{"id":84575,"date":"2021-07-27T19:16:28","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T00:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=84575"},"modified":"2021-07-27T19:16:28","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T00:16:28","slug":"news-and-analysis-7-27-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=84575","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 7\/27\/21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Israel makes plans to intimidate other companies may follow Ben and Jerry&#8217;s lead in opposing illegal settlements:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/israel-ben-and-jerrys-policy-cable-2dfb5145-8cdd-4739-9e2f-391c8076ab18.html\">Scoop: Israel Launches Maximum Pressure Campaign Against Ben &amp; Jerry&#8217;s<\/a> (Axios)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For Israel, letting &#8220;graduates of its intelligence services sell intrusive tools to problematic governments&#8221; oppressing diplomats and journalists is &#8220;a diplomatic strategy&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/pegasus-israel-scandal-military-tech-sector-spotlight\">Pegasus Scandal Turns Spotlight on Israel\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Controversial Military Tech Sector<\/a> (Middle East Eye)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>160 academics from over 21 countries wrote a letter charging Israeli universities with &#8220;complicity in Israel&#8217;s regime of military occupation, settler colonialism and apartheid&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/israel-academics-demand-european-union-stop-funding-universities-complicit-apartheid\">More Than 150 Academics Call on EU to Stop Funding Israeli Universities<\/a> (Middle East Eye)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>Iran\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Intelligence Ministry claimed that it has arrested a network of Mossad agents and seized &#8220;a heavy shipment of weapons and ammunition&#8221; after they entered Iran through its western border:<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/iran-says-it-detains-agents-working-israel-seizes-arms-cache-2021-07-27\/\">Iran Says it Detains Agents Working for Israel, Seizes Arms Cache<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>Interviews with seven previously detained Kashmiri youth, &#8220;including a 15-year-old minor, have exposed the extent of the rounding up and brutal torture of civilians in the conflict&#8221;:<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/global-health\/terror-and-security\/detainees-held-without-charge-kashmir-accuse-police-widespread\/\">Detainees Held Without Trial in Kashmir Accuse Police of Widespread Abuse<\/a> (The Telegraph)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>India has perpetually funded terrorist groups in both Pakistan and Afghanistan, yet has managed to avoid being placed on the FATF&#8217;s grey list in large part due to its &#8220;purchases of military equipment from France and the US&#8221;:<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalvillagespace.com\/india-manipulating-fatf-through-its-defense-purchases\/\">India Manipulating FATF Through Its Defense Purchases?<\/a> (Global Village Space)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Human Rights Watch (HRW) is calling on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to probe actions by the Israeli military in its 11-day conflict with Hamas in May, arguing that they \u00e2\u20ac\u0153violated the laws of war\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153amount to war crimes\u00e2\u20ac\u009d:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/middle-east-israel-crime-war-crimes-human-rights-watch-4dbb4e7b915346ce6aca778f12a4359b\">Human Rights Watch: Israeli War Crimes Apparent in Gaza War<\/a> (Associated Press)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel makes plans to intimidate other companies may follow Ben and Jerry&#8217;s lead in opposing illegal settlements: Scoop: Israel Launches Maximum Pressure Campaign Against Ben &amp; 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