran-s-rouhani-11149526\">Resisting New Technology Is &#8216;Outdated&#8217; Says Iran&#8217;s Rouhani<\/a> (Channe NewsAsia)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Israel and Iran are now engaged in direct and open conflict in Syria &#8230; without either of the world powers \u00e2\u20ac\u201c the United States and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/misc\/tags\/TAG-russia-1.5599264\">Russia<\/a> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c trying to exert any significant influence on the outcome&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/israel-news\/.premium-israel-and-iran-are-on-a-collision-course-in-syria-and-u-s-and-russia-don-t-care-1.6865766\">Israel and Iran Are on a Collision Course in Syria \u00e2\u20ac\u201c and the U.S. and Russia Don&#8217;t Care<\/a> (Haaretz)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Palestinians are insulted by aid &#8220;seemingly conditional on  Gazans maintaining quiet on Israel\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s border, where its military has  killed hundreds of civilians participating in weekly rallies since  March&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/world\/mena\/palestinians-mock-qatar-s-conditional-handouts-to-buy-gaza-s-silence-1.815722\">Palestinians Mock Qatar&#8217;s Conditional Handouts to Buy Gaza&#8217;s Silence<\/a> (The National)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The military-dominated &#8230;  government\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s recent moves signal that Bangkok no longer thinks it can win the fight on the battlefield alone&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2019\/jan\/20\/thailands-military-eyes-talks-muslim-rebels\/\">Thai Military Appeals for Direct Talks to End 15 years of War with Muslim Guerrillas<\/a> (Washington Times)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Named for the Qur&#8217;anic &#8220;concept of forbearance&#8221; the clinics stated missions includes &#8220;to deliver effective, quality care to patients  by drawing on the character and generosity of the Prophet Muhammad as a  role model&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toledoblade.com\/news\/medical\/2019\/01\/21\/toledo-muslim-doctors-open-free-clinic-uninsured-halim-medical\/stories\/20190110133\">Muslim Doctors&#8217; Free Clinic an Offering for Community<\/a> (Toledo Blade)<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;[I]f we are to honor King\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s message &#8230; 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