{"id":20090,"date":"2019-02-24T06:57:31","date_gmt":"2019-02-24T11:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=20090"},"modified":"2019-02-24T06:57:33","modified_gmt":"2019-02-24T11:57:33","slug":"news-and-analysis-2-24-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=20090","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (2\/24\/19)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Iranian funds designated for &#8220;hostages and their families&#8221; are diverted to &#8220;relatives of 9\/11 victims &#8230; despite the fact that the official report on the 2001 attacks &#8216;found no evidence that Iran .\u00e2\u20ac\u2030.\u00e2\u20ac\u2030. was aware of the planning'&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national\/americans-held-in-iran-waited-decades-for-relief-now-they-face-a-new-challenge\/2019\/02\/22\/c8b03de4-308f-11e9-8ad3-9a5b113ecd3c_story.html?utm_term=.48449943674a\">Americans Held in Iran Waited Decades for Relief. Now They Face a New Challenge<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"pw-hidden-cp\">&#8220;Murad and his transition body will form a cabinet as well as pass laws until the temporary arrangement ends with the election of a regional parliament in May 2022. &#8230;The national government retains police powers&#8221;:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"pw-hidden-cp\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"pw-hidden-cp\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/news\/asia\/rebels-named-leaders-of-philippine-muslim-territory--11280486\">Rebels Named Leaders of Philippine Muslim Territory<\/a> (Channel NewsAsia)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Israel provocatively detained a waqf official after the Jordanians, fearing tensions will be escalated by Kushner&#8217;s\u00c2\u00a0 soon-to-be announced &#8220;Deal of the Century,&#8221; added Palestinians to the administration of Muslim holy sites:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/middle_east\/israel-arrests-senior-muslim-official-in-jerusalem\/2019\/02\/24\/99959098-37f8-11e9-8375-e3dcf6b68558_story.html?utm_term=.d9134e968943\">Israel Briefly Detains Senior Muslim Official in Jerusalem<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/Middle-East\/Palestinians-declare-victory-after-reopening-closed-Temple-Mount-site-581534\">Palestinians Declare &#8216;Victory&#8217; After Reopening Closed Temple Mount Site<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0 (Jerusalem Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Amid rising cow-related violence, a dairy farmer with two cows and seven children is murdered on suspicion of intending to kill his stock for meat. Was he killed by vigilantes or by the police? &#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/stories-47321871\">R<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/stories-47321871\">akbar Khan: Did Cow Vigilantes Lynch a Muslim Farmer?<\/a> (BBC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; &#8220;According to one survey, it is found that hate speeches by elected leaders increased by five times since BJP came to power in 2014. A report &#8230; says that in most of the mob lynching cases culprits remain unpunished&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.siasat.com\/news\/muslim-political-conclave-march-6-submit-peoples-charter-demands-1470920\/\">Muslim Political Conclave on March 6 to Submit \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcPeople\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Charter of Demands\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/a> (Siasat Daily)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Getting permission for an emergency landing in Iran was easy, but getting an American waiver of the Iran sanctions to enable a repair for the plane to return to Norway took over two months:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2019-02-23\/norwegian-air-jet-stranded-in-iran-finally-arrives-home\">Norwegian Air Jet Stranded in Iran Finally Arrives Home<\/a> (Bloomberg)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;In its obsessive campaign of stoking maximum hostility toward Iran, the Trump administration is isolated except for partnering with Iran\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s regional rivals, which means Israel, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nationalinterest.org\/blog\/paul-pillar\/trump-administrations-anti-iran-theatrics-failed-warsaw-45222\">The Trump Administration&#8217;s Anti-Iran Theatrics Failed in Warsaw<\/a> (National Interest)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>China offers its concentration camps as a model for the rest of the world. &#8220;Diplomatic sources told Reuters last week that Western diplomats would attend&#8221; its outreach program :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2019\/feb\/24\/china-says-preventive-work-in-xinjiang-detention-camps-should-be-applauded\">China Says &#8216;Preventive&#8217; Work in Xinjiang Detention Camps Should Be Applauded<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iranian funds designated for &#8220;hostages and their families&#8221; are diverted to &#8220;relatives of 9\/11 victims &#8230; despite the fact that the official report on the 2001 attacks &#8216;found no evidence that Iran .\u00e2\u20ac\u2030.\u00e2\u20ac\u2030. was aware of the planning&#8217;&#8221;: Americans Held in Iran Waited Decades for Relief. 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