{"id":84241,"date":"2021-04-29T15:57:11","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T20:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=84241"},"modified":"2021-04-29T15:57:11","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T20:57:11","slug":"news-and-analysis-4-29-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=84241","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 4\/29\/21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, the US shielded Israel from crimes of apartheid and thus itself for being complicit in those crimes, even denying that Israeli actions constitute apartheid &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/2021\/04\/29\/us-rejects-human-rights-watchs-israeli-apartheid-claim\/\">US Rejects Human Rights Watch\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcIsraeli Apartheid\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Claim<\/a> (Algemeiner)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; and even as it minimizes the pogroms in Jerusalem:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/opinions\/2021\/4\/27\/the-us-cannot-continue-ignoring-israels-crimes\">The US Cannot Continue Ignoring Israel\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Crimes in Jerusalem<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Biden&#8217;s declaration of Armenian Genocide reflects the United States greater policy towards Turkey and President Erdogan in recent years, demonstrating that the U.S\u00c2\u00a0 &#8220;no longer considers Turkey a valued ally to be shielded from criticism&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/grahamefuller.com\/bidens-declaration-on-armenian-genocide\/\">Biden\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Declaration on Armenian Genocide<\/a> (Graham E. Fuller)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In a recent television interview, Saudi Crown Prince struck a conciliatory tone for the first time while speaking of Iran, stating \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Iran is a neighbouring country, and all we aspire for is a good and special relationship with Iran&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/saudi-arabia-crown-prince-iran-good-special-relationship\">Saudi Crown Prince Seeks &#8216;Good And Special Relationship With Iran&#8217;<\/a> (Middle East Eye)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2021\/04\/29\/saudi-arabia-iran-uae-mohammed-bin-salman-secret-talks-biden-withdrawal-pivot-middle-east\/?mc_cid=b591f68c73&amp;mc_eid=4841da88e5\">Why Mohammed bin Salman Suddenly Wants to Talk to Iran<\/a> (Foreign Policy)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/iran-welcomes-saudi-arabias-change-tone-foreign-ministry-2021-04-29\/\">Iran Welcomes Saudi Arabia&#8217;s &#8216;Change of Tone&#8217; &#8211; Foreign Ministry<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Iran&#8217;s president replaced &#8220;the head of a government think tank&#8221; after a leaked audio surfaced of the foreign minister discussing Iran&#8217;s current situation. The recording &#8220;exposed bitter internal divisions&#8221; with Iran, divisions that may threaten the ongoing Vienna talks:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/national-security\/bombshell-recording-iran-threatens-complicate-nuclear-negotiations-vienna-n1265853\">A Bombshell Recording in Iran Threatens to Complicate Nuclear Negotiations in Vienna<\/a> (NBC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is currently meeting with visiting Mossad chief Yossi Cohen for &#8220;talks on Iran&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/world\/articles\/2021-04-29\/blinken-meets-israels-mossad-spy-chief-for-talks-on-iran\">Blinken Meets Israel&#8217;s Mossad Spy Chief for Talks on Iran<\/a> (US News\/Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The move is hailed as &#8220;a step in the right direction toward creating a more inclusive police force and helping recruit more Muslim women to become officers&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/essex\/2021\/04\/newark-police-change-rules-to-allow-muslim-officers-to-wear-hijabs-on-duty.html\">Newark Police Change Rules to Allow Muslim Officers to Wear Hijabs on Duty<\/a> (nj.com)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, the US shielded Israel from crimes of apartheid and thus itself for being complicit in those crimes, even denying that Israeli actions constitute apartheid &#8230; US Rejects Human Rights Watch\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcIsraeli Apartheid\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Claim (Algemeiner) &#8230; and even as it minimizes the pogroms in Jerusalem: The US Cannot Continue Ignoring Israel\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Crimes in Jerusalem [&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-84241","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\/84241","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=84241"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84245,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84241\/revisions\/84245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}