{"id":84459,"date":"2021-06-25T17:31:54","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T22:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=84459"},"modified":"2021-06-25T17:31:54","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T22:31:54","slug":"news-and-analysis-6-25-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=84459","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 6\/25\/21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Banat&#8217;s death at the hands of &#8220;PA officers broke into his home and started beating him in the early hours of Thursday morning&#8221; has angry Palestinians &#8220;calling for the downfall of the regime, and are saying they are under a double occupation. They accuse the PA of being hand in hand with Israel&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2021\/6\/25\/palestinians-hold-funeral-for-activist-nizar-banat-in-hebron\">Palestinians Attend Funeral for PA Critic Nizar Banat in Hebron<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; a perspective supported by an Amnesty International report:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/jun\/24\/amnesty-catalogue-of-violations-by-israeli-police-against-palestinians\">Amnesty: \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcCatalogue of Violations\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 by Israeli Police Against Palestinians<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On the 14th of June, Egypt\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u0153highest appeal court\u00e2\u20ac\u009d upheld the execution of 12 opponents of the Sisi administration, despite strong criticism from \u00e2\u20ac\u0153politicians and diplomats alike\u00e2\u20ac\u009d:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/egypt-muslim-brotherhood-families-fear-execution\">Egypt: Families of Muslim Brotherhood Figures Fear Executions &#8216;at Any Moment&#8217;<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(Middle East Eye)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Instead of recognizing us, they should recognize the suffering of the Yemeni people and try to alleviate it and lift the blockade imposed by the U.S. naval vessels so that there are peaceful solutions&#8221; &#8212; Nasrullah Amer, head of the Houthi media center:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/us-calls-yemen-houthi-legitimate-iran-rebels-civil-war-saudi-arabia\/\">Can a Nuanced U.S. Shift on Yemen&#8217;s &#8220;Legitimate&#8221; Iran-backed Rebels Help End a Grueling Civil War?<\/a> (CBS News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrullah \u00e2\u20ac\u0153repeated pledges\u00e2\u20ac\u009d to import Iranian fuel in the case that shortages continued:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/lebanons-hezbollah-says-logistics-ready-iranian-fuel-imports-2021-06-25\/\">Lebanon&#8217;s Hezbollah Says Logistics Ready For Iranian Fuel Imports<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>India\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s prime minister Narendra Modi has met pro-India politicians from disputed Kashmir for the first time since he removed the region\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s semi-autonomous status and imposed a widespread crackdown almost two years ago, promising to allow elections:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/week-asia\/politics\/article\/3138633\/whats-behind-modis-surprise-talks-kashmir-leaders-pakistan-china\">What\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Behind Modi\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Surprise Talks with Kashmir Leaders? Pakistan, China and the U.S to Name a Few<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The father denies allegations that &#8220;the mother had shaken the baby and was not waking up at night to feed the child&#8221; and accuses the hospital staff of discrimination because his wife wears a hijab and speaks English instead of French:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/7981715\/quebec-anti-muslim-prejudice-language-baby-taken-away\/\">Quebec Father Blames Anti-Muslim Prejudice, Language Barriers After Baby Taken Away<\/a> (Global News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>An envoy from the UN urged Israel to stop illegal settlements, calling them \u00e2\u20ac\u0153a flagrant violation of United Nations resolutions and international law\u00e2\u20ac\u009d &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2021\/6\/25\/un-urges-israel-to-halt-building-of-settlements-immediately\">UN Urges Israel to \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcImmediately\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Halt Settlement Expansion<\/a>(Al-Jazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; yet not only are the settlers in Evyatar refusing to evacuate, but they are planning to appeal the evacuation order \u00e2\u20ac\u0153with further plans to build another 70 settler homes, a synagogue, daycare centre and a school\u00e2\u20ac\u009d:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2021\/6\/25\/occupied-west-bank-aflame-as-israeli-settlers-refuse-land-return\">Israeli Settlers Refuse to Vacate Illegal West Bank Settlements<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(Al-Jazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After five of the 38 families in his village responded to the former Hindu&#8217;s call to Islam, &#8220;an armed [ethnic-minority] group came to Faruk\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s house, brandished guns and killed him at point-blank range&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/magazine\/a-muslim-convert-s-killing-exposes-bangladesh-s-ethnic-fault-lines-47838\">A Muslim Convert&#8217;s Killing Exposes Bangladesh&#8217;s Ethnic Fault Lines<\/a> (TRT World)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Banat&#8217;s death at the hands of &#8220;PA officers broke into his home and started beating him in the early hours of Thursday morning&#8221; has angry Palestinians &#8220;calling for the downfall of the regime, and are saying they are under a double occupation. 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