{"id":48697,"date":"2019-11-02T06:33:10","date_gmt":"2019-11-02T11:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=48697"},"modified":"2019-11-02T06:33:11","modified_gmt":"2019-11-02T11:33:11","slug":"news-and-analysis-11-2-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=48697","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (11\/2\/19)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Israel invested in facial recognition software used to watch Palestinian all over the West Bank &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2019\/10\/31\/20937638\/israel-surveillance-network-covers-palestinian-territories\">An Artificial Intelligence Company Backed by Microsoft is Helping Israel Surveil Palestinians<\/a> (VOX.com)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; &#8220;[i]t\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s possible to scrape the biographical data of thousands of Palestinians from an exposed server&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en_us\/article\/59naea\/google-hosted-an-insecure-app-for-searching-personal-data-of-palestinians\">Google Hosted an Insecure App for Searching Personal Data of Palestinians<\/a> (Vice)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/us-rebukes-germany-iran-israel-anti-semitic\">US government equates anti-Israel apartheid with anti-Semitism<\/a> but <a href=\"https:\/\/jewishinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PDF-UIUC.pdf\">the Illinois Student Government condemns such equation<\/a> as racism:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/mondoweiss.net\/2019\/11\/students-and-faculty-push-back-on-pro-palestine-censorship\/\">Students and Faculty Push Back on Pro-Palestine Censorship<\/a> (Mondoweiss)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Appointment of the Kuwait ambassador to Palestine is an assertion of the Palestinians&#8217; right to an independent state:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yenisafak.com\/en\/world\/kuwait-appoints-its-first-ambassador-to-palestine-3504175\">Kuwait Appoints Its First Ambassador to Palestine<\/a> (Yani Safak English)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The US sanctions are blocking life-saving medicine and endangering the lives of Iranians:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/iran-sanctions-us-medicine-imports-hospital-disease-a9178246.html\">US Sanctions on Iran Are &#8216;Limiting Imports of Life-Saving Medicine&#8217;<\/a> (Independent)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2019\/10\/29\/iran-sanctions-threatening-health\">Iran: Sanctions Threatening Health <\/a>(Human Rights Watch)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Throughout the Holocaust, Muslims engaged with Jews and helped them seek refuge from persecution&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seacoastonline.com\/news\/20191101\/unh-exhibit-explores-muslim-jewish-cooperation-during-holocaust\">UNH Exhibit Explores Muslim-Jewish Cooperation During Holocaust<\/a> (Seacoastonline)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>One veteran of the revolution declares, &#8220;[I]f we had been allowed to criticize [the Revolution], we  wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have so much embezzlement, theft and betrayal&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/11\/01\/world\/azam-taleghani-dead.html\">Azam Taleghani, Defiant Would-Be President of Iran, Dies at 76<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; while another disputes &#8220;a revisionist history now being offered &#8230; [that] Iran\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Revolutionary Guard &#8230; directed the attack, insisting  all the blame rested with the Islamist students who let the crisis spin  out of control&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/aa180559472e412a835a13e39abf0cb3\">Iran Student Leader \\Says He Regrets 1979 US Embassy Attack<\/a> (AP)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The annual gala of the Muslim American Leadership Alliance (MALA) is uniting Americans of all backgrounds for social cohesion, promoting inclusion and celebrating heritage:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/society\/mala-promotes-progress-for-muslim-american-heritage\/5659329\/\">MALA Gala Promotes Progress for Muslim American Heritage<\/a> (WLS-TV)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For Palestinians, the Al Wihdat Soccer Team playing at the refugee camp is literally a reminder of dispossession, and of the 1956 catastrophe in which 750,000 Palestinians were expelled from their homes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/deadspin.com\/for-palestinians-in-and-out-of-refugee-camps-al-wihdat-1835888982\">For Palestinians in and out of Refugee Camps, Al Wihdat Is More Than a Soccer Team<\/a> (Deadspin)<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel invested in facial recognition software used to watch Palestinian all over the West Bank &#8230; 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