{"id":82026,"date":"2020-05-07T12:30:56","date_gmt":"2020-05-07T17:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=82026"},"modified":"2020-05-07T12:30:58","modified_gmt":"2020-05-07T17:30:58","slug":"news-and-analysis-5-7-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=82026","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (5\/7\/20)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Rejecting the Constitution&#8217;s limitation of war making power to Congress, Trump denies his &#8220;constitutional authority to use military force [is] limited to defending the United States and its forces against imminent attack&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/trump-vetoes-measure-restrain-his-actions-against-iran-calls-it-n1201641\">Trump Vetoes Measure to Restrain His Actions Against Iran, Calls It &#8216;Insulting&#8217; to the Presidency<\/a> (NBC News)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Iran starts exporting home-produced COVID-19 diagnostic kits that can  accurately identify if someone was exposed to the COVID-19 to the West &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2020-05-05\/iran-says-it-sent-first-exports-of-antibody-test-kits-to-germany\">Iran Says It Sent First Exports of Antibody Test Kits to Germany<\/a> (Bloomberg)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; even as Pompeo hopes UNSC will renew the expiring arms embargo on Iran despite the likelihood of a Russian or Chinese veto and the failure of the policy, which is exacerbated by the Covid crisis:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/defense\/495881-hundreds-of-lawmakers-urge-pompeo-to-take-increased-diplomatic-action-to-renew\">Hundreds of Lawmakers Urge Pompeo to Take &#8216;Increased Diplomatic Action&#8217; to Renew Iran A<g class=\"gr_ gr_67 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"67\" data-gr-id=\"67\">rms<\/g> Embargo<\/a> (The Hill)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/trump-pompeo-double-down-on-a-failed-approach-to-iran-2020-5\">Trump and Pompeo May Finally Succeed in Destroying the Iran Deal, but that Won&#8217;t Get Them Success with Iran<\/a> (Business Insider)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2020\/05\/07\/covid-19-crisis-could-strengthen-irans-invisible-government\/\">The Covid-19 Crisis Could Strengthen Iran\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcInvisible Government\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Iran&#8217;s ministry of Industry issues license for bitcoin mining farm with 600 miners that will offer services in the Middle East:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/thebitcoinnews.com\/iran-licenses-7-3-million-bitcoin-mining-enterprise-move-aimed-at-easing-u-s-sanctions\/\">Iran Licenses $7.3 Million Bitcoin Mining Enterprise, Move Aimed at Easing U.S. Sanctions <\/a>(Bitcoin News)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Palestinians call Israeli attempt to control the Hebron mosque &#8220;a violation of existing agreements and UNESCO resolutions &#8230; carried out with the support and encouragement of the US administration&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/1669606\/middle-east\">Palestinians Reject Israeli Attempts to Control Hebron Mosque<\/a> (Arab News)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; but then, &#8220;the Palestine-Israel war was never one between two national movements contesting equally over the same land but was always a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153settler colonial conquest\u00e2\u20ac\u009d by Europe-based Zionists&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2020\/may\/07\/the-hundred-years-war-on-palestine-by-rashid-khalidi-review-conquest-and-resistance\">The Hundred Years&#8217; War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi Review \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Conquest and Resistance<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Abu al Qasim al Zahrawi, pioneer of modern surgery and the first compiler of illustrated medical encyclopedia, whose books <g class=\"gr_ gr_5 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar multiReplace\" id=\"5\" data-gr-id=\"5\">were use<\/g>d in European universities for over five centuries, &#8220;is not given enough credit&#8221;: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/magazine\/how-a-10th-century-muslim-surgeon-revolutionised-surgical-procedures-36039\">How a 10th-Century Muslim Surgeon Revolutionised Surgical Procedures<\/a> (TRT World)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;In Indian-occupied Kashmir, there is one soldier for every nine people but only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenews.com.pk\/latest\/646698-indias-dirty-priority-is-to-suppress-people-in-occupied-kashmir-president-alvi\">one ventilator for every 71,000 people<\/a>, and one doctor for every 3,900 people&#8221; 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