{"id":84304,"date":"2021-05-16T13:28:38","date_gmt":"2021-05-16T18:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=84304"},"modified":"2021-05-16T13:28:38","modified_gmt":"2021-05-16T18:28:38","slug":"news-and-analysis-5-16-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=84304","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 5\/16\/21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Press freedom advocates have sharply condemned Israel\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s bombing of a Gaza building that housed the offices of Al-Jazeera and the Associated Press news agency, labelling it as &#8220;a brazen attempt to silence journalists covering the Israeli military\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ongoing offensive&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenationalherald.com\/video\/arthro\/israel_strike_in_gaza_destroys_building_with_ap_other_media_pics_vids-2441727\/\">Israel Strike in Gaza Destroys Building With AP, Other Media<\/a> (The National Herald)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; amidst international outrage sparked by headlines highlighting Israeli brutality and illegal war crimes against the Palestinian populace:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/israel-palestinians-gaza-violence-airstrike-home-kills-at-least-10-people-including-children\/\">Israeli Airstrike on Home in Gaza Kills 10+ People, Most of Them Children<\/a> (CBS)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2021\/5\/15\/israeli-forces-wound-dozens-of-palestinians-at-nakba-day-marches\">Israeli Forces Kill Two Palestinians at Nakba Day Marches, Wound 450<\/a> (Al-Jazeera)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/israel-bombing-gaza-apartment-buildings-potential-war-crime-rights-groups-2021-5\">Israel&#8217;s Bombing of Gaza Apartment Buildings Could Be a War Crime, Human Rights Groups Warn<\/a> (Business Insider)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/americas\/tens-of-thousands-protest-across-north-america-in-solidarity-with-palestine-46746\">Tens of Thousands Protest Across North America in Solidarity with Palestine<\/a> (TRT World)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As thousands marched peacefully through the streets of Paris in protest against Israeli atrocities, French riot police &#8220;fired tear gas and used water cannons against protestors supporting Palestinians&#8221; under he French interior minister&#8217;s blanket ban on protests in solidarity with Palestine:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/europe-paris-middle-east-israel-palestinian-conflict-government-and-politics-e415198646e3752ed63f1c9627b8cafe\">Police Fire Tear Gas on Banned Palestinian March in Paris<\/a> (Associated Press)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On Saturday, police in Indian occupied Kashmir arrested at least 21 protestors for expressing solidarity with Palestinians, including a graffiti artist who &#8220;painted a simple mural in support of Palestine&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/news\/india\/kashmir-police-puts-21-pro-palestine-protestors-behind-bars-704902\">Kashmir Police Puts 21 Pro-Palestine Protestors Behind Bars<\/a> (India TV)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2021\/5\/16\/police-crackdown-in-kashmir-over-on-pro-palestine-demonstrations\">Kashmir Police Arrest Graffiti Artist over Palestine Mural<\/a> (Al-Jazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"media-item__summary size--medium\">\n<p class=\"dek\">\u00e2\u20ac\u0153[I]ncredibly disappointed and deeply disturbed\u00e2\u20ac\u009d by the Biden administration\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s response to Israeli&#8217;s violence in Gaza, CAIR joi s other Muslim groups in\u00c2\u00a0 boycotting the White House virtual Eid celebration:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/553726-prominent-muslim-group-to-boycott-white-house-eid-celebration-over\">Prominent Muslim Group to Boycott White House Eid Celebration over Stance on Israel-Gaza Violence<\/a> (The Hill)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2021\/5\/16\/us-muslim-groups-to-boycott-biden-eid-event-over-israel-support\">US: Muslim Groups to Boycott Biden Eid event over Israel Support<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"paywall\">U.S. and Iranian diplomats, currently negotiating via intermediary governments in Vienna, have indicated that an agreement is within reach under which Iran &#8220;could return to pre-sanctions production of almost 4 million barrels a day in as little as three month&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2021-05-15\/iran-gears-up-for-return-to-oil-market-as-u-s-talks-advance\">Iran Gears Up for Return to Oil Market as U.S. Talks Advance<\/a> (Bloomberg)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Prince Mohammad Bin Salman&#8217;s reversal on previously labelled &#8220;bitter rivals&#8221; Turkey and Iran comes with the realization that the Kingdom can no longer count on &#8220;US political and military backing&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/saudi-iran-turkey-talks-mbs-knows-us-support-not-guaranteed-2021-5\">Saudi Talks With Iran, Turkey Shows MBS Knows He Can&#8217;t Lean on the United States for Support<\/a> (Business Insider)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pakistani and Chinese &#8220;diplomats agreed to adopt a joint stance at all international forums for a peaceful resolution of the Palestine issue in the face of Israeli aggression&#8221; and China&#8217;s FM identifies the root cause as the injustice to the Palestinian people:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yenisafak.com\/en\/world\/pakistan-china-discuss-latest-developments-in-palestine-3572393\">Pakistan, China Discuss Latest Developments In Palestine<\/a> (Yeni Safak)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theedgemarkets.com\/article\/chinese-foreign-minister-expounds-chinas-position-palestinianisraeli-conflict\">Chinese Foreign Minister Expounds On China&#8217;s Position On Palestinian-Israeli Conflict<\/a> (The Edge Markets)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press freedom advocates have sharply condemned Israel\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s bombing of a Gaza building that housed the offices of Al-Jazeera and the Associated Press news agency, labelling it as &#8220;a brazen attempt to silence journalists covering the Israeli military\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ongoing offensive&#8221; &#8230; Israel Strike in Gaza Destroys Building With AP, Other Media (The National Herald) &#8230; amidst [&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-84304","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\/84304","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=84304"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84309,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84304\/revisions\/84309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}