{"id":20483,"date":"2019-05-28T18:55:38","date_gmt":"2019-05-28T23:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=20483"},"modified":"2019-05-28T18:55:40","modified_gmt":"2019-05-28T23:55:40","slug":"news-and-analysis-5-28-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=20483","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (5\/28\/19)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Last year, in a bold statement about what they felt was the program\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s one-sided narrative, Birthright [Israel] participants began walking off the trip\u00e2\u20ac\u201dlive-\u00c2\u00adstreaming their actions on social media&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yesmagazine.org\/issues\/travel\/israel-palestine-young-jewish-activists-birthright-20190527\">Why Young Jews Are Detouring from Israel to Palestine<\/a> (Yes!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>An unintended consequence of forcing India to end its Iranian oil purchases may be &#8220;Pakistan and China expanding footprints on [Pakistan&#8217;s] Chabahar Port if it is connected with [China&#8217;s] Gwadar Port&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deccanherald.com\/national\/iran-goes-to-pakistan-with-chabahar-link-plan-736492.html\">Iran Goes to Pakistan with Chabahar Link Plan<\/a> (Deccan Herald)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Presidential elections are scheduled for early July, but they have been rejected by protesters, who say that holding a vote would be inappropriate while corrupt state officials remain in power&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/algeria-students-and-teachers-protest-against-army-chief\">Algeria: Hundreds Protest Against Army Chief&#8217;s Push for Presidential Vote in July<\/a> (Middle East Eye)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; while in Sudan, protest leaders &#8220;and army generals who seized power after ousting President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/04\/profile-omar-al-bashir-sudan-longtime-ruler-190411083628141.html\">Omar al-Bashir<\/a> last month, have so far failed to iron out differences over who should lead a new governing body&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/05\/sudan-braces-strikes-opposition-aim-pressure-army-190528062731737.html\">Sudan Protesters Begin Two-day Strike to Pressure Military<\/a> (Al-Jazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;George Will marvels at conservatives who &#8220;preen as &#8216;originalists&#8217; [but] are unimpressed by the Framers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 intention that Congress should be involved in initiating military force in situations other than repelling sudden attacks&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2019\/05\/american-policy-iran-trump-obama-congress\/\">Who Is to Blame for America\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Disturbing Iran Policy?<\/a> (National Review)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153America and Israel succeeded in convincing these countries that the danger to them is coming from Iran, and because of that they will do anything they are asked by the U.S. and Israel&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ynetnews.com\/articles\/0,7340,L-5515941,00.html\">Palestinians Slam Countries Participating in U.S.-engineered Bahrain &#8216;Workshop<\/a> (Ynet)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Tear gas is forbidden as a weapon of war under the <a href=\"https:\/\/ihl-databases.icrc.org\/customary-ihl\/eng\/docs\/v2_rul_rule75\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1993 Chemical Weapons Convention<\/a>, but its use on civilians worldwide continues to grow, with the ISF and <a href=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/articles\/facing-tear-gas-chemical-weapons-abuse-in-us-prisons\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">U.S. prisons <\/a>among the leaders&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/articles\/in-palestine-and-beyond-tear-gas-takes-environmental-toll\/\">In Palestine and Beyond, Tear Gas Takes Environmental Toll<\/a> (Truthout)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis reiterated rejection to relocate his country&#8217;s embassy in Israel, citing that the move would contradict with the stances of the EU and UN&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/middle-east\/palestine-welcomes-czech-move-on-jerusalem\/1490165\">Palestine Welcomes Czech Move on Jerusalem<\/a> (Andalou Agency)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Last year, in a bold statement about what they felt was the program\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s one-sided narrative, Birthright [Israel] participants began walking off the trip\u00e2\u20ac\u201dlive-\u00c2\u00adstreaming their actions on social media&#8221;: Why Young Jews Are Detouring from Israel to Palestine (Yes!) 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