{"id":81159,"date":"2020-02-02T18:16:28","date_gmt":"2020-02-02T23:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=81159"},"modified":"2020-02-02T18:16:31","modified_gmt":"2020-02-02T23:16:31","slug":"news-and-analysis-2-2-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=81159","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (2\/2\/20)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Not as well known as Muhammad Ali and Kareem  Abdul-Jabbar, this Muslim plays a leading role in the most-watched event and largest spectacle in  American culture:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/2020\/01\/31\/robert-salehs-rise-super-bowl-began-muslim-community-where-football-is-king\/\">Robert Saleh\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Rise to the Super Bowl Began in a Muslim Community Where Football Is King<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Rashid Khalid reveals historical root for Trump&#8217;s one-sided peace <g class=\"gr_ gr_6 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-del replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"6\" data-gr-id=\"6\">plan,<\/g> and the essence of the conflict:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2020\/02\/01\/hundred-years-war-palestine-book-rashid-khalidi\/\">The Erasure of Palestinians From Trump\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Mideast \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Peace Plan\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Has a Hundred-Year History<\/a> (The Intercept)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Kushner plan violates all norms and is doomed to fail &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/us-news\/.premium-sorry-jared-this-time-it-s-not-the-palestinians-who-ve-screwed-up-it-s-you-1.8467901\">Sorry, Jared, This Time It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Not the Palestinians Who Have &#8216;Screwed Up,&#8217; It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s You <\/a>(Haaretz)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>.. yet, a policy adviser for &nbsp;the Palestinian Policy Network hopes it will bring about &#8220;a paradigm shift in Palestinian political thinking towards a long-term struggle for equal rights for all within the framework of one state&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/indepth\/opinion\/50bn-palestine-200201170559063.html\">Trump&#8217;s Middle East Plan May Have a Silver Lining <\/a>(Al-Jazeera)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;All of the newly named countries except Myanmar have Muslim populations of 35 percent or more&#8221; :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/david-gura\/watch\/trump-administration-adds-6-countries-to-travel-ban-5-have-large-muslim-populations-77964869542\">Trump Administration Adds 6 Countries to Travel Ban; 5 Have Large Muslim Populations<\/a> (MSNBC)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Protesters against military institutions siding with repressive regimes are moved to risk going to the street to oppose despotism regimes backed by &#8220;imperialist&#8221; powers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/mideastsoccer.blogspot.com\/2020\/02\/protesters-push-arab-militaries-off.html\">Protesters Push Arab Militaries Off Their Pedestal <\/a>(<g class=\"gr_ gr_4 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_disable_anim_appear ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"4\" data-gr-id=\"4\">Middle East<\/g> Soccer)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Iranians must have the &#8216;right to choose&#8217; between different political  factions at polls,&#8221; President Rouhani said of the controversy over the disqualification of thousands of candidates in  upcoming election&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.i24news.tv\/en\/news\/international\/middle-east\/1580647591-iran-s-rouhani-says-iranians-have-right-to-choose-their-representatives\">Iran&#8217;s Rouhani Says Iranians Have Right to Choose Their Representatives<\/a> (i24 News \/ AFP)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Al-Sistani condemns the use of violence against peaceful demonstrators, calling for fair government election:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/081b3a7a4dfc143dcf7cc3c06b3aa843\">Iraqi Cleric Condemns Use of Force, 11  Protesters Wounded<\/a> (AP)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The killing of Qassem Soleimani upended expectations in useful ways, but the U.S. isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t in a position to capitalize on the turmoil&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2020\/02\/trumps-iran-strategy-doesnt-work-as-well-as-he-thinks\/605947\/\">Trump\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Iran Strategy Isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Working as Well as He Thinks<\/a> (The Atlantic)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The  member  of the Iowa House and Muslim Caucus of America cited &#8220;Sanders\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s willingness to &#8216;go against the tribe&#8217; 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