{"id":61446,"date":"2019-11-28T10:22:23","date_gmt":"2019-11-28T15:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=61446"},"modified":"2019-11-28T10:22:25","modified_gmt":"2019-11-28T15:22:25","slug":"news-and-analysis-11-28-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=61446","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (11\/28\/19)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Modeled on the Zionist project a &#8220;chilling video&#8221; advocates creating &#8220;an idyllic home for Kashmiri Pandits based on ugly and violent exclusions&#8221; that ignore &#8220;Kashmir&#8217;s plural cultures and histories&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/defence.pk\/pdf\/threads\/anger-over-indian-diplomat-calling-israel-model-for-kashmir.644296\/\">Anger over Indian Diplomat Calling Israel Model for Kashmir<\/a> (Pakistan Defense)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Saudis have expressed &#8220;respect&#8221; for Xi Jinping, Egypt allowed Chinese police to &#8220;interrogate Uighur exiles on its soil&#8221; and Pakistan, though quick to speak out on the Rohingya and Kashmir, &#8220;has been silent&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/20191127-china-communist-uighurs-xinjiang-muslim-silence-camps-repression\">Muslim Countries&#8217; Silence on China\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Repression of Uighurs<\/a> (France24)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; but a Muslim-American group is calling for a boycott of the Olympics in China over the oppression of the Uighers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.good.is\/olympics-beijing-muslim-boycott\">Muslim Group Calls for Boycott of 2022 Olympics in Beijing Because It&#8217;s &#8216;Anathema to the Olympic Spirit&#8217;<\/a> (GOOD)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Iran &#8220;estimated as many as 200,000  people took part in the demonstrations, higher than previous claims &#8230; [and] damaged more than 50 police stations, as well as 34  ambulances, 731 banks and 70 gas stations in the country&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/11\/iran-cia-links-arrested-inciting-deadly-protests-191127170333511.html\">Iran: Eight with CIA Links Arrested for Inciting Deadly Protests<\/a> (Al-Jazeera)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Just months after a billionaire donor to their cause &#8220;made a surprise public appearance in New York at the annual conference of United Against Nuclear Iran&#8221;, &#8230; several Iranian environmentalists were &#8230; behind bars&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2019\/11\/27\/iran-environmentalists-panthera-thomas-kaplan\/\">Did an American Billionaire Philanthropist Play a Role in the Imprisonment of Iranian Environmentalists?<\/a> (The Intercept)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>While U.S. is concerned over military escalation between Israel and Iran, Israel is worried by America&#8217;s desire to avoid being dragged into a regional war:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/us-news\/.premium-u-s-worried-israel-strike-iran-netanyahu-worried-trump-admin-syria-1.8186024\">U.S. Worried Israel Will Strike Iran. Israel Is Worried About Something Else<\/a> (Haaretz)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Would accepting that a two state solution is unattainable bring &#8220;a gestalt shift &#8230; about demography, &#8230; settlements, &#8230; Jerusalem, &#8230; U.S. foreign policy, and, &#8230; about Israel as a \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcJewish,\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 as opposed to a truly democratic, state&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/penntoday.upenn.edu\/news\/paradigm-lost-new-book-outlines-one-state-reality-israelis-palestinians\">\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcP<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/penntoday.upenn.edu\/news\/paradigm-lost-new-book-outlines-one-state-reality-israelis-palestinians\">aradigm Lost\u00e2\u20ac\u2122: New Book Outlines \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcOne-state Reality\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 for Israelis, Palestinians<\/a> (Penn Today)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; &#8220;[U]nconditional support from the United States [is] a &#8216;key factor in  prolonging the conflict,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d facilitated by &#8220;the U.S  mainstream media, which . . . favors the Israeli narrative over those of  Palestinians\u00e2\u20ac\u009d:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/views\/2019\/11\/28\/how-international-media-greenlights-israeli-aggression-toward-palestine\">How the International Media Greenlights Israeli Aggression Toward Palestine<\/a> (Common Dreams) <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Kenneth Roth was attacked for daring to note that unlike the Saudi attacks on Yemen, the attacks on the Saudi oil fields &#8220;avoided hitting civilians&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/Middle-East\/Human-Rights-Watch-head-slammed-for-tweet-on-Irans-attack-on-Saudi-609067\">Human Rights Watch Head Slammed for Tweet on Iran\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Attack on Saudi<\/a> (The Jerusalem Post)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Tories split over the party&#8217;s insults to of Muslims:  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2019\/nov\/26\/javid-refuses-to-condemn-pms-slurs-against-muslim-women\">Javid Refuses to  Condemn PM&#8217;s Slurs Against Muslim Women <\/a>(The Guardian)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/election-2019-50571258\">General Election 2019: Tory Candidate Calls for PM Apology on Muslim Remarks<\/a> (BBC)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/politics\/general-election-tory-candidate-suspended-islamophobia-racism-flora-scarabello-a9220406.html\">General Election: Tory Candidate &#8216;Suspended for Anti-Muslim Language&#8217;<\/a> (Independent)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Activists &#8220;say they want\u00c2\u00a0to empower women to denounce acts of discrimination that may be caused by misinterpretations of the law&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/montreal\/justice-femme-bill-21-pamphlets-islamophobia-1.5375642\">Pamphlets Inform Muslim Women of Their Rights in Wake of Quebec&#8217;s Secularism Law<\/a> (CBC)<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Modeled on the Zionist project a &#8220;chilling video&#8221; 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