{"id":77628,"date":"2019-12-30T07:45:36","date_gmt":"2019-12-30T12:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=77628"},"modified":"2019-12-30T07:45:37","modified_gmt":"2019-12-30T12:45:37","slug":"news-and-analysis-12-30-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=77628","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (12\/30\/19)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Muslims express solidarity with Jews in the wake of Hanukkah stabbings:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cair-ny.org\/news\/2019\/12\/29\/cair-cair-ny-express-solidarity-with-jewish-community-after-hanukkah-stabbingsnbsp\">CAIR, CAIR-NY Express Solidarity with Jewish Community After Hanukkah Stabbings<\/a> (CAIR-NY)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jewishpress.com\/news\/us-news\/ny\/uae-condemns-machete-terror-attack-at-chanukah-party-in-rabbis-home-in-ny\/2019\/12\/30\/\">UAE Condemns Machete Terror Attack at Chanukah Party in Rabbi\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Home in NY<\/a> (Jewish Press)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Iran charges that &#8220;the United States has targeted the positions of forces that over the  years have inflicted heavy blows to Daesh terrorists [i.e., ISIL\/ISIS]&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/12\/iran-slams-terrorist-raids-shia-militia-iraq-syria-191230084430659.html\">Iran Slams &#8216;Terrorist&#8217; Raids by US on Shia Militia in Iraq, Syria<\/a> (Al-Jazeera)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; while former IDF intelligence chief Amos Yadlin urges Israel to coordinate future airstrikes with the U.S.:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/Arab-Israeli-Conflict\/Ex-IDF-intel-chief-Now-that-US-engaged-Iran-Israel-must-be-careful-612539\">Ex-IDF intel chief: Now that US engaged Iran, Israel must be careful<\/a> (Jerusalem Post)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Can parliamentary and presidential elections the Palestinian political parties agreed on in November resolve thirteen years of division between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/opinion\/.premium-why-israel-should-let-palestinians-hold-elections-1.8327193\">Why Israel Should Let Palestinians Hold Elections<\/a> (Haaretz)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>With his mix of reform and repression, the Saudi &#8220;crown prince proved successful only in undermining the kingdom\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s credibility, and tarnishing its reputation beyond repair&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/opinion\/eve-2020-bin-salman-has-let-down-world\">On the Eve of 2020, Mohammed Bin Salman Has Let Down the W<g class=\"gr_ gr_17 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"17\" data-gr-id=\"17\">orld<\/g><\/a> (Middle East Eye) <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Are Indian citizens paying the price for  remaining silent when the Modi regime removed the special  Constitutional provisions for Jammu and Kashmir (J&amp;K)?  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/article\/opinion\/rehearsed-in-kashmir-played-out-in-rest-of-india-119123000255_1.html\">Rehearsed in Kashmir, Played Out in Rest of India<\/a> (Business Standard)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The hospital has caved in to fears of &#8220;religious leaders &#8230; that the plan could lead to breaches of Sharia  law if two babies drank milk from the same mother and later married &#8230; [despite] strict safeguards for the scheme&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesslive.co.za\/bd\/world\/asia\/2019-12-30-bangladesh-bans-breast-milk-for-needy-due-to-islam-backlash\/\">Bangladesh Bans Breast-Milk for Needy Due to Islam Backlash<\/a> (Business Day)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad challenged Muslim world for funding and political leadership to mobilize resources and pursue education and science to overcome their problems:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nst.com.my\/opinion\/columnists\/2019\/12\/551784\/way-forward-muslim-countries\">The Way Forward for Muslim Countries<\/a> (Straits Times)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Palestinians condemned attempts by Israeli Defense Minister Natfali Bennett to challenge the International Criminal Court and allows Israeli citizens to register in Area C of West Bank:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xinhuanet.com\/english\/2019-12\/29\/c_138663855.htm\">Palestine Slams Israeli Land Registration Plan<\/a> (Xinhua)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Iran&#8217;s FM says Tehran would not submit to propaganda and refuses to release Australian academic detained for espionage:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/2019\/dec\/29\/zaghari-ratcliffe-to-go-on-hunger-strike-for-fellow-detainee-in-iran\">Zaghari-Ratcliffe to Go on Hunger Strike for Fellow Detainee in Iran<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Muslims express solidarity with Jews in the wake of Hanukkah stabbings: CAIR, CAIR-NY Express Solidarity with Jewish Community After Hanukkah Stabbings (CAIR-NY) UAE Condemns Machete Terror Attack at Chanukah Party in Rabbi\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Home in NY (Jewish Press) Iran charges that &#8220;the United States has targeted the positions of forces that over the years have inflicted [&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-77628","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\/77628","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=77628"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78130,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77628\/revisions\/78130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}