{"id":20456,"date":"2019-05-23T13:17:10","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T18:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=20456"},"modified":"2019-05-23T13:17:12","modified_gmt":"2019-05-23T18:17:12","slug":"news-and-analysis-5-23-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=20456","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (5\/23\/19)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Anti-Semitism represents one of the biggest evils of our era. But to fight it, you should not become part of another injustice&#8221; &#8212; Saeb Erekat:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/middle-east-news\/palestinians\/.premium-palestinians-germany-s-anti-bds-motion-punishes-non-violent-resistance-1.7275281\">Palestinians: Germany&#8217;s Anti-BDS Motion &#8216;Punishes Non-violent Resistance<\/a> (Haaretz)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Creeping shariah law? Warren would tweak the assessment from 2.5% to 2-3%, increase the nisab from $5,000 to $50 million, and move&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iazf.org\">zakat<\/a> from the hand of God into the hands of the IRS:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2019\/05\/22\/make-her-wealth-tax-work-elizabeth-warren-must-revive-irs\/?utm_term=.9a739985f7c7\">To Make Her Wealth tax Work, Elizabeth Warren Must Revive the IRS<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;To ensure a war doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t break out &#8230;Udall &#8230; plans to put forward a measure restricting the use of federal funds for any &#8216;military operations in or against Iran&#8217; without congressional authorization&#8221; with exceptions &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2019\/5\/22\/18635593\/usa-iran-war-senate-vote-udall\">Sen. Tom Udall Plans to Force a Vote to Block Funding for War with Iran<\/a> (Vox)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and the &#8220;House Appropriations Committee &#8230; would end the authorization for the use of military force (AUMF), as lawmakers grow increasingly concerned over the possibility of war with Iran&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/defense\/444834-house-panel-approves-language-revoking-2001-war-authority-as-iran-tensions\">House Panel Approves Language Revoking 2001 War Authority as Iran Tensions Spike<\/a> (The Hill)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; but\u00c2\u00a0Democrats forget that America invaded Iraq because both parties &#8220;so inflated the threat from Saddam Hussein that restoring normal economic and diplomatic relations with his regime became politically impossible&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2019\/05\/democrats-are-letting-hawks-define-iran-debate\/589882\/\">Even Democrats Keep Thinking Iran Is Worse than Saudi Arabia<\/a> (The Atlantic)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;[T]he U.S. anti-abortion trends &#8230; diminish religious freedoms, since Muslim religious ethics make a strong case for women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s well-being taking priority over that of the fetus&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/us-news\/.premium.MAGAZINE-alabama-iran-or-saudi-arabia-we-checked-where-abortion-laws-are-better-for-women-1.7271623\">Alabama, Iran, or Saudi Arabia? We Checked Where Abortion Laws Are Better for Women<\/a> (Haaretz)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n<p>Bolton&#8217;s chief backers in the push to war include a &#8220;funder of a secretive nonprofit that targeted swing voters with three disturbing anti-Muslim videos during the 2016 election&#8221; and a man who believes Iran is &#8220;the devil&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensecrets.org\/news\/2019\/05\/interests-pushing-for-hard-line-against-iran\/\">As Tensions Rise, Moneyed Interests Pushing for Hard Line Against Iran<\/a> (Open Secrets)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Beyond hedging [against inflation], crypto technology could also one day serve as the backbone of an alternative global payments system beyond the reach of any state or political actor, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/topics\/country\/united-states.html\">US<\/a>&#8220;:<\/p>\n<p>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/05\/celebrating-bitcoin-pizza-day-iran-190522104156961.html\">Celebrating Bitcoin Pizza Day in Iran<\/a> (Al-Jazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Iran hawks have desperately sought to invent ties between Iran and al-Qaeda to further their aggressive policies against Iran, but it isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t true and no one is falling for their deception this time&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/22\/debunking-pompeos-lie-about-iran-and-al-qaeda\/\">Debunking Pompeo\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Lie About Iran and Al-Qaeda<\/a> (American Conservative \/ Antiwar.com)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; and taking &#8220;the Houthis, or Shiite militias in Syria and Iraq for that matter, as merely pawns operating at Iran\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s direction is based on a simplistic misreading of current dynamics and politics in the Middle East&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lobelog.com\/war-with-iran-the-pretext-of-proxies\/\">War with Iran: The Pretext of Proxies<\/a> (Lobe Log)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;U.S. officials are shocked [&#8211; shocked!] by the news that Palestinian business leaders won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t accept their invitation to trade national rights for cash&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/opinion\/articles\/2019-05-23\/trump-s-palestine-investment-conference-is-a-cynical-farce\">Trump\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Palestine Investment Conference Is a Cynical Farce<\/a> (Bloomberg)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Iran&#8217;s response to threats of total destruction: Genghis Khan is gone; Iran remains. &#8220;The nuclear deal promised Iran an orgy of cosmopolitan consumerism. Its collapse has led to an uplifting self-reliance&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spectator.co.uk\/2019\/05\/iran-alone-tehrans-perspective-on-escalating-hostilities\/\">Iran Alone: Tehran\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Perspective on Escalating Hostilities<\/a> (Spectator)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Anti-Semitism represents one of the biggest evils of our era. But to fight it, you should not become part of another injustice&#8221; &#8212; Saeb Erekat: Palestinians: Germany&#8217;s Anti-BDS Motion &#8216;Punishes Non-violent Resistance (Haaretz) Creeping shariah law? 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