{"id":42642,"date":"2019-10-19T06:38:55","date_gmt":"2019-10-19T11:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=42642"},"modified":"2019-10-20T18:22:14","modified_gmt":"2019-10-20T23:22:14","slug":"news-and-analysis-10-18-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=42642","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (10\/19\/19)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Despite recent hostility between Saudi Arabia and Iran, the two regional rivalry sine 1979, the two are systematically measuring their behavior to avoid a military confrontation &#8230; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/20191017-diplomatic-stalemate-fuels-dangerous-saudi-iran-standoff\">Diplomatic Stalemate Fuels Dangerous Saudi-Iran Standoff <\/a>(France 24)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 and Iranian quiet reaction to the October 11 attack on the Iranian tanker shows that Iran wants to de-escalate tension and confrontations: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/indepth\/opinion\/saudi-arabia-iran-finally-ready-rapprochement-191015103242982.html\">Saudi Arabia and Iran may finally be Ready for R<g class=\"gr_ gr_10 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"10\" data-gr-id=\"10\">approchement<\/g><\/a> (Al-Jazeera)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Saudi Arabia and the Palestinian reached an agreement that is supposed to help the Palestinian overcome the financial crisis as Israel holds millions of dollars monthly from custom duties owed to the PA: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/middle-east\/saudi-arabia-palestinians-agree-joint-business-council\">Saudi Arabia, Palestinians Agree on Joint Business Council<\/a> (VOA)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Washington&#8217;s interventionists want &#8220;the US in Syria indefinitely as proof of our &#8216;credibility&#8217; to fight everybody\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s war &#8230; [but] the prolonged war agenda would not seem to do anybody in the region any good, including the US&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/grahamefuller.com\/everybody-betraying-everybody-in-syria\/\">Everybody Betraying Everybody in Syria<\/a> (Graham Fuller)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; but  Trump\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s so-called &#8220;withdrawal has so far meant moving soldiers from one part of Syria to another so that Turkish forces could invade&#8221; and he says about 1,000 troops &#8220;will be sent&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/tritaparsi.us7.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=422e58ecacb6f5ce044efe488&amp;id=8dfb96807a&amp;e=4841da88e5\">elsewhere in the Middle East<\/a>&#8220;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2019\/10\/18\/trump-pulling-out-middle-east-syria-isolationist-war-making\/?utm_source=Trita+Parsi&amp;utm_campaign=dedf68aafb-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_10_18_07_53&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_bf648b5618-dedf68aafb-274186113\">America\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Syria Debacle Is Not Trump\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Alone<\/a> (Foreign Policy)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Izetbegovic outlined three integral views of the world, being the &#8216;religious&#8217;, &#8216;materialistic&#8217; and &#8216;Islamic'&#8221; and for him, &#8220;Islam is the name for the &#8220;unity of spirit and matter&#8221;, the highest form of which are humans&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/europe\/islam-principle-of-organization-of-universe-wise-king\/1619306\">Islam Principle of Organization of Universe: &#8216;Wise King&#8217;<\/a> (Andalou Agency)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The US media demonises other cultures and people like Mexicans or  Muslims. Iran does this too\u00e2\u20ac\u201dboth countries use the image of the enemy to  distract their citizens from their internal problems&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theartnewspaper.com\/interview\/this-us-government-looks-more-like-iran-s-every-day-shirin-neshat-talks-political-satire-ahead-of-la-showw\">\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcThis US Government Looks More like Iran&#8217;s Every Day\u00e2\u20ac\u2122: Shirin Neshat Talks About the Power of Political Satire Ahead of LA Show<\/a> (The Art Newspaper)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The &#8220;Trump Organization <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/anti-muslim-group-act-for-america-to-host-annual-gala-at-trumps-mar-a-lago\">canceled an event sponsored by a different anti-Muslim group<\/a>&#8221; less than two weeks ago, yet now the Center for Security Policy is scheduled to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.palmbeachpost.com\/news\/20191017\/new-another-anti-muslim-group-to-host-event-at-mar-a-lago\">host &#8220;its annual Flame Dinner<\/a> at Mar-a-Lago&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/center-for-security-policy-another-anti-muslim-group-scheduled-to-host-fundraiser-at-trumps-mar-a-lago\">Another Anti-Muslim Group to Host Fundraiser at Mar-a-Lago<\/a> (Daily Beast)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;[F]ascists who have developed &#8230; a specific way to carry out  and publicize the attacks. Eighty-eight people have been killed in these  six attacks alone, which have taken place in the United States, Germany  and New Zealand&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/articles\/anti-semitic-and-anti-muslim-murders-are-latest-in-string-of-fascist-attacks\/\">Anti-Semitic and Anti-Muslim Murders Are Latest in String of Fascist Attacks<\/a> (Truthout)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Ignore the &#8220;America First&#8221; slogan, Bibi; Pompeo assures Israel&#8217;s besieged PM that this administration will continue to subsume America&#8217;s interests to those of the Israeli right:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-syria-security-turkey-usa-israel\/pompeo-assures-israel-that-us-focus-stays-on-iran-threat-idUSKBN1WX0NO\">Pompeo Assures Israel that U.S. Focus Stays on Iran &#8216;Threat&#8217;<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;How many times did I ignore another group that has been treated badly,  and now that it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s me, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m showing up? That opened my eyes&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/sports\/story\/2019-10-18\/ucsd-soccer-summer-bales-muslim-ban-immigration-ncaa-woman-of-year\">Muslim Ban Drove UCSD Soccer Player Summer Bales into Action<\/a> (San Diego Union-Tribune)<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite recent hostility between Saudi Arabia and Iran, the two regional rivalry sine 1979, the two are systematically measuring their behavior to avoid a military confrontation &#8230; Diplomatic Stalemate Fuels Dangerous Saudi-Iran Standoff (France 24) \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 and Iranian quiet reaction to the October 11 attack on the Iranian tanker shows that Iran wants to de-escalate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122827,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42642","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\/42642","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\/122827"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42642"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42642\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44158,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42642\/revisions\/44158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}