{"id":82975,"date":"2020-08-10T18:19:56","date_gmt":"2020-08-10T23:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=82975"},"modified":"2020-08-10T18:19:56","modified_gmt":"2020-08-10T23:19:56","slug":"news-and-analysis-8-10-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=82975","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (8\/10\/20)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The village was formally founded in the 1920s on lands occupied by Palestinians for centuries, but now that one settler has moved in, Israeli authorities have ordered its complete destruction&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/palestine-west-bank-village-farasin-defiant-israel-demolition\">Palestinian Village Farasin Defiant Despite Threats of Being Wiped Off the Map<\/a> (Middle East Eye)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Israeli forces opened fire on the ambulance that was trying to reach to Samudi&#8217;s house, with two bullets penetrating the vehicle&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/08\/palestinian-woman-killed-israeli-fire-west-bank-clash-200807150606783.html\">Palestinian Woman Killed by Israeli Fire During West Bank Clash<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;As a consequence of the Iran-Contra affair, in 1991 Abrams did plead guilty of lying to Congress, but President George H. 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Bush promptly pardoned him&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mondoweiss.net\/2020\/08\/new-iran-envoy-elliott-abrams-raises-the-risk-that-israel-will-provoke-trump-into-conflict-with-teheran\/\">New Iran Envoy Elliott Abrams Raises the Risk that Israel Will Provoke Trump into Conflict with Tehran<\/a> (Mondoweiss)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>He &#8220;completed his PhD and published more than 20 books in prison, most of which speak to the repressive criminality of the Indian occupation, which began in 1947&#8242;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bylinetimes.com\/2020\/08\/10\/kashmirs-nelson-mandela\/\">Kashmir&#8217;s Nelson Mandela<\/a> (Byline Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The U.N. director for the International Crisis Group &#8220;said there was &#8216;zero chance&#8217; the U.S. attempt to extend the arms embargo would be adopted and that it was &#8216;a ploy to get to snapback'&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-iran-un\/iran-nuclear-deal-at-risk-as-u-n-council-prepares-to-vote-on-arms-embargo-idUSKCN2562LN\">Iran Nuclear Deal at Risk as U.N. Council Prepares to Vote on Arms Embargo<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In an attempt to circumvent international law, Israel pretended that residents of generations-old settlements were &#8220;nomads&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/israel-news\/.premium-40-year-old-document-reveals-ariel-sharon-s-plan-to-expel-1-000-palestinians-1.9057519?lts=1597099542669\">40-year-old Document Reveals Ariel Sharon&#8217;s Plan to Evict 1,000 Palestinians from Their Homes<\/a> (Haaretz)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Soleimani&#8217;s comments concerned the aircraft and did not address potential compensation for victims&#8217; families&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/whtc.com\/news\/articles\/2020\/aug\/10\/iran-says-european-insurers-should-pay-compensation-for-downed-ukrainian-plane\/1047786\/\">Iran Says European Insurers Should Pay Compensation for Downed Ukrainian Plane<\/a> (WHTC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The head of Iran\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Mostazafan Foundation (foundation of the oppressed), said &#8230; [that] a top policy advising body, was holding many expensive property of the foundation&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/middle-east\/iran-charity-chief-slams-officials-over-posh-properties\/1937228\">Iran Charity Chief Slams Officials over Posh Properties<\/a> (Andalu Agency)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The village was formally founded in the 1920s on lands occupied by Palestinians for centuries, but now that one settler has moved in, Israeli authorities have ordered its complete destruction&#8221;: Palestinian Village Farasin Defiant Despite Threats of Being Wiped Off the Map (Middle East Eye) &#8220;Israeli forces opened fire on the ambulance that was trying [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-analysis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=82975"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82975\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82983,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82975\/revisions\/82983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}