{"id":20413,"date":"2019-05-14T12:01:17","date_gmt":"2019-05-14T17:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=20413"},"modified":"2019-05-14T12:01:19","modified_gmt":"2019-05-14T17:01:19","slug":"news-and-analysis-5-14-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=20413","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (5\/14\/19)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&#8220;More professional journalists have been imprisoned, often with life sentences, in Turkey than any other nation in the world&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/turkey-journalist-baseball-bats-yavuz-selim-demirag-yenicag-erdogan-istanbul-a8909586.html\">Turkish Journalist from Opposition Newspaper Beaten with Baseball Bats Outside Home<\/a> (Independent)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Bolton envisions sending as many as 120,000 troops to the  Middle East&#8221; but the new plans &#8220;do not call for a land invasion  of Iran, which would require vastly more troops&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/05\/13\/world\/middleeast\/us-military-plans-iran.html?save=nyt-gateway-stories\">White House Reviews Military Plans Against Iran, in Echoes of Iraq War<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; but Pompeo&#8217;s &#8220;push for a united transatlantic front against Tehran and its nuclear  program &#8230; failed to bend attitudes among leaders who&nbsp;fear that the  United States and Iran are inching toward war&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/europe\/pompeo-crashes-brussels-meeting-of-eu-diplomats-for-iran-talks\/2019\/05\/13\/7cb68214-7337-11e9-9331-30bc5836f48e_story.html?utm_term=.f980b476395a\">Pompeo Crashes Brussels Meeting of E.U. Diplomats but Changes Few Minds on Iran<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;  one &#8220;possible reason to hold a meeting of senior White House officials at  Langley is if there is disagreement about what the intelligence shows on  a particular subject&#8221; (as with Dick Cheney on Iraq) &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/national-security\/top-trump-admin-intel-military-advisers-held-meeting-cia-iran-n1003736\">Trump&#8217;s Top Intelligence and Military Advisers Held Unusual Meeting at CIA on Iran, Officials Say<\/a> (NBC News)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;  as politicization of a report on Iran&#8217;s arms control compliance has raised fears that Trump&#8217;s advisers may be using &#8220;bogus and exaggerated intelligence&#8221; as Bush&#8217;s advisers did re: the 2003 invasion of Iraq&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/theweek.com\/speedreads\/841280\/arms-control-official-reportedly-quits-state-department-after-iran-politicization-row\">Top U.S. Arms Control Official Reportedly Quits State Department After Iran Politicization Row<\/a> (The Week)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; and the head of Iran&#8217;s National Security Foreign Policy Committee condemns the recently reported attacks on commercial shipping, blaming  unnamed third parties and has demanded the perpetrators be identified&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/iran-warns-international-community-making-crises-oil-tanker\/story?id=63025710\">Iran Warns of &#8216;Making Crises&#8217; After Oil Tanker &#8216;Sabotage&#8217; amid Tensions with US<\/a> (abc News)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; There has never been a better opportunity for Donald Trump to employ his famous catchphrase, &#8220;You&#8217;re fired!&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/iran-war-trump-sack-john-bolton-1423998\">The Best Way to Avert War with Iran? Fire John Bolton<\/a> (Newsweek)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Iranian &#8220;officials <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/donya-e-eqtesad.com\/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA-%DA%AF%D8%B0%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C-100\/3518138-%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4-%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AE%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%DA%AF%D8%B2%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%87-%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA-%DA%AF%D8%B0%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%AF\" target=\"_blank\">have vowed<\/a>  to adopt better monetary and fiscal policies in order to protect the  public from the recession. But &#8230; Iran needs to continue buying and selling  goods, and earning hard currency&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/opinion\/articles\/2019-05-13\/as-sanctions-bite-iran-s-resistance-economy-is-kicking-in\">Iran\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcResistance Economy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Is Kicking In<\/a> (Bloomberg) <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The &#8220;barriers placed on women to enjoin in spiritual practices  crucial to their lives and their interpretation of their faith &#8230; [belongs not] to one particular faith but  instead one particular gender&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/world-news\/.premium-the-other-threat-that-both-muslim-and-jewish-women-face-1.7225309\">The Other Threat that Both Muslim and Jewish Women Face<\/a> (Haaretz)                                            <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump wished Muslims &#8220;Ramadan Karim&#8221; after misrepresenting Rashida Tlaib&#8217;s comments calling for a safe haven for Jews &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/president-donald-trump-hosts-2nd-iftar-dinner-amid\/story?id=63005219\">President Donald Trump Hosts 2nd iftar Dinner amid Tensions with Muslim Community<\/a> (abc News)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; She actually said: &#8220;I want a safe haven for Jews. &#8230; [M]y ancestors &#8230; had to suffer for that to  happen, but I will not turn my back and allow others to hijack it &#8230; because they&#8217;re coming from a  place of&#8230; division, inequality&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/Rep. Rashida Tlaib: Palestinians Created &quot;Safe Haven&quot; For Jews After Holocaust, Israel Took Their &quot;Dignity&quot;\">Rep. Rashida Tlaib: Palestinians Created &#8220;Safe Haven&#8221; for Jews After Holocaust, Israel Took Their &#8220;Dignity&#8221;<\/a> (Real Clear Politics)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; while an imam is smeared after praying we be not deterred by &#8220;hatred that has claimed the lives of  innocent worshipers across the world, but emboldened by the love that  gathered them together to remember you&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/magazine\/how-a-muslim-imam-responded-after-being-targeted-by-pro-israel-politicians-26610\">How a Muslim Imam Responded After Being Targeted by Pro-Israel Politicians<\/a> (TRT World)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>When the Ramadan fast ends this June, Muslims are supposed to feast, but                                             thanks to Israel, Egypt, and the U.S., the Gazans may not be able to:                                           <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190513-un-over-1m-palestinians-in-gaza-may-not-have-food-in-june\/\">UN: Over 1m Palestinians in Gaza May Not Have Food in June<\/a> (Middle East Monitor)<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;More professional journalists have been imprisoned, often with life sentences, in Turkey than any other nation in the world&#8221;: Turkish Journalist from Opposition Newspaper Beaten with Baseball Bats Outside Home (Independent) Bolton envisions sending as many as 120,000 troops to the Middle East&#8221; but the new plans &#8220;do not call for a land invasion of [&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-20413","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\/20413","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=20413"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20428,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20413\/revisions\/20428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}