{"id":81894,"date":"2020-04-22T10:23:09","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T15:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=81894"},"modified":"2020-04-22T10:23:12","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T15:23:12","slug":"news-and-analysis-4-22-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=81894","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (4\/22\/20)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>An earlier victim says &#8220;that Israel tends to prosecute Palestinians who have contacts with the Arab world and the Middle East region&nbsp;to avoid admitting the separate national character of its Arab Palestinian citizens&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/04\/israeli-citizen-indicted-spying-iran-identified-200421075154824.html\">Israeli Citizen Indicted for &#8216;Spying&#8217; for Iran Is Identified<\/a> (Al-Jazeera)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Although <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/mar\/06\/how-can-i-go-back-delhi-fearful-muslims-mourn-riot-dead\">Muslims  mainly  were the victims of violent Hindu mobs<\/a>,&#8221; Delhi police are using the incident as a pretext to stifle peaceful protest against Indian citizenship act&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/apr\/22\/two-muslim-students-face-bogus-charges-of-inciting-delhi-riots\">Two Muslim Students Face &#8216;Bogus&#8217; Charges of Inciting Delhi Riots<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Cases filed against three Kashmiri journalists in less than a week as media and rights groups decry &#8216;misuse of power&#8221;: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/04\/attack-outrage-kashmir-police-probing-journalists-200422085303518.html\">&#8216;Brazen Attack&#8217;: Outrage over Kashmir Police Probing Journalists<\/a> (Al-Jazeera) <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;During the gunfight, troops blew up the house with explosives, a common tactic by security forces, residents said&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/04\/india-troops-kill-rebels-kashmir-coronavirus-lockdown-200422094829029.html\">India Troops Kill Rebels in Kashmir amid Coronavirus Lockdown<\/a> (Al-Jazeera)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Palestinian officials hold the UN responsibility to any Israeli annexation of the West Bank and warn annexation is a threat to peace in the region:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/israel-news\/politics-and-diplomacy\/palestinians-decry-netanyahu-gantz-deal-warn-annexation-ends-peace-deal-625341\">Palestinians Decry Netanyahu-Gantz Deal, Warn \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcAnnexation\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Ends P<g class=\"gr_ gr_7 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"7\" data-gr-id=\"7\">eace<\/g> Deal <\/a>(Jerusalem Post)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Under the recommendation of the Health Ministry, Palestine approved economic relaxation, the opening of vital economic establishments with a strict coordinated way:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xinhuanet.com\/english\/2020-04\/21\/c_138993666.htm\">Roundup: Palestine Approves Economic Relaxations Amid Continued Fight Against COVID-19 <\/a>(Xinhua)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Three centuries after Howard&#8217;s study of the association between prison and infectious disease, amid the pandemic, many Western countries still treat prison as usual:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/coronavirus-why-swathes-of-prisoners-are-being-released-in-the-worlds-most-punitive-states-136563\">Coronavirus: Why Swathes of Prisoners Are Being Released in The World\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Most Punitive&nbsp;States<\/a> (The Conversation)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In an apparent reference to harassment of big US Navy ships by small Iranian speedboats, Trump &#8220;has given orders for the US Navy to &#8216;shoot down and destroy&#8221; any Iranian gunboats found to be harassing US ships'&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canberratimes.com.au\/story\/6732243\/trump-warns-iran-with-us-navy-action\/?cs=14232\">Trump Warns Iran with US Navy Action<\/a> (Canberra Times)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; but while &#8220;the Trump administration tightens the screws on Iran, Biden and the Democratic establishment dither, or worse&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/politics\/coronavirus-iran-sanctions-trump\/\">Iran Is Suffering Under the Coronavirus, and the US Is Imposing Fresh Sanctions<\/a> (The Nation)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This is Iran&#8217;s first successful satellite launch since 2017:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2020\/4\/22\/21230847\/iran-military-satellite-rocket-launch-islamic-revolutionary-guard-corps\">Iran Claims It Has Successfully Launched a Military Satellite<\/a> (The Verge)<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An earlier victim says &#8220;that Israel tends to prosecute Palestinians who have contacts with the Arab world and the Middle East region&nbsp;to avoid admitting the separate national character of its Arab Palestinian citizens&#8221;: Israeli Citizen Indicted for &#8216;Spying&#8217; 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