{"id":83258,"date":"2020-10-07T14:42:40","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T19:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=83258"},"modified":"2020-10-07T15:40:08","modified_gmt":"2020-10-07T20:40:08","slug":"news-and-analysis-10-7-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=83258","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (10\/7\/20)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The Lancet<\/em> took down a letter noting that &#8220;poverty, military occupation, discrimination and institutionalized oppression&#8221; turned the Covid-19 outbreak in Gaza into &#8220;a preventable biosocial injustice rooted in decades of Israeli oppression&#8221; three days after publication:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/electronicintifada.net\/content\/lancet-censors-gaza-health-letter-after-pro-israel-pressure\/31371\">The Lancet Censors Gaza Health Letter After Pro-Israel Pressure<\/a> (Electronic Intifada)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A survey of articles published about Palestinians in the US over the past fifty years finds that less than 2% of the 2,490 articles in <em>The New York Times<\/em>, only 1% of the 3,249 in <em>The Washington Post<\/em>, and not of a single one of 497 in <em>The New Republic<\/em> were by Palestinians:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.972mag.com\/us-media-palestinians\/\">US Media Talks a Lot About Palestinians \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Just Without Palestinians<\/a> (972 Magazine)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Qur&#8217;an (18:23-24) commands believers to say &#8220;If God wills&#8221; when promising to do something in the future, but Biden&#8217;s use of the phrase to characterize a promise by Trump reflects the derogatory colloquial Arabic usage, meaning &#8220;it ain&#8217;t gonna happen&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arabamerica.com\/biden-drops-arabic-phrase-inshaallah-to-mock-trump-on-his-tax-returns-lighting-up-arab-twitter-is-it-praiseworthy-or-pandering\/\">Biden Drops Arabic Phrase, Insha\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Allah, to Mock Trump on His Tax Returns, Lighting up Arab Twitter\u00e2\u20ac\u201dIs It Praiseworthy or Pandering?<\/a> (Arab America)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The proposed bill &#8216;would require the President to consult with the Israeli government to ensure [qualitative military edge] concerns are settled&#8217; in respect to weapons sales to Middle Eastern countries&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palestinechronicle.com\/us-bipartisan-bill-would-allow-israel-veto-on-arms-sales-to-arab-countries\/\">US Bipartisan Bill Would Allow Israel Veto on Arms Sales to Arab Countries<\/a> (Palestine Chronicle)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After her humiliation m she was acquitted of the charges against her:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickondetroit.com\/news\/local\/2020\/10\/06\/lawsuit-detroit-police-forced-muslim-woman-to-remove-hijab-during-booking-photo\/\">Lawsuit: Detroit Police Forced Muslim Woman to Remove Hijab During Booking Photo<\/a> (Click on Detroit)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In its ruling the court equated the kidnapping of an innocent college student with the detention of an FBI agent &#8220;<span class=\"html-render\">on an unauthorized CIA mission,&#8221; awarding damages to a foamily that has already &#8220;received a $2.5 million annuity&#8221; in CIA hush money:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2020\/10\/07\/world\/us-judge-order-iran-pay-14-billion-ex-fbi-agents-family\/\">US Judge Order Iran to Pay $1.4 Billion to ex-FBI Agent\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Family<\/a> (Boston Globe)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Yemeni American Sfuaun Ali, 29, has been waiting for three years to hear back from &#8230; (USCIS) about the status of the I-130 form he submitted for his wife to join him in New York.&#8221; USCIS offers no explanations for waiver rejections:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/documentedny.com\/2020\/10\/07\/muslim-families-continue-to-struggle-due-to-travel-ban\/\">Muslim Families Continue to Struggle Due to Travel Ban<\/a> (Document NY)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Like some Iranian Marie Antoinette an Iranian Food and Drug Administration spokesman urged those who can&#8217;t afford butter to substitute more expensive &#8220;avocados and olive oil&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/economy\/2020\/10\/5\/hldhumour-resignation-despair-living-with-inflation-in-iran\">Humour, Resignation, Despair: Living with Inflation in Iran<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Iranian media said stray shells from fighting over the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave had fallen on villages near Iran\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s northwestern border, wounding a child and damaging buildings&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/armenia-azerbaijan-iran\/update-2-iran-warns-of-regional-war-issues-protest-to-armenia-and-azerbaijan-idUSL8N2GY1WD\">Iran Warns of Regional War, Issues Protest to Armenia and Azerbaijan<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lancet took down a letter noting that &#8220;poverty, military occupation, discrimination and institutionalized oppression&#8221; 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