{"id":81106,"date":"2020-01-27T14:10:16","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T19:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=81106"},"modified":"2020-01-27T14:10:18","modified_gmt":"2020-01-27T19:10:18","slug":"news-and-analysis-1-27-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=81106","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (1\/27\/20)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The &#8220;Deal of the Century&#8221; is about Israeli and American domestic politics and undermines hope for Israeli-Palestinian peace:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/israel-news\/.premium-trump-s-deal-of-the-century-was-written-so-the-palestinians-would-reject-it-1.8443677\">Trump\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcDeal of the Century\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Was Written in a Way So the Palestinians Would Reject It. Maybe That Was the Plan <\/a>(Haaretz)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/01\/palestinians-threaten-quit-oslo-accords-trump-peace-plan-200126153012929.html\">Palestinians Threaten to Quit Oslo Accords over Trump Peace Plan<\/a> (Al-Jazeera)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>India will limit Kashmitis access to 300 sites of which they approve, leaving most of the Internet blacked out despite a court order that &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/in\/2020\/01\/10\/indias-apex-court-says-indefinite-internet-shutdowns-violate-rules-but-kashmir-is-still-offline\/\">indefinite internet shutdowns<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0are against\u00c2\u00a0the telecom rules of the country&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/in\/2020\/01\/27\/after-nearly-6-months-kashmirs-internet-opens-up-but-only-to-300-sites\/\">After Nearly 6 Months, Kashmir\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Internet Opens Up \u00e2\u20ac\u201c but Only to 300 Sites<\/a> (TNW)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Human rights activists say increase in fighting in Libya places refugees and migrants in the line of fire&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/01\/libya-increase-conflict-puts-migrants-significant-risk-200127122051273.html\">Libya&#8217;s Increase in Conflict Puts Migrants at &#8216;Significant Risk&#8217;<\/a> (Al-Jazeera)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Iran announces that it will not abandon its uranium enrichment, and will not negotiate while under sanctions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-iran-nuclear\/iran-has-capacity-to-enrich-uranium-at-any-percentage-nuclear-agency-idUSKBN1ZO0ML\">Iran Has <g class=\"gr_ gr_4 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_disable_anim_appear Grammar only-ins replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"4\" data-gr-id=\"4\">Capacity<\/g> to Enrich Uranium at Any Percentage: Nuclear Agency<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/01\/iran-zarif-hits-trump-twitter-post-200126093405348.html\">Iran&#8217;s Zarif Hits Back After Trump&#8217;s &#8216;No Thanks&#8217; Twitter Post<\/a> (Al-Jazeera)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>As the killing of Gen. Soleimani has led to fears of military escalation between US and Iran, people across the world protest a possible war:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesunion.com\/news\/article\/Rally-demands-U-S-step-away-from-war-with-Iran-15003975.php\">Albany Rally: No War with Iran<\/a> (Times Union)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Soleimani assassination may have an impact on Iranian domestic politics as well &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/indepth\/opinion\/mystification-qassem-soleimani-200126094859701.html\">The Mystification of Qassem Soleimani<\/a> (Al-Jazeera)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/01\/iran-principlists-tipped-win-parliament-vote-discontent-200127020036462.html\">Iran&#8217;s Principlists Likely to Win Parliament Vote amid Discontent<\/a> (Al-Jazeera)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; where the &#8220;hardline Guardians Council &#8230; has disqualified about 9,000 of the 14,000 who registered to run in the  elections. Moderates say in most cities they have no candidates to enter  the race&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-iran-usa-election\/irans-rouhani-calls-for-unity-accuses-trump-of-exploiting-rift-idUSKBN1ZQ0GE\">Iran&#8217;s Rouhani Calls for Unity, Accuses Trump of Exploiting Rift<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Locals say the Iraqi army\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 8th Division in Qaim fears the Iran-linked PMU, but the head of the PMU there says that the Iraqi army is \u00e2\u20ac\u0153entirely under US control\u00e2\u20ac\u009d&nbsp;and the Defense Ministry needs US approval for any decision:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/01\/iraq-qaim-syria-kataib-hezbollah.html#ixzz6CG6if9iH\">Qaim Residents Fearful Following Conflict Between US, Iran-backed Militias<\/a> (Al-Monitor)<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The &#8220;Deal of the Century&#8221; is about Israeli and American domestic politics and undermines hope for Israeli-Palestinian peace: Trump\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcDeal of the Century\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Was Written in a Way So the Palestinians Would Reject It. Maybe That Was the Plan (Haaretz) Palestinians Threaten to Quit Oslo Accords over Trump Peace Plan (Al-Jazeera) India will limit Kashmitis [&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-81106","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\/81106","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=81106"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81122,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81106\/revisions\/81122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}