{"id":82964,"date":"2020-08-08T16:24:11","date_gmt":"2020-08-08T21:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=82964"},"modified":"2020-08-08T16:24:11","modified_gmt":"2020-08-08T21:24:11","slug":"news-and-analysis-8-8-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=82964","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (8\/8\/20)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;[J]ournalist Ola Salem wrote the tactics used in the Aljabri case appear to be a &#8216;recurring tactic&#8217; used by Arab regimes against growing numbers of dissidents abroad&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/canada\/2020\/08\/06\/saudi-hit-squad-was-sent-to-canada-to-try-to-kill-former-intel-official-lawsuit-alleges.html?fbclid=IwAR1vKb9wagHrvLJcN8HuzTgDBtNImElLrfGUhY6PUeLs5_hjW6th1q-xYtk\">Saudi Hit Squad Was Sent to Toronto to Try to Kill Former Intel Official, Lawsuit Alleges<\/a> (The Star)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Qur&#8217;an orders believers to fulfill their contracts; so why is wealthy Kuwait years behind in paying its debts to hospitals needing resources in the face of the Covid crisis?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/health\/kuwait-us-hospitals-debt\/2020\/08\/07\/dd7492a4-d82a-11ea-930e-d88518c57dcc_story.html\">Cash-strapped U.S. Hospitals Say Kuwait Owes Them at Least $677 Million<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The National Conservatory of Music&#8217;s director charges Israel with faking links of his organization to terrorists because they don&#8217;t know how to deal with the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153threat\u00e2\u20ac\u009d of Palestinians seen as\u00c2\u00a0 human:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.palestinedeepdive.com\/loving-beethoven-and-your-country-seem-to-be-a-dangerous-combination\/\">Loving Beethoven and Your Country Seem to Be a Dangerous Combination<\/a> (Palestine Deep Dive)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;In reaction to the &#8230; [US] fighter jets and in order to save the civil aircraft and passengers&#8217; lives, the airliner had to change altitude abruptly, causing injuries to the passengers on board&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/08\/iran-asks-hold-accountable-plane-interception-200808063752988.html\">Iran Asks UN to Hold US Accountable for Plane Interception<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;What Seth Rogen said is par for the course among our generation and the Israeli government has to wake up and see that their actions have consequences&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/cd8614d0afeee761ae5dd9ba0b518f7e\">Seth Rogen\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Israel Comments Highlight Fraught Diaspora Ties<\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ahmadinejad tried and failed to move Iran closer to China and Russia; now Trump is succeeding, and he&#8217;s not even trying &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2020\/08\/08\/trump-has-pushed-iran-into-chinas-arms\/\">Trump Has Pushed Iran into China\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Arms<\/a> (Foreign Policy)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>,,, and &#8220;Macron has told &#8230; Trump that U.S. sanctions that have targeted Iran-backed Shi\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ite group Hezbollah are playing into the hands of those they are meant to weaken, including Iran&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-lebanon-security-blast-france\/on-lebanon-macron-told-trump-sanctions-can-play-into-irans-hands-official-says-idUSKCN2540QR\">On Lebanon, Macron Told Trump Sanctions Can Play Into Iran&#8217;s Hands, Official Says<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The popular imam was assaulted three years after the mosque was bombed. &#8220;Bloomington city council member Patrick Martin has condemned this &#8216;act of hate and violence'&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/minnesota.cbslocal.com\/2020\/08\/07\/local-muslim-leader-assaulted-in-bloomington-police-searching-for-suspects\/\">Local Muslim Leader Assaulted in Bloomington; Police Searching for Suspects<\/a> (CBS Minnesota)`<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;When I refused to chant [&#8216;Long live Modi&#8217;], they pulled my beard, punched my tooth out, and even asked me to go to Pakistan&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/asia-pacific\/muslim-rickshaw-driver-allegedly-assaulted-in-nindia\/1935712\">Muslim Rickshaw Driver Allegedly Assaulted in N. India<\/a> (Andalu Agency)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A Technical College is embarrassed when its manager of media relations posted &#8220;get rid of the anti-American filth causing cancer to our nation,&#8221; on a <a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/samuel-small-4ab22041_minnesotas-largest-newspaper-endorses-ilhan-activity-6697302549436891136-ZWTM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-t-l=\"|inline|intext|n\/a\">post<\/a> about Rep. 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