{"id":20445,"date":"2019-05-20T13:58:11","date_gmt":"2019-05-20T18:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=20445"},"modified":"2019-05-20T13:58:13","modified_gmt":"2019-05-20T18:58:13","slug":"news-and-analysis-5-20-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=20445","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (5\/20\/19)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Trump\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s supporters and other advocates of a more restrained foreign policy seem inclined to blame the president\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s advisers more than they do the president himself&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2019\/may\/19\/war-iran-trump-supporters-bolton\">Guess Who Doesn&#8217;t Want War with Iran? Trump Supporters<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; but &#8220;John Bolton wants regime change in Iran, and so does the cult that paid him&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.habilian.ir\/en\/201903193807\/articles\/a-terrorist-cult-and-its-trumpian-friends.html\">A Terrorist Cult and Its Trumpian Friends<\/a> (Habilian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p>&#8230;  while Rep. Ruben Gallego attributes what &#8220;he described as a false  narrative [to] national security adviser John Bolton and Sen. Tom Cotton  (R-Ark.)&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2019\/05\/18\/i-get-same-intel-iran-threat-exaggerated-by-gop-hawks-rep-gallego-says\/?utm_term=.acfb767c59d0\">\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcI Get the Same Intel:\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Iran Threat Exaggerated by GOP Hawks, Rep. Gallego Says<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>That Republicans and Democrats &#8220;answer differently even though they had equal knowledge of our numerical  nomenclature &#8230; means that the question is about  knowledge or ignorance &#8230; [and also] prejudice&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/arabic-numerals-survey-prejudice-bias-survey-research-civic-science-a8918256.html\">Most Americans Say \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcArabic Numerals\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Should Not Be Taught in School, Finds Survey<\/a> (Independent)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/topic\/muslims\" target=\"_blank\">Muslim<\/a>  voter turnout in four key swing states jumped 25 percentage points from  the 2014 to the 2018 midterm elections, according to a new study  released by the Muslim political advocacy group Emgage&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/muslim-voter-turnout-increases_n_5cdf3823e4b00735a916e69f?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9uZXdzLmdvb2dsZS5jb20v&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAACzpoYfSG1qu7ZFycrmjG836j9c6Fce_oB5Ie_s5Ua5_qu_bmvulCfw6KezhdBbq1Z2xjcHNFSllR-aUG5qh58PbgA6C5MLaaIfjBl56C9ckDULHCFaaeEUKy0jamq0o-SXhQU91X5ZLBBk9x_Hyr6M523DYOUCjKNNt1C6Kohdr\">Muslim Voter Turnout Is Way Up, New Report Finds<\/a> (Huffington Post)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the reasons &#8220;Israel and the US are hell-bent on targeting Iran at  this juncture&#8221; is the forthcoming announcement Trump\/Kushner&#8217;s &#8220;farcical attempt to resolve the  longstanding Israel-Palestine conflict&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/2019\/05\/20\/targeting-iran\/\">Targeting Iran<\/a> (Counterpunch)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; which for Palestinians rejects everything &#8220;from the law to the  agreements, to the basic requirements of peace to the components of any  viable peace process&#8221; and &#8220;shows a lack of understanding of the issues&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/05\/palestinians-consulted-bahrain-peace-conference-190520110926575.html\">&#8216;This Is Not a Peace Plan&#8217;: Palestinians Shun Bahrain Conference<\/a> (Al-Jazeera)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>As keen as Israel may be on seeing a war with Iran, they would prefer the U.S. do the fighting:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.israelhayom.com\/2019\/05\/19\/report-israel-would-not-join-war-with-iran-unless-attacked\/\">Report: Israel Will Not Join War with Iran Unless Attacked<\/a> (Israel Hayom)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Failing to live up to her pledge to speak &#8220;out against violations of human rights [anywhere] in the world&#8221; does nothing to refute Primal Scream\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s\u00c2\u00a0  Bobby Gillespie&#8217;s charge that her appearance is an act of prostitution:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2019\/may\/18\/madonna-makes-call-for-israel-palestine-unity-at-eurovision\">Madonna Makes Call for Israel-Palestine Unity at Eurovision<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Trump\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s supporters and other advocates of a more restrained foreign policy seem inclined to blame the president\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s advisers more than they do the president himself&#8221; &#8230; Guess Who Doesn&#8217;t Want War with Iran? 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