{"id":71448,"date":"2019-12-17T06:49:55","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T11:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=71448"},"modified":"2019-12-17T11:28:57","modified_gmt":"2019-12-17T16:28:57","slug":"news-and-analysis-12-17-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=71448","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (12\/17\/19)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Students abandoned their protests to return to campus when locals joining in turned violent, but Delhi police attacked them on the university campus, beating students and damaging mosques:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/india\/1768876\/i-saw-delhi-police-target-jamia-millia-islamias-muslim-students\/\">\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Thrash the Circumcised,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Delhi Cops Shouted Amidst Rampage Against Us Students<\/a> (Quartz)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>According to <em>Al Mayadeen<\/em> TV, the draft keeps &#8220;existing Israeli settlements, as well as isolated settlements, &#8230; under Israeli sovereignty&#8221; and prohibits Jews and Arabs from buying each other&#8217;s homes&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.i24news.tv\/en\/news\/international\/middle-east\/1576531861-report-trump-middle-east-peace-draft-supports-formation-of-new-palestine\">Report: &#8216;New Palestine&#8217; State in Draft of Trump Middle East Peace Plan<\/a> (i24 News)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In the past &#8220;security experts have been finding ways around Iranian censors. &#8230;  This time, though, U.S. sanctions may have inadvertently played into their hands&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/world-nation\/story\/2019-12-17\/iran-blocked-internet-tech-experts-hack-solution\">When Iran Blocked the Internet, Tech Experts in the U.S. Tried to Hack a Solution. 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