{"id":92271,"date":"2025-08-03T13:49:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T18:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=92271"},"modified":"2025-08-03T13:49:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T18:49:10","slug":"news-and-analysis-8-3-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=92271","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 8\/3\/25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. sanctions on the PA and PLO are a desperate symbolic gesture of support for Israel from an administration that will do nothing to end the genocide or relieve the famine in Gaza:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/video\/inside-story\/2025\/8\/1\/why-has-washington-sanctioned-the-palestinian-leadership?ct=t(EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_1_21_2025_13_26_COPY_01)&amp;mc_cid=90b501fb37&amp;mc_eid=4841da88e5\">Why Has Washington Sanctioned the Palestinian Leadership?<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ten years in prison for jokingly texting a &#8220;friend that he had joined the RSF, before he directly denied it in the same conversation&#8221; is just one of the &#8220;rulings that independent human rights expert Radwan Nuwaiser has described as &#8216;harsh and lacks judicial safeguards'&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/sudan-students-10-year-sentence-for-a-joke-turned-into-a-tragedy-denounced-as-unjust\">Sudan Student\u2019s 10-year Sentence for \u2018a Joke Turned into a Tragedy\u2019 Denounced as \u2018Unjust\u2019<\/a> (Dabanga Sudan)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Israeli war crimes continue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/palestinians-report-23-killed-near-gaza-aid-sites-6-starvation-deaths-in-past-day\/\">Palestinians Report 23 Killed near Gaza Aid Sites, 6 Starvation Deaths in Past Day<\/a> (Times of Israel)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cx2x5eyl676o\">Aid Group Says Worker Killed by Israeli Military in Attack on Gaza HQ<\/a> (BBC)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/world\/middle-east\/gaza-how-much-aid-israel-restrictions-rcna222163\">How Much Aid Has Made It into Gaza Since Israel Said It Was Easing Restrictions?<\/a> (NBC News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There have been &#8220;nearly 2,140 cases and at least 80 fatalities as of 30 July&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2025\/08\/1165562\">Cholera Spreads in North Darfur, 640,000 Children Under Threat, UNICEF Warns<\/a> (UN)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;If the US and Israel are sincere about preventing Iran acquiring the bomb, they should set an example and reduce, and ultimately eliminate, their nuclear arsenals&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2025\/aug\/03\/us-israel-iran-attacks-50-days-on-nuclear-weapons\">The US Attacks on Iran Have Backfired Horribly \u2013 but a Path to Peace Is Still Possible<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cI wore a headscarf to honor a fallen Muslim NYPD officer at his funeral. Respecting a grieving family\u2019s faith is \u2018wut\u2019 leaders and anyone with basic decency would do&#8221; &#8212; NY Governor Kathy Hochul<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/clueless-ted-cruz-shamed-by-ny-governor-kathy-hochul-for-murdered-muslim-cop-insult\/\">Clueless Ted Cruz Shamed by NY Gov for Murdered Muslim Cop Insult<\/a> (Daily Beast)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;[T]he sides also discussed Pakistan acting as an intermediary between Washington and Tehran, among other countries trying to ease tensions between archenemies&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/8\/3\/pakistans-sharif-hosts-irans-pezeshkian-agrees-to-security-trade-boost\">Pakistan\u2019s Sharif Hosts Iran\u2019s Pezeshkian, Agrees to Security, Trade Boost<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;New South Wales police said up to 90,000 people had attended, far more than expected&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/asia\/australianz\/tens-of-thousands-join-pro-palestinian-march-over-sydney-harbour-bridge\">Tens of thousands join pro-Palestinian march over Sydney Harbour Bridge<\/a> (Straits Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Neither country understood that the age of colonialism was over&#8221; when Britain and France signed the Sykes-Picot Agreement that many consider to &#8220;seeded a legacy of strife in the Middle East&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/08\/03\/world\/middleeast\/britan-france-palestine-sykes-picot-agreement.html\">The 109-Year-Old Pact that Looms over European Moves to Recognize a Palestinian State<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. sanctions on the PA and PLO are a desperate symbolic gesture of support for Israel from an administration that will do nothing to end the genocide or relieve the famine in Gaza: Why Has Washington Sanctioned the Palestinian Leadership? 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