{"id":84660,"date":"2021-08-26T20:32:55","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T01:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=84660"},"modified":"2021-08-26T20:32:55","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T01:32:55","slug":"news-and-analysis-8-26-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=84660","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 8\/26\/21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Palestinian medics reported at least 14 people were wounded, including five who were shot protesting a blockade &#8220;that has devastated Gaza\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s economy and fueled an unemployment rate that hovers at approximately 50 percent&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2021\/8\/25\/gaza-palestinians-resume-demonstrations-by-israeli-border-fence\">Palestinians in Gaza Resume Protests Against Israeli Blockade<\/a> (Al-Jazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"dek-heading\">Unclear guidelines and fear of sanctions are stopping tech companies from selling products that would help Iranians access the Internet freely and evade government surveillance:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.niacouncil.org\/news\/the-impact-of-us-sanctions-on-iran\/?emci=9a265e8f-c905-ec11-b563-501ac57bf4cb&amp;emdi=838c545b-ce05-ec11-b563-501ac57bf4cb&amp;ceid=5464380\">The Impact of U.S. Sanctions on Internet Access in Iran<\/a> (NIAC Action)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Jewish settlers &#8220;set fire to an olive grove in Burin town south of Nablus&#8221; as Palestinians in the West Bank continue to face frequent settler attacks and instances of vandalism:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20210823-settler-set-fire-to-palestine-olive-grove-near-nablus\/\">Settler Set Fire to Palestine Olive Grove Near Nablus<\/a> (Middle East Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"sc-157agsr-1 sc-157agsr-2 OCqWi\">\n<div class=\"sc-1lmpmkf-1 gyRthi\">\n<p class=\"sc-1xcxnn7-0 dVlqXG\">An American official described conditions for refugees in U.S. custody as &#8220;a life-threatening humanitarian disaster.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/afghanistan-embassy-staff-concerned-over-conditions-us-facilities-qatar\">Afghan Refugees Kept in Deplorable Conditions at US facilities in Qatar<\/a> (Middle East Eye)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Iranian official Hamid Hosseini believes &#8220;the new Iranian government will significantly expand cooperation with the Taliban government&#8221; and that &#8220;Iran can easily double its trade with Afghanistan&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/taliban-takeover-is-a-boon-for-cash-strapped-iran-11629904448\">Taliban Takeover Is a Boon for Cash-Strapped Iran<\/a> (Wall Street Journal)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After two years of struggling to get justice for the death of his wife, Rafiq Shagoo, has no faith in any justice from Indian police force or their colonial regime:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/scroll.in\/article\/1003744\/in-kashmir-one-mans-long-struggle-to-get-justice-for-his-wife-killed-by-tear-gas\">In Kashmir, One Man\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Long Struggle to Get Justice For His Wife Killed by Tear Gas<\/a> (Scroll.in)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Amendments to the 1961 Foreign Assistance Act ban all aid to states that &#8220;were not signatories of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and had nuclear weapons programs&#8221; yet Israel has continued to receive billions in aid:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mondoweiss.net\/2021\/08\/israels-nukes-make-us-aid-illegal\/\">Israel\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Nukes Make US Aid Illegal<\/a> (Mondoweiss)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Palestinian medics reported at least 14 people were wounded, including five who were shot protesting a blockade &#8220;that has devastated Gaza\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s economy and fueled an unemployment rate that hovers at approximately 50 percent&#8221;: Palestinians in Gaza Resume Protests Against Israeli Blockade (Al-Jazeera) Unclear guidelines and fear of sanctions are stopping tech companies from selling products [&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-84660","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\/84660","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=84660"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84666,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84660\/revisions\/84666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}