{"id":85734,"date":"2022-05-07T15:24:12","date_gmt":"2022-05-07T20:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=85734"},"modified":"2022-05-07T15:24:12","modified_gmt":"2022-05-07T20:24:12","slug":"news-and-analysis-5-7-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=85734","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 5\/7\/22"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mainstream American churches are not yet united as they were against South African apartheid, but they are increasing uncomfortable about using euphemisms for the Israeli variety:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/uchicago\/sightings-218224?e=fa7686cecb\">Is Israel Practicing Apartheid? American Churches Join the Conversation<\/a> (Sightings)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;They only close Arab and Muslims stores because the mayor has decided to pursue a racist policy against street gang violence rather than to find an effective way to. confront crime&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/suburbanchicagoland.com\/2022\/05\/07\/mayor-lightfoot-accused-of-targeting-arab-and-muslim-stores-in-gang-crackdown\/\">Mayor Lightfoot Accused of Targeting Arab and Muslim Stores in Gang Crackdown<\/a> (Suburban Chicagoland)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The UN resident and humanitarian coordinator in the occupied territories says eviction \u00a0amounts to illegal &#8220;forcible transfer from their homes and destruction of their communities&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/05\/06\/middleeast\/west-bank-land-legal-defeat-intl\/index.html\">Palestinians Vow to Stay on West Bank Land Despite Defeat in Decades-Old Legal Battle<\/a> (CNN)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>HRW says that at least 17 of the 38 arrested teachers are still in detention:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/a\/hrw-urges-iran-to-release-teachers-arrested-in-crackdown-\/6561606.html\">HRW Urges Iran to Release Teachers Arrested in Crackdown<\/a> (VoA)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Esper warned that the assassination was &#8220;fraught with a range of legal, diplomatic, political and military implications, not to mention that it could plunge us into war with Iran&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2022\/may\/06\/trump-proposal-iranian-military-figure-book-mark-esper\">Trump Sought Strike on Top Iran Military Figure for Political Reasons \u2013 Esper Book<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The performers had to cancel a &#8220;Circus of Joy&#8221; tour after they &#8220;were shot at and tear gassed leaving the school to get back to are accommodation&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cornwalllive.com\/news\/cornwall-news\/cornwall-circus-performers-shot-tear-7034701\">Cornwall Circus Performers Shot At and Tear Gassed in Palestine as They Help Students<\/a> (Cornwall Live)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;[P]olice had reportedly arrested and imprisoned at least 578 people in at least four cities in connection with the clashes&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2022\/5\/7\/un-decries-shocking-christian-muslim-clashes-in-ethiopia\">UN Rights Chief Denounces Christian-Muslim Violence in Ethiopia<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A Brown University professor says the current violence differs from past attacks on Muslims and that &#8220;India may be entering the stage of the anti-Muslim pogrom&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.siasat.com\/ashutosh-varshney-believes-india-may-enter-into-the-stage-of-muslim-genocide-2322335\/\">Ashutosh Varshney Believes India May Enter into the Stage of Muslim Genocide<\/a> (Siasat Daily)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; and the life of Muslims in Mahatma Ghandi&#8217;s home town has been made so miserable that they are petitioning the government to kill them:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newindianexpress.com\/nation\/2022\/may\/07\/gujarats-muslim-fishermen-seek-mass-euthanasia-2450733.html\">Gujarat\u2019s Muslim Fishermen Seek Mass Euthanasia<\/a> (New Indian Express)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;[W]hen Israeli settlers engaged in terrorist activities against Palestinian civilians under such circumstances, the courts didn\u2019t hold Israel liable to pay for the damage caused&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iol.co.za\/news\/politics\/opinion\/supreme-courts-double-standard-on-liability-unfair-to-palestinians-98a80957-7676-49f8-9404-d7831146e74b\">Supreme Court\u2019s Double Standard on Liability Unfair to Palestinians<\/a> (IOL)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mainstream American churches are not yet united as they were against South African apartheid, but they are increasing uncomfortable about using euphemisms for the Israeli variety: Is Israel Practicing Apartheid? 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