{"id":91795,"date":"2025-05-15T17:22:43","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T22:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=91795"},"modified":"2025-05-15T17:22:43","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T22:22:43","slug":"news-and-analysis-5-15-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=91795","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 5\/15\/25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A senior adviser to Khamenei suggested Tehran could agree to no nuclear weapons, ending stockpiling, limiting enrichment to civilian use levels and to inspections, if sanctions are lifted:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/may\/15\/us-has-sort-of-agreed-a-nuclear-deal-with-iran-says-donald-trump\">Iran Has \u2018Sort of\u2019 Agreed Deal on Nuclear Programme, Says Donald Trump<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Zionist war on free speech &#8212; and the resistance &#8212; continues:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devex.com\/news\/devex-newswire-trump-tax-bill-targets-foundations-and-nonprofits-110056?access_key=cYzPCS8Ye2crWGtpOezX87yEoE3lfRe8\">Devex Newswire: Trump Tax Bill Targets Foundations and Nonprofits<\/a> (Devex)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2025\/05\/14\/yunseo-chung-ice-search-warrant-columbia-immigrants\/\">ICE Duped a Federal Judge into Allowing Raid on Columbia Student Dorms<\/a> (The Intercept)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/1013284\/critic-aruna-dsouza-renounces-nyu-degrees-after-school-punishes-pro-palestine-student\/\">Critic Renounces NYU Degrees After School Punishes Pro-Palestine Student<\/a> (Hyperallergic)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/georgetown-scholar-badar-khan-suri-173323329.html?guccounter=1\">Georgetown Scholar Released from ICE Detention Says They Treated Him Like a \u2018Subhuman\u2019<\/a> (NBC News \/ Yahoo)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cair.com\/press_releases\/cair-ca-arab-muslim-and-jewish-groups-alongside-academics-condemn-passage-of-ab-715-in-special-committee-hearing-vow-ongoing-opposition\/\">CAIR-CA: Arab, Muslim, and Jewish Groups, Alongside Academics, Condemn Passage of AB 715 in Special Committee Hearing, Vow Ongoing Opposition<\/a> (CAIR)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In South Sudan drones target hospitals and power plants:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/africa\/casualties-reported-in-drone-attack-on-hospital-in-southern-sudan\/3569855\">Casualties Reported in Drone Attack on Hospital in Southern Sudan<\/a> (Andolu Ajansi)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/trt.global\/world\/article\/d0650a63c783\">Drone Attacks Cut Power Across Sudan&#8217;s Khartoum State<\/a> (TRT Global)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Israeli war crimes continue &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropsitenews.com\/p\/european-hospital-nasser-gaza-israeli-airstrikes?publication_id=2510348&amp;post_id=163585658&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;r=46bwo&amp;triedRedirect=true\">Israeli Forces Bombed Two Gaza Hospitals in One Day<\/a> (Drop Site)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c2d5x60pw7eo\">Israel Issues Major Evacuation Order for Palestinians Sheltering in Gaza City<\/a> (BBC)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/05\/14\/1251284828\/palestinians-are-starving-amid-israeli-blockade\">Palestinians Are Counting Lentils, as Gaza Food Crisis Worsens<\/a> (NPR)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/campaigns\/2025\/05\/this-is-my-home-and-i-will-never-leave-israels-forced-displacement-of-palestinians\/\">\u201cThis Is My Home, and I Will Never Leave\u201d: Israel\u2019s Forced Displacement of Palestinians<\/a> (Amnesty International)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.democracynow.org\/2025\/5\/15\/nakba_day_palestinians_mark_77\">Israel\u2019s \u201cCrime of Apartheid\u201d: New Report by U.S. Professors as Palestinians Mark Nakba Day<\/a> (Democracy Now)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/liveblog\/2025\/5\/15\/live-israel-kills-at-least-115-in-gaza-as-palestinians-commemorate-nakba\">Live: Israel Kills at Least 115 in Gaza as Palestinians Commemorate Nakba<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; so new?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/gallery\/2025\/5\/15\/one-long-nakba-palestinians-mark-77-years-since-mass-expulsion-by-israel\">\u2018One Long Nakba\u2019: Palestinians Mark 77 Years Since Mass Expulsion by Israel<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/jacobin.com\/2025\/05\/nakba-palestine-israel-ethnic-cleansing\">My Grandfather Resisted the Nakba. It Still Isn\u2019t Over<\/a> (Jacobin)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Trump says he is honored that the UAE shut down a mosque intended for 40,000 worshipers for the day so he could admire the architecture:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/trump-praises-incredible-culture-of-islam-while-touring-sheikh-zayed-grand-mosque-in-uae\/\">Trump Praises \u2018Incredible Culture\u2019 of Islam Despite Past \u2018Muslim Ban\u2019<\/a> (Daily Beast)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The text and history of the Fourteenth Amendment run counter to Trump\u2019s executive order&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2025\/05\/14\/trumps-case-against-birthright-citizenship-is-a-constitutional-loser\/\">Trump&#8217;s Case Against Birthright Citizenship Is a Constitutional Loser<\/a> (Reason)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Court &#8220;pointed out the offence of polygamy as it conditionally permitted under the <a class=\"backlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livemint.com\/news\/world\/who-is-salwan-momika-man-who-burnt-quran-burner-shot-dead-in-sweden-11738231222899.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-vars-page-type=\"story\" data-vars-link-type=\"Manual\" data-vars-anchor-text=\"Quran\" data-vars-section-name=\"News\" data-vars-sub-section-name=\"India\" data-vars-story-id=\"11747292280050\">Quran<\/a> for a &#8216;valid reason&#8217;, but is often &#8216;misused&#8217; by men for &#8216;selfish reasons'&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livemint.com\/news\/india\/court-says-a-muslim-man-can-have-multiple-wives-on-one-condition-quran-asks-men-to-first-consider-11747292280050.html\">Court Says a Muslim Man Can Have Multiple Wives on One Condition, \u2018Quran Asks Men to First Consider\u2026\u2019<\/a> (Mint)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A senior adviser to Khamenei suggested Tehran could agree to no nuclear weapons, ending stockpiling, limiting enrichment to civilian use levels and to inspections, if sanctions are lifted: Iran Has \u2018Sort of\u2019 Agreed Deal on Nuclear Programme, Says Donald Trump (The Guardian) The Zionist war on free speech &#8212; and the resistance &#8212; continues: Devex [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91795","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\/91795","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\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=91795"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91806,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91795\/revisions\/91806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=91795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=91795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=91795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}