{"id":83015,"date":"2020-08-19T16:37:23","date_gmt":"2020-08-19T21:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=83015"},"modified":"2020-08-19T16:37:23","modified_gmt":"2020-08-19T21:37:23","slug":"news-and-analysis-8-19-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=83015","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (8\/19\/20)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With Sudan as well as Saudi Arabia lined up to follow in the UAE&#8217;s footsteps, Palestinians and Muslim nations outside the Arab world know betrayal when they see it:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/sudan-and-israel-say-talks-underway-for-deal-to-normalize-ties\/\">Sudan and Israel Say Talks Underway for Deal to Normalize Ties<\/a> (Times of Israel)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/justworldeducational.org\/2020\/08\/interpreting-the-uae-israel-agreement-on-suspending-annexation\/\">Interpreting the UAE\/Israel Agreement on Suspending Annexation<\/a> (Just World Educational)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toledoblade.com\/opinion\/columnists\/2020\/08\/19\/commentary-arab-world-turning-its-back-on-palestinians\/stories\/20200819022\">Hussain: Arab World Turning Its Back on Palestinians<\/a> (Toledo Blade)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.apnews.com\/f2dee18f89998b865186964b9a8535af\">Palestinians in Gaza Rally Against Israel-UAE Deal<\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opendemocracy.net\/en\/north-africa-west-asia\/are-we-palestinians-waiting-godot\/\">Are We Palestinians Waiting for Godot?<\/a> (Open Democracy)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/indonesias-muslim-clerics-decry-israel-uae-deal\/1946863\">Indonesia&#8217;s Muslim Clerics Decry Israel-UAE Deal<\/a> (Andalu Agency)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At least two businesses in the UAE have received an unpleasant surprise in the wake of their government&#8217;s appeasement of Israel&#8217;s American protectors:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/ajimpact\/sanctions-uae-based-firms-iran-mahan-air-200819190601314.html\">US Sanctions UAE-based Firms over Iran&#8217;s Mahan Air<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pompeo has &#8220;every expectation that every country in the world &#8230;, including every member of the P5, and every member of the UN,&#8221; will do whatever the U.S. tells them too, however reckless or insane:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/08\/19\/politics\/pompeo-presser-august-19\/index.html\">Pompeo Says He&#8217;ll Go to UN &#8220;Soon&#8221; to Push for Snapback Sanctions on Iran<\/a> (CNN)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-iran-un\/despite-u-s-sanctions-bid-iran-aims-to-keep-nuclear-deal-alive-until-u-s-election-idUSKCN25E2JH\">Despite U.S. Sanctions Bid, Iran Aims to Keep Nuclear Deal Alive Until U.S. Election<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What exactly did Pompeo say to Russia about bounties offered to the Taliban to attack Americans? He appears to be trying to shift blame onto Iran:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2020\/07\/30\/pompeo-says-threats-to-us-in-afghanistan-raised-with-russian-officials\/\">Pompeo Says Threats to US in Afghanistan Raised with Russian Officials<\/a> (AP\/ Military Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2020\/08\/18\/iran-denies-taliban-were-paid-bounties-to-target-us-troops-in-afghanistan\/\">Iran Denies Taliban Were Paid Bounties to Target US Troops in Afghanistan<\/a> (AP\/ Military Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Criminalizing the already illegal &#8220;triple talaq&#8221; was more about pulling down Muslim men than saving Muslim women and the Delhi riots investigation is about depicting Muslim women as morons:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thewire.in\/women\/muslim-women-rights-protest\">The Idiot Muslim Woman<\/a> (The Wire)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A government official says the &#8220;the government to order the withdrawal of 10,000 troops from the union territory &#8230; [is] message [to] people that the government was willing to address their concerns&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/india-news\/centre-withdraws-10-000-soldiers-from-kashmir-to-send-a-message\/story-dRvpuA9uQuG8gbRS6ae5fP.html\">Centre Withdraws 10,000 Soldiers from Kashmir to Send a Message<\/a> (Hindustan Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To understand why Iranians don&#8217;t trust the U.S. government, &#8220;start with <em>Coup 53<\/em>, an exhilarating new historical documentary that unfolds with the pace and complexity of a thriller&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2020\/08\/18\/903505983\/coup-53-tells-the-true-story-of-the-cia-s-campaign-to-oust-iran-s-leader\">&#8216;Coup 53&#8217; Tells the Story of a 1953 Campaign By MI6 and the CIA to Oust Iran&#8217;s Leader<\/a> (NPR)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Israel denies that it arrested Mahmoud Nawaja for his BDS activism but a military court released him &#8220;after 19 days of illegal detention&#8221;\u00c2\u00a0 with neither charges nor an apology:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/israel-releases-prominent-palestinian-bds-activist\/\">Israel Releases Prominent Palestinian BDS Activist<\/a> (Times of Israel)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Sudan as well as Saudi Arabia lined up to follow in the UAE&#8217;s footsteps, Palestinians and Muslim nations outside the Arab world know betrayal when they see it: Sudan and Israel Say Talks Underway for Deal to Normalize Ties (Times of Israel) Interpreting the UAE\/Israel Agreement on Suspending Annexation (Just World Educational) Hussain: Arab [&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-83015","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\/83015","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=83015"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83015\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83031,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83015\/revisions\/83031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=83015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=83015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}