{"id":20857,"date":"2019-08-26T05:47:18","date_gmt":"2019-08-26T10:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=20857"},"modified":"2019-08-26T05:47:19","modified_gmt":"2019-08-26T10:47:19","slug":"news-and-analysis-8-26-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=20857","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (8\/26\/19)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Expansion of foreigner tribunals, plans for &#8220;huge new detention camps,&#8221; arrest of hundreds &#8220;on suspicion of being a foreign migrant \u00e2\u20ac\u201d&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/ex-armyman-working-as-cop-in-assam-declared-foreigner\/articleshow\/69569675.cms\" target=\"_blank\">including a Muslim veteran of the Indian Army<\/a>,&#8221; have driven dozens to suicide&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/08\/17\/world\/asia\/india-muslims-narendra-modi.html?fbclid=IwAR1nnF5cWbP2n4e59Lzz-ssZg5x9Wnd_JeAOPuDmqq0fQ5vPQsHX7YjhF-Y\">India Plans Big Detention Camps for Migrants. Muslims Are Afraid<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Iran said that &#8220;the owner and purchaser of this oil will decide the destination of the cargo&#8221; and separately &#8220;announced that it had deployed a naval destroyer with cruise missiles to  help secure Iranian ships&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mideast-iran-tanker-oil\/iran-says-it-has-sold-oil-from-tanker-released-by-gibraltar-idUSKCN1VG0O0?il=0\">Iran Says It Has Sold Oil from Tanker Released by Gibraltar<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>While they were in the Navy, a gag order prevented them from telling the truth about Israel&#8217;s attack on the U.S.S. Liberty; now, the American Legion picks up where the Navy left off:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/israelpalestinenews.org\/uss-liberty-vets-banned-forever-american-legion-national-conference\/\">USS Liberty Veterans Banned Forever from Am Legion Nat\u00e2\u20ac\u2122l Convention<\/a> (If American Knew)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>He defined an Arab Jew culturally as &#8220;a Jew who speaks Arabic and grew up in a Muslim environment'&#8221; but younger &#8220;Mizrahi intellectuals&#8221; use the term &#8220;to highlight &#8230; reluctance to be part of the Zionist existence of the state&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/972mag.com\/sasson-somekh-arab-jew\/142989\">Bidding Farewell to &#8216;the Last Arab Jew&#8217;<\/a> (972)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m tired of being branded a terrorist; tired that a human life lost in  my country is no loss at all. It is our  responsibility to do our utmost to acquire the answers, to dig them up  with our bare hands if we must&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/lithub.com\/lessons-from-a-decade-reporting-on-women-during-the-iraq-war\/\">Lessons From a Decade Reporting on Women During the Iraq War<\/a> (Literary Hub)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;There is no legal ban (on the presence of women in stadiums] and we must activate the infrastructure, which is underway&#8221;&#8211; Jamshid Taghizadeh, the sports ministry&#8217;s deputy for legal and provincial affairs <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/news\/world\/iran-to-let-women-attend-football-world-cup-qualifier-ministry-11840738\">Iran to Let Women Attend Football World Cup qualifier: Ministry<\/a> (Channel News)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Sauce for the gander? Iran calls U.S. sanctions on its citizens &#8220;economic terrorism&#8221; and when Iran likewise sanctions U.S. citizens, the U.S. accuses them of &#8220;directly or indirectly compromising the safety of&#8221; Americans:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/08\/25\/us\/iran-sanctions-us-citizen\/index.html\">US State Department Warns Iran After &#8216;Threats&#8217; Against US Citizen<\/a> (CNN)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Even to get an Internet connection  just to file this story, the reporter had to go to Jammu:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/5659671\/kashmir-indian-government\/?fbclid=IwAR357YrSA-SxM1e1L0nTXbSyIgAl4Hlq8d2ZFIUOHY1A8yb3rt0YA6tgd50\">The Indian Government Insists All Is Well in Kashmir. But As the Communications Shutdown Continues, Its Citizens Are Struggling to Reach the Outside World<\/a> (Time)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump said that Macron&#8217;s meeting with Iran&#8217;s FM during the G7 was not &#8220;&#8216;disrespectful at all, especially when he asked me for approval.&#8217; Still, Trump said he felt it was too early for a meeting with Zarif himself&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/08\/26\/politics\/donald-trump-g7-monday-intl\/index.html\">After Confusion on Trade and Iran, Trump Puts Positive Spin on Final Day of G7<\/a> (CNN)<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Expansion of foreigner tribunals, plans for &#8220;huge new detention camps,&#8221; arrest of hundreds &#8220;on suspicion of being a foreign migrant \u00e2\u20ac\u201d&nbsp;including a Muslim veteran of the Indian Army,&#8221; have driven dozens to suicide&#8221;: India Plans Big Detention Camps for Migrants. 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