{"id":81437,"date":"2020-02-29T07:05:35","date_gmt":"2020-02-29T12:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=81437"},"modified":"2020-02-29T07:05:38","modified_gmt":"2020-02-29T12:05:38","slug":"news-and-analysis-2-29-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=81437","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (2\/29\/20)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A lawsuit filed against Netanyahu and Trump and key members his administration equates their crimes against Palestinian to the U.S. treatment of the Indigenous Americans and African slaves in America:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/2020\/02\/26\/netanyahu-trump-and-kushner-named-war-crimes-lawsuit-filed-palestinians-us-court\">Netanyahu, Trump, and Kushner Named in &#8216;War Crimes&#8217; Lawsuit Filed by Palestinians in US Court<\/a> (Common Dreams)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p> The now cancelled course &#8220;was not only racist and bigoted, but it also had a  lot of misinformation about Arabs and Muslims,&#8221; but &#8220;factually incorrect and based on anti-Muslim propaganda&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sbsun.com\/2020\/02\/28\/cal-state-san-bernardino-course-disparaged-muslims-and-islam-critics-say\/\">Cal State San Bernardino Course Disparaged Muslims and Islam, Critics Say<\/a> (San Bernardino Sun) <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Women describe the anti-Muslim violence in Delhi &#8230; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-india-51670096\">Delhi Riots: Muslim Women Recall Horror of Molotov Cocktails and Arson<\/a> (BBC)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; while neighboring Pakistan&#8217;s Imran Khan warned he will not tolerate harm to his country&#8217;s religious minorities, in contrast to Modi&#8217;s &#8220;vague plea for &#8216;calm&#8217; and &#8216;normalcy'&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/2020\/02\/26\/red-alert-anti-muslim-violence-india-reaching-critical-levels-homes-and-businesses\">&#8216;<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/2020\/02\/26\/red-alert-anti-muslim-violence-india-reaching-critical-levels-homes-and-businesses\">Red Alert&#8217;: Anti-Muslim Violence in India Reaching Critical Levels as Homes and Businesses Burn and at Least 24 Dead<\/a> (Common Dreams)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>An &#8220;[e]xtraordinary decision stops foreigners from visiting Islam&#8217;s holiest sites as Middle East reports 220 confirmed cases&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/02\/saudi-arabia-halts-travel-mecca-medina-coronavirus-200227054424029.html\">Saudi Arabia Halts Travel to Mecca, Medina over Coronavirus<\/a> (Al-Jazeera)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>An Israeli official told Newsweek, on Friday, of Israel&#8217;s strike plan to preempt Hezbollah capabilities and to pressure Iran, Iran warns of severe retaliation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/iran-step-fight-iran-ready-respond-1489354\">Israel Reveals Plan to Attack Iran&#8217;s Allies, but Iran is Ready to Fight Back<\/a> (Newsweek)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The &#8220;move [is] meant to counter criticism of Washington\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s economic pressure campaign while opening the way for the release of Americans detained by Tehran&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/u-s-swiss-formally-open-humanitarian-trade-channel-to-iran-11582846163\"><g class=\"gr_ gr_5 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar only-ins replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"5\" data-gr-id=\"5\">U.S.<\/g>, Swiss Formally Open Humanitarian Trade Channel to Iran <\/a>(Wall Street Journal)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>While Bloomberg defends his surveillance state policies on grounds that Americans were &#8220;petrified&#8221; 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