{"id":20759,"date":"2019-08-02T04:09:22","date_gmt":"2019-08-02T09:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=20759"},"modified":"2019-08-02T04:09:24","modified_gmt":"2019-08-02T09:09:24","slug":"news-and-analysis-8-2-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=20759","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (8\/2\/19)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&#8220;On Monday, Pompeo tweeted: &#8216;We aren&#8217;t afraid of [Zarif] coming to America where he enjoys the right to speak freely.'&#8221; Change your mind, Mike? &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/08\/iran-rouhani-slams-childish-zarif-sanctions-190801073053150.html\">Iran&#8217;s Rouhani Slams US over &#8216;Childish&#8217; Zarif Sanctions<\/a> (Al-Jazeera)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; the EU will not buy in:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/20190801-eu-mogherini-vows-continue-working-iran-fm-zarif-despite-usa-sanctions\">EU Vows to Continue Working with Iran&#8217;s FM Zarif Despite US Sanctions<\/a> (France24)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Commissioners of a Long Island fire department that lost a man in the response to the 9\/11 attacks on the three World Trade Center buildings unanimously passed the resolution:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lewrockwell.com\/2019\/07\/no_author\/new-york-fire-commissioners-call-for-new-9-11-investigation-about-pre-planted-explosives\/\">New York Fire Commissioners Call for New 9\/11 Investigation About \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Pre-Planted Explosives\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/a> (LewRockwell.com)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;[W]hile the Middle East-North Africa region had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/fact-tank\/2019\/07\/16\/how-religious-restrictions-around-the-world-have-changed-over-a-decade\/\">the highest levels<\/a> of religious restrictions in the world, Europe saw some of the biggest <em>increases<\/em> over the last decade in certain types of restrictions&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/fact-tank\/2019\/07\/29\/europe-experienced-a-surge-in-government-restrictions-on-religious-activity-over-the-last-decade\/\">Europe Experienced a Surge in Government Restrictions on Religious Activity over the Last Decade<\/a> (Pew Research)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Hindu nationalists have demanded that Zamato &#8220;should &#8230; serve Muslims non-Halal food&#8221; but the company responds &#8220;that as an aggregator, it neither prepares the food nor decides whether or not it is Halal&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/india\/1679804\/zomato-and-uber-eats-unite-on-twitter-to-support-muslim-exec\/\">The Bigotry of One Indian Customer Has United Arch-rivals Zomato and Uber Eats<\/a> (Quartz)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;[H]arrassment began about a month ago, when a Jerusalem Magistrate Court&#8217;s judge &#8230;rejected the state&#8217;s contention that the family&#8217;s home is illegal&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/middle-east-news\/palestinians\/.premium-after-locking-this-palestinian-out-of-his-home-israel-revokes-his-entry-permit-1.7304182\">After Locking This Palestinian Out of His Home, Israel Revokes His Entry Permit<\/a> (Haaretz)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You&#8217;ve heard of &#8220;liberal except on Palestine?&#8221; Now there&#8217;s &#8220;privacy except for Palestinians&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/thomasbrewster\/2019\/08\/01\/microsoft-slammed-for-investing-in-israeli-facial-recognition-spying-on-palestinians\/#366cd9c56cec\">Microsoft Slammed for Investment in Israeli Facial Recognition \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcSpying on Palestinians\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/a> (Forbes)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Inspired by the civil rights and anti-apartheid movements, it calls for Palestinian liberation on terms of full equality with Israelis and categorically opposes all forms of racism, including anti-Semitism&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/bds-house-resolution-trump-squad-omar-aoc\/\">Why Americans Should Support BDS<\/a> (The Nation)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Companies punishing innocents in &#8220;countries targeted by sanctions so as to avoid coming under fire themselves &#8230; compromis[e] the &#8230; 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