{"id":81321,"date":"2020-02-16T16:54:50","date_gmt":"2020-02-16T21:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=81321"},"modified":"2020-02-16T16:54:53","modified_gmt":"2020-02-16T21:54:53","slug":"news-and-analysis-2-16-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=81321","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (2\/16\/20)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The appeals court refused to buy the lower court&#8217;s ruling that the men, prevented from flying because they refused to become spies, had no standing to sue because they were taken off the list after filing suit: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/citizentruth.org\/muslim-men-sue-fbi-agents-over-no-fly-list\/?utm_source=R%26I+Clips+%28Coalition%29&amp;utm_campaign=1406427427-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_08_15_02_10_COPY_01&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_3a915757be-1406427427-391722642&amp;mc_cid=54f86478bb&amp;mc_eid=fe35b2c683\">Muslim Men Sue FBI Agents Over No-Fly List<\/a> (Citizen Truth)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;AIPAC is the main instrument of such Israeli policy pushes in the United States, and has never been forced to register as the agent of a foreign state, as US law requires&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.juancole.com\/2020\/02\/netanyahu-destroyed-amendment.html\">Israel\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Netanyahu Boasts of Having Destroyed US 1st Amendment and Free Speech<\/a> (Informed Comment)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>James Dorsey notes that a commercial enterprise showed more courage than a university against leaders that threaten democratic civilized societies:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/mideastsoccer.blogspot.com\/2020\/02\/defending-political-freedoms-incidents.html\">Defending Political Freedoms: Incidents in Israel and Scandinavia Raise Alarm Bells<\/a> (Middle East Soccer)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;As the [Syrian] regime draws closer to Idlib, as another 1m civilians prepare to flee, the UN has staked time and prestige on an effort that was doomed from the start&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.economist.com\/middle-east-and-africa\/2020\/02\/13\/why-the-united-nations-cannot-end-wars-in-the-arab-world\">Why the United Nations Cannot End Wars in the Arab World<\/a> (Economist)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In a labor election husting in Glasgow, candidate Lisa Nandy, who is backed by the Jewish labor movement, endorsed pledges that recognize Palestinians&#8217; 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Talks Possible with Conditions<\/a> (USA Today)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; yet the continuing stalemate &#8220;could benefit ISIS amid growing signs the terror group still poses a significant threat in the Middle East&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/trumps-iran-conflict-taking-attention-away-from-a-resilient-isis-2020-2\">ISIS Is Bigger Now than when It First Formed, and Trump&#8217;s Conflict with Iran Could Give It a Boost<\/a> (Business Insider)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Iran says, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We want more than anybody else to know what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s in the black box, to know what actually happened,&#8221; but Canada says it is impossible &#8220;for the equipment needed to decode the box to be transported to Tehran&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/feb\/16\/iran-under-growing-pressure-to-hand-over-ukraine-jet-black-box\">Iran Under Growing Pressure to Hand over Ukraine Jet Black Box<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>SMU Professor of Old Testament Susanne Scholz calls Fundamentalist claims that Shiloh is the capital of ancient Israel  &#8220;utter nonsense&#8221; 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