{"id":84593,"date":"2021-07-31T19:41:20","date_gmt":"2021-08-01T00:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=84593"},"modified":"2021-07-31T19:41:41","modified_gmt":"2021-08-01T00:41:41","slug":"news-and-analysis-7-31-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=84593","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 7\/31\/2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Even as he strips immunity from members of parliament and arrest a judge Tunisia&#8217;s strongman is blind to his dictatorial proclivities:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2021\/7\/31\/tunisia-saied-says-he-will-not-become-a-dictator-after-mp-arrest\">Tunisia\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Saied Says Will Not \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcTurn into a Dictator\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 amid Arrests<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A Palestinian man was shot and murdered during the funeral of a 12 year old boy who was shot in the chest while travelling in a car with his father in the occupied West Bank:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/07\/30\/middleeast\/palestinian-man-killed-israeli-gunfire-intl\/index.html\">Palestinian Man Shot Dead in Violent Clashes as 12 Year Old Boy, Also Killed by Israeli Soldiers, Is Buried<\/a> (CNN)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Kashmiri parents grieve over the loss of their son who was killed by Indian troops claiming he was a &#8220;slain militant&#8221; until it became clear the following day that he was a civilian:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kmsnews.org\/kms\/2021\/07\/31\/kashmiri-parents-say-their-son-killed-in-a-staged-encounter.html\">Kashmiri Parents Say Their Son Killed in a Staged Encounter<\/a> (Kashmir Media Service)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The village of Lifta sits perched on the valley slopes overlooking the western fringe of Jerusalem, a &#8220;time capsule that is practically untouched&#8221; since its Palestinian residents were expelled in 1948 is now at risk of demolition by the Israeli occupation:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/jul\/28\/we-will-return-the-battle-to-save-an-ancient-palestinian-village-from-demolition\">\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcWe Will Return\u00e2\u20ac\u2122: The Battle to Save an Ancient Palestinian Village from Demolition<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Biden administration officials have suddenly turned sharply pessimistic about their chances of\u00c2\u00a0 restoring the nuclear deal amid fears that the new government in Tehran &#8220;is speeding ahead on nuclear research and production&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/international\/565724-biden-ramps-up-pressure-on-iran-as-it-grapples-with-protests\">Biden Ramps Up Pressure on Iran as It Grapples with Protests<\/a> (The Hill)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If confirmed as the &#8220;Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom,&#8221; and Hussain will be the first Muslim to head US diplomacy for advancing religious liberties:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livemint.com\/news\/india\/joe-biden-nominates-indian-american-rashad-hussain-as-first-muslim-religious-freedom-ambassador-11627696551475.html\">Joe Biden Nominates Indian-American Rashad Hussain as First Muslim Religious Freedom Ambassador<\/a> (Mint)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\" data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_53D96EB5-DD5F-4BD6-0FB3-FCF29862A6FA\" data-act-id=\"paragraph_2\">Iranian state media has said the incident was in retaliation for an airstrike on a military airport in Syria that it &#8220;accused Israel of being behind&#8221;:<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/israel-accuses-iran-of-oil-tanker-attack-killed-brit-romanian-2021-7\">Suspected &#8216;Kamikaze Drone&#8217; Attack on an Israeli Linked Tanker that Killed 2 Was Retaliation for Israel&#8217;s Bombing of Syria<\/a> (Business Insider)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">The situation is fluid in most major Afghan cities at this point, but Lashkar Gah, capital of Helmand province looks &#8220;the most vulnerable right now&#8221; as pro-Taliban social media accounts upload videos of their fighters in the heart of the city:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/07\/31\/world\/asia\/afghanistan-taliban-lashkar-gah.html\">Key Afghan City in Danger of Falling to the Taliban<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even as he strips immunity from members of parliament and arrest a judge Tunisia&#8217;s strongman is blind to his dictatorial proclivities: Tunisia\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Saied Says Will Not \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcTurn into a Dictator\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 amid Arrests (Aljazeera) A Palestinian man was shot and murdered during the funeral of a 12 year old boy who was shot in the chest [&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-84593","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\/84593","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=84593"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84599,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84593\/revisions\/84599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}