{"id":84486,"date":"2021-07-02T04:55:01","date_gmt":"2021-07-02T09:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=84486"},"modified":"2021-07-02T04:55:01","modified_gmt":"2021-07-02T09:55:01","slug":"news-and-analysis-7-2-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=84486","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 7\/2\/21"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"field field-field-subhead\">\n<p>When questioned the editors did not explain why, after political pressure, they retroactively decided that &#8220;a summary of the health crisis taking place in the Gaza Strip as a result of the war&#8221; &#8220;fell outside the scope of the magazine:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2021\/07\/01\/scientific-american-palestine-israel\/\">Scientific American Retracted Pro-Palestine Article Without Any Factual Errors<\/a> (The Intercept)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The NEA will debate resolutions calling for educating the public on the detention of Palestinian children and ending US &#8220;arming and supporting&#8221; of Israel:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/nation-largest-teachers-union-consider-160018723.html\">Nation\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Largest Teachers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Union to Consider Resolution Condemning Israel\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcEthnic Cleansing\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 of Palestinians<\/a> (National Review\/ Yahoo News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Palestinian Authority, &#8220;funded and trained by the US and EU&#8221;, works with the state of Israel to perpetuate violence against its own populace and cannot be considered a legitimate ruling body for the Palestinians:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palestinechronicle.com\/complicity-and-accountability-in-banats-killing\/\">The Illegitimacy of Mahmoud Abbas: Complicity and Accountability in Banat\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Killing<\/a> (Palestine Chronicle)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"bn ic id ie hr if ig ih ht hu ii ij ik hv hw hx il im\" data-test=\"articleHeader\">\n<p class=\"iy iz ja jb jc jd\" data-test=\"articleHeaderSubtitle\">The owner of a demolished structure stated that he owned the land &#8220;but it was nearly impossible for Palestinians to receive building permits from the municipality&#8221;:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2021\/07\/01\/israel-palestinian-home-demolitions-east-jerusalem\/\">A Razed Building and Another Possible Flash Point in East Jerusalem<\/a> (Foreign Policy)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A test of Arafat\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s personal effects at the Institute of Applied Radiophysics in Lausanne found &#8221; evidence of polonium-210 poisoning&#8221; yet the European court of human rights claimed an appeal filed by Yasser Arafat&#8217;s daughter and widow &#8221; is manifestly ill-founded&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/palestine-yasser-arafat-european-court-rejects-reopen-investigation-death\">European Court Rejects Attempt to Reopen Investigation Into Yasser Arafat&#8217;s Death<\/a> (Middle East Eye)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A Sikh woman whose complaint led to the arrest of\u00c2\u00a0 two Muslim men for rape, fraud , violation of the state&#8217;s anti-conversion law now denies all charges and claims she lodged complaint under pressure:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/freepresskashmir.news\/2021\/07\/01\/sikh-woman-withdraws-rape-complaint-against-muslim-brothers-in-up-says-was-pressured-by-hindu-organizations\/\">Sikh Woman Withdraws Rape Complaint Against Muslim Brothers in UP, Says \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcWas Pressured by Hindu Organizations\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0 (Free Press Kashmir)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2021\/7\/1\/interfaith-marriages-trigger-controversy-between-muslims-sikhs\">Why Two Sikh Women Marrying Muslims Triggered Disputes in Kashmir<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On Thursday, hundreds of demonstrators marched outside China&#8217;s UK embassy to protest &#8220;the demolition of mosques and the mass arrest of Uighur Muslims&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/china-uighurs-hundreds-rally-uk-embassy-plight-muslim-minority\">Hundreds Rally Outside Chinese Embassy in UK Over Plight of Uighurs<\/a> (Middle East Eye)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A &#8220;chance encounter between Shah and a group of young men, who happened to pass by as the god-fearing musician was playing his instrument on a dusty street corner &#8230; would propel him into becoming one of Kashmir\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s most famous modern rabab musicians&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/jul\/02\/kashmir-folk-singer-rise-dusty-street-music-star-noor-mohammad-shah\">\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcIt Feels Good\u00e2\u20ac\u2122: Kashmir Folk Singer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Rise from Dusty Street to Music Star<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;[M]ilitary historian Andrew Bacevich says&#8221; that the inclination to demonize Iran &#8220;makes it very difficult for us to come to a reasoned understanding of how we got so deeply enmeshed in the Persian Gulf and how it is that we end up basically in the pocket of the Saudis&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.democracynow.org\/2021\/7\/1\/demonization_of_iran_is_a_mistake\">Demonization of Iran Is a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Mistake\u00e2\u20ac\u009d That Has Trapped the U.S. in Perpetual Middle East Conflict<\/a> (Democracy Now)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When questioned the editors did not explain why, after political pressure, they retroactively decided that &#8220;a summary of the health crisis taking place in the Gaza Strip as a result of the war&#8221; 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