{"id":20843,"date":"2019-08-24T13:29:06","date_gmt":"2019-08-24T18:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=20843"},"modified":"2019-08-24T13:29:08","modified_gmt":"2019-08-24T18:29:08","slug":"news-and-analysis-8-24-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=20843","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (8\/24\/19)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;He was sentenced to &#8220;ten months in prison and a 2,000 shekel ($570 U.S.) fine&#8221; for Facebook &#8220;posts, calling for an end to the occupation and end to the suffering&#8221; which Israel considers &#8220;incitement&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/progressive.org\/dispatches\/israels-online-occupation-of-palestine-deprez-190823\/\">Israel\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Online Occupation of Palestine<\/a> (Progressive)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; while Facebook and Twitter took paid ads intended &#8220;to convince Westerners that the camps in China\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s northwestern Xinjiang region are not sites of human rights abuses&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/future-perfect\/2019\/8\/22\/20826971\/facebook-twitter-china-misinformation-ughiur-muslim-internment-camps\">China Paid Facebook and Twitter to Help Spread Anti-Muslim Propaganda<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(Vox)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Some U.S. cities have banned the use of facial recognition technology&#8221; that China has adopted &#8220;to track and target its Muslim Uighur minority&#8221; and Israel to track Palestinians &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2019\/08\/22\/752765606\/face-recognition-lets-palestinians-cross-israeli-checkposts-fast-but-raises-conc\">Face Recognition Lets Palestinians Cross Israeli Checkposts Fast, But Raises Concerns<\/a> (NPR)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; who &#8220;now live in a world of surveillance and police control&#8221; reflected in\u00c2\u00a0 microcosm in a film that &#8220;won the jury special mention and the Fipresci Critics\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Award&#8221; at Cannes this year:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/oscars-palestine-picks-it-be-heaven-international-category-1233781\">Oscars: Palestine Selects \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcIt Must Be Heaven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 for International Feature Film Category<\/a> (Hollywood Reporter)\u00c2\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Macron offered on Wednesday to either soften sanctions on Iran or provide a compensation mechanism &#8216;to enable the Iranian people to live better&#8217; in return for full compliance with the pact&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mideast-iran\/iran-ready-to-work-on-french-nuclear-deal-proposals-does-not-want-war-foreign-minister-idUSKCN1VC1CW\">Iran Ready to Work on French Nuclear Deal Proposals, Does Not Want War: Foreign Minister<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; and Britain still believes &#8220;the 2015 deal remains the best way to ensure Tehran does not get nuclear weapons&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-g7-summit-iran\/britain-unlikely-to-change-iran-stance-at-g7-despite-trump-meeting-idUSKCN1VD153\">Britain Unlikely to Change Iran Stance at G7 Despite Trump Meeting<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We are operating \u00e2\u20ac\u201c not just if needed, we are operating in many areas &#8230;. I gave the security forces a free hand and instructed them to do anything necessary to thwart Iran&#8217;s plans&#8221;&#8211;Benjamin Netanyahu: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/israel-news\/israel-struck-iran-targets-in-iraq-u-s-officials-tell-new-york-times-1.7734194\">Israel Struck Iran Targets in Iraq, U.S. Officials Tell New York Times<\/a> (Haaretz)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The &#8220;$5 million to $6 million a month&#8221; reportedly spent on &#8220;[f]reelance payments and remittances &#8230;  dwarves the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153tens of thousands of dollars\u00e2\u20ac\u009d in illicit transactions reported earlier this week by the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/08\/18\/technology\/terrorists-bitcoin.html\" target=\"_blank\">New York Times<\/a>&#8220;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/palestinian-civilians-are-using-bitcoin-more-than-terrorists\">In Palestine, Civilians Are Using Bitcoin More than Hamas<\/a> (Coindesk)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Women often report  that gyms can be quite hostile spaces, and that they don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t always feel  safe and confident. So it is no wonder that the women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s-only classes  were an instant hit&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2019\/08\/24\/this-muslim-teen-started-her-own-gym-classes-for-women-who-wear-hijabs-10609521\/\">This Muslim Teen Started Her Own Gym Classes for Women Who Wear Hijabs<\/a> (Metro UK)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; and &#8220;Muslim women are still fighting for their right to swim&#8221; being &#8221; told that their bathing wear wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t suitable&#8221; or &#8220;to go back to their country. Some have <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fox46charlotte.com\/news\/local-news\/ymca-employee-calls-police-on-muslim-woman-over-swimwear\" target=\"_blank\">called the police<\/a> on them&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/muslim-women-are-fighting-to-swim-in-america_n_5d5594d1e4b056fafd08aa70\">When Swimming As a Muslim Woman Becomes A Political Act<\/a> (Huffington Post)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not just Muslim people who observe hijab &#8230; [who] <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/11\/08\/business\/traveling-while-muslim-complicates-air-travel.html\">are wary of traveling<\/a>. &#8230; [A]bout <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewforum.org\/2017\/07\/26\/findings-from-pew-research-centers-2017-survey-of-us-muslims\/\">48% Muslims said they had experienced at least one instance of discrimination between 2016 and 2017&#8243;:<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mtv.com\/news\/3136312\/muslim-americans-traveling-trump-tlaib-omar\/\">Muslim Americans Are Already Wary Of Traveling \u00e2\u20ac\u201d And Trump&#8217;s Taunts Don&#8217;t Help<\/a> (MTV News)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The UAE understands that war is bad for business and for stability and &#8220;that the closer they are aligned with the U.S. president,&nbsp;the more vulnerable they would be to any political setbacks to him&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/World\/Middle-East\/2019\/0823\/Why-Saudi-UAE-alliance-is-cracking-Yemen-Iran-and-Trump\">Why Saudi-UAE alliance is cracking: Yemen, Iran, and Trump<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;He was sentenced to &#8220;ten months in prison and a 2,000 shekel ($570 U.S.) fine&#8221; for Facebook &#8220;posts, calling for an end to the occupation and end to the suffering&#8221; which Israel considers &#8220;incitement&#8221; &#8230; Israel\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Online Occupation of Palestine (Progressive) &#8230; while Facebook and Twitter took paid ads intended &#8220;to convince Westerners that the [&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-20843","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\/20843","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=20843"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20856,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20843\/revisions\/20856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}