{"id":20579,"date":"2019-06-15T16:24:10","date_gmt":"2019-06-15T21:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=20579"},"modified":"2019-06-15T16:24:11","modified_gmt":"2019-06-15T21:24:11","slug":"news-and-analysis-6-15-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=20579","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (6\/15\/19)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Claims Iran planned an attack on tankers face doubts from experts, allies, circumstances, the crew of an attacked vessel, and almost everyone outside the U.S. &amp; U.K. governments except the ever gullible mainstream media &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/06\/14\/us\/politics\/trump-iran-credibility.html\">As Trump Accuses Iran, He Has One Problem: His Own Credibility<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/defense\/448570-german-official-us-video-not-enough-to-pin-blame-on-iran-for-tanker-attacks\">German Official: US Video &#8216;Not Enough&#8217; to Pin Blame on Iran for Tanker Attacks<\/a> (The Hill)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/middle_east\/iran-has-two-naval-forces-with-separate-missions-and-commands-this-is-why\/2019\/06\/14\/ea3704a8-8ead-11e9-b08e-cfd89bd36d4e_story.html?utm_term=.560ce3dc7ad7\">Iran Has Two Naval Forces with Separate Missions and Commands. This Is Why<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/2019\/06\/14\/think-us-media-wont-help-lead-nation-war-iran-based-flimsy-or-false-intelligence\">Think US Media Won&#8217;t Help Lead Nation Into War With Iran Based on Flimsy or False Intelligence? Looks Like They Already Are<\/a> (Common Dreams)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/therealnews.com\/stories\/where-are-the-skeptics-as-the-drums-roll-for-war-with-iran\">Where Are the Skeptics as the Drums Roll for War with Iran?<\/a> (Real News Network)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; and even some U.S. legislators are concerned about the shaky case being made for war &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/national-security\/as-fears-of-war-loom-trumps-iran-policy-arms-deals-face-challenges-in-congress\/2019\/06\/14\/a292b068-8ed3-11e9-adf3-f70f78c156e8_story.html?utm_term=.e4336d2d890b\">As Fears of War Loom, Trump\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Iran Policy, Arms Deals Face Challenges in Congress<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2019\/6\/14\/18678809\/usa-iran-war-aumf-911-trump-pompeo\">How the Trump Administration Is Using 9\/11 to Build a Case for War with Iran<\/a> (Vox)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; but autocrats in Saudi Arabia and the UAE are thrilled:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/06\/15\/world\/middleeast\/trump-iran-hard-liners.html\">In Face-Off With Iran, Escalation May Depend on Who Prevails Inside Washington and Tehran<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The condemned neighborhood &#8220;is adjacent to a forest, also located on privately owned land that was expropriated from its Palestinian owners in 1970&#8221; on which settlers will be allowed to build campgrounds and a zipline:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190614-550-palestinians-to-be-homeless-after-israel-demolishes-entire-jerusalem-neighbourhood\/\">550 Palestinians to Be Homeless After Israel Demolishes Entire Jerusalem Neighbourhood<\/a> (Middle East Monitor)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Some 240 Israeli and Jewish academics and intellectuals have sent a  letter to the German government urging it to oppose the motion &#8230; due to it being &#8216;based on the false allegation that BDS  as such equals anti-Semitism'&#8221;: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/israelpalestinenews.org\/240-israelis-and-jews-urge-germany-not-to-enforce-anti-boycott-law\/\">240 Israelis and Jews Urge Germany Not to Enforce Anti-Boycott Law<\/a> (If American Knew)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Rather than demand Palestinians sell their inalienable rights for some billions of dollars, convert Israel-Palestine from an apartheid state plus an illusory state into a single state with equal rights for all:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/indepth\/opinion\/palestinians-beat-trump-deal-190612211614400.html\">How Do Palestinians Beat Trump&#8217;s Deal?<\/a> (Al-Jazeera)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p> Florida&#8217;s governor has &#8220;also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/florida-governor-desantis-meets-with-netanyahu-in-israel\/\">endorsed Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a>  for reelection, said Netanyahu could run in the U.S. if things didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t  work out over there, and held a meeting with Cabinet officials in Israel&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/mondoweiss.net\/2019\/06\/floridas-definition-palestine\/\">Florida\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Sweeping Definition of Anti-Semitism limits Teachers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Freedom to Discuss Palestine<\/a> (Mondoweiss)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If Iran deems an issue &#8220;&#8216;significant non-performance&#8217; by its  counterparts, it can treat it as ground &#8216;to cease performing its  commitments under the JCPOA in whole or in part&#8217; until others are  brought back to order&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2019\/06\/14\/europe-should-recall-its-commitment-to-the-iran-deal-instead-of-enabling-us-hawks-view\">Europe Should Recall Its Commitment to the Iran Deal Instead of Enabling US Hawks<\/a> (Euronews)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I found myself having to decide whether my humanity prevails, when I  saw what happened to the Palestinians in the Occupied Territories, or my  Israeli loyalty would prevail. And I chose my humanity&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.democracynow.org\/2019\/6\/14\/lea_tsemel_advocate_documentary_israel_palestine\">\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Advocate\u00e2\u20ac\u009d: Israeli Attorney Lea Tsemel Reflects on Defending Palestinians Who Resist Occupation<\/a> (Democracy Now)<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Claims Iran planned an attack on tankers face doubts from experts, allies, circumstances, the crew of an attacked vessel, and almost everyone outside the U.S. &amp; U.K. governments except the ever gullible mainstream media &#8230; As Trump Accuses Iran, He Has One Problem: His Own Credibility (NY Times) German Official: US Video &#8216;Not Enough&#8217; to [&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-20579","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\/20579","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=20579"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20594,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20579\/revisions\/20594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}