{"id":84039,"date":"2021-03-18T10:30:25","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T15:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=84039"},"modified":"2021-03-18T10:30:25","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T15:30:25","slug":"news-and-analysis-3-18-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=84039","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 3\/18\/21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From its founding in 1948 until today Israel has employed a variety of policies to deprive Palestinians of their property and\u00c2\u00a0 implement its settler\u00c2\u00a0 colonialist project:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/al-shabaka.org\/briefs\/decades-displacing-palestinians-how-israel-does-it\/\">Decades of Displacing Palestinians: How Israel Does It<\/a> (Al-Shabaka)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/israel-palestinian-home-demolitions-un-agency-says\">Israel Increasing Palestinian Home Demolitions, UN Agency Says<\/a> (Middle East Eye)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.972mag.com\/truth-commission-uncovers-the-history-of-bedouin-dispossession\/\">\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcTruth Commission\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Uncovers the History of Bedouin Dispossession<\/a> (+972)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Iran released footage of its new revolutionary guard base, an underground facility that contains &#8220;advanced munitions including scores of missiles&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/03\/16\/iran-reveals-underground-missile-city-as-regional-tensions-rise.html\">Iran Reveals Underground \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcMissile City\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 as Regional Tensions Rise<\/a> (CNBC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas rejected a request from the United States and Israel to postpone Palestinian elections due to their fears that the &#8220;Hamas would win the parliamentary elections&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/middle-east\/israel-us-asked-abbas-to-delay-or-cancel-palestinian-elections-report-662195\">Israel, US Asked Abbas to Delay or Cancel Palestinian Elections <\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(Jerusalem Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Saudi Arabia continues to imprison and threaten scholars, writers, and journalists that criticize the current establishment. &#8220;Sheikh Salman al-Awdah, a popular but controversial religious scholar\u00c2\u00a0 has been in solitary confinement since 2017&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/jamesmdorsey.substack.com\/p\/reform-in-saudi-arabia-a-road-not?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo3MDEzODMyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjozMzgxNzg0OSwiXyI6ImtRSjFGIiwiaWF0IjoxNjE1OTc5Mzk3LCJleHAiOjE2MTU5ODI5OTcsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0yNDY4MjgiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.kO9JbVMum687Bw9sLlJj9S_rd91H4s6L6GVAVqU0_jM\">Reform in Saudi Arabia: A Road Not Taken<\/a> (James Dorsey)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Superior Court Judge James Chalfant rejected a request from\u00c2\u00a0 New York attorney and executive at the Zionist Advocacy Center, David Abrams, to release the names of the &#8220;64 presenters at a 2018 conference sponsored by Students for Justice in Palestine&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2021-03-17\/ucla-may-protect-the-identities-of-palestinian-rights-advocates-judge-rules\">UCLA Can Shield Identities of Palestinian Rights Advocates to Prevent Harassment, Judge Rules<\/a> (Los Angeles Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>President Biden told media on Wednesday that he was still deciding whether or not to withdraw American troops from Afghanistan:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/defense\/543599-biden-tough-to-withdraw-from-afghanistan-by-may\">Biden: &#8216;Tough&#8217; to Withdraw From Afghanistan by May<\/a> (The Hill)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Iran&#8217;s FM bashed the United Kingdom after Boris Johnson expressed &#8220;concern about Iran developing a viable nuclear weapon&#8221; on the same day that Britain unveiled plans to &#8220;bolster its arsenal from 180 warheads to 260&#8230; reversing a previous commitment to reduce its stockpile&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/iran-blasts-utter-hypocrisy-of-britain-boosting-its-nuclear-arsenal\/\">Iran Blasts \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcUtter Hypocrisy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 of Britain Boosting its Nuclear Arsenal<\/a> (Times Of Israel)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Biden &#8220;overstates US-Saudi ties&#8221; in his strong defense of his decision &#8220;to waive any punishment for Saudi Arabia\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s crown prince in the murder of a US-based journalist&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/mar\/17\/joe-biden-saudi-arabia-crown-prince-mohammed-bin-salman-jamal-khashoggi\">Biden Defends Move Not to Punish Saudi Crown Prince Over Khashoggi Killing<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Protests and a First Information Report (<a href=\"https:\/\/indianlawwatch.com\/practice\/understanding-the-first-information-report-fir\/\">&#8220;a written document prepared by the police when they receive information about the commission of a <strong>cognizable offence<\/strong>&#8220;<\/a>) are provoked by school textbooks and poli-sci guides that quote anonymous &#8220;experts&#8221; to link the religion of Islam to terrorism:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/other-states\/activists-muslim-groups-outraged-over-rajasthan-textbooks-contents\/article34098655.ece\">Activists, Muslim Groups Outraged over Rajasthan Textbooks\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Contents<\/a> (The Hindu)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/fir-against-rajasthan-state-textbook-board-over-content-against-islam\/articleshow\/81560797.cms\">FIR Against Rajastan State Textbook Board over Content Against Islam<\/a> (Times of India)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From its founding in 1948 until today Israel has employed a variety of policies to deprive Palestinians of their property and\u00c2\u00a0 implement its settler\u00c2\u00a0 colonialist project: Decades of Displacing Palestinians: How Israel Does It (Al-Shabaka) Israel Increasing Palestinian Home Demolitions, UN Agency Says (Middle East Eye) \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcTruth Commission\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Uncovers the History of Bedouin Dispossession (+972) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":158132,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84039","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\/84039","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\/158132"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=84039"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84046,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84039\/revisions\/84046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}