{"id":92313,"date":"2025-08-09T04:49:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T09:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=92313"},"modified":"2025-08-09T04:49:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T09:49:09","slug":"news-and-analysis-8-9-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=92313","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (8\/9\/25)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Zionist war on free speech &#8212; and the resistance &#8212; continues:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/nri\/latest-updates\/trump-demands-1bn-from-university-of-california-over-ucla-protests\/articleshow\/123199525.cms\">Trump Demands $1bn from University of California over UCLA Protests<\/a> (AFP \/ Economic Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/aug\/09\/defiance-grows-uk-ban-palestine-protest-group-action\">\u2018Gross Abuse of State Power\u2019: Defiance Grows over UK Ban on Palestine Protest Group<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/voices\/bianca-jagger-palestine-action-march-london-gaza-israel-palestine-b2804520.html\">Why I Am Marching for Freedom of Speech<\/a> (Independent)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/palestine-action\">After Initial Arrests, As Many As 1,000 Ready to Defend Palestine Action in London Saturday<\/a> (Common Dreams)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thenevadaindependent.com\/article\/jewish-students-lawsuit-against-pro-palestine-groups-unlv-still-pending-after-15-months\">Jewish Student\u2019s Lawsuit Against Pro-Palestine Groups, UNLV Still Pending After 15 Months<\/a> (Nevada Independent)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/aug\/08\/pro-palestine-protester-threatened-with-arrest-takes-legal-action-against-kent-police\">Pro-Palestine Protester Threatened with Arrest Takes Legal Action Against Kent Police<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/culture\/2025\/aug\/08\/royal-albert-hall-apologises-to-concertgoer-81-palestine-flag-pin\">Royal Albert Hall Apologises to Man Refused Entry over Palestine Flag Pin<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2025\/08\/06\/a-first-amendment-lawsuit-highlights-the-chilling-impact-of-speech-based-deportation-on-student-journalists\/?sourceid=1072124&amp;emci=95194da2-6674-f011-8dc9-6045bda9d96b&amp;emdi=d306768d-6c74-f011-8dc9-6045bda9d96b&amp;ceid=2466476\">A First Amendment Lawsuit Highlights the Chilling Impact of Speech-Based Deportation on Student Journalists<\/a> (Reason)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2025\/aug\/08\/palestinians-gaza-bluesky-spam\">Social Media Accounts of Palestinians Desperate for Funds Are Being Flagged as Spam<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Exposes on how the son of the deposed Iranian monarch became the willing dupe of the Israeli war machine &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonreview.net\/articles\/our-man-for-tehran\/?ms=250807_alexshamsbostonreview_c3&amp;emci=123085a0-c973-f011-8dc9-6045bda9d96b&amp;emdi=f0a252f4-6674-f011-8dc9-6045bda9d96b&amp;ceid=11010045\">Our Man for Tehran:\u00a0The U.S.- and Israel-backed campaign positioning Reza Pahlavi, son of the Shah, for regime change in Iran<\/a> (Boston Review)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; and the propaganda network supporting the project:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/israel-news\/2025-08-07\/ty-article-magazine\/.premium\/x-accounts-are-amplifying-an-israeli-minister-in-suspected-foreign-influence-campaign\/00000198-7fdb-d343-a3db-ffffc9cb0000?ms=250807_alexshamsbostonreview_c3&amp;emci=123085a0-c973-f011-8dc9-6045bda9d96b&amp;emdi=f0a252f4-6674-f011-8dc9-6045bda9d96b&amp;ceid=11010045&amp;lts=1754688345700\">A Network of X Accounts Is Amplifying an Israeli Minister \u2013 in What Appears to Be a Foreign Influence Campai<\/a>gn (Haaretz)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Why do the countries that imposed an oil embargo over an ordinary war in in the 1970s not take action over the genocide now taking place?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/live-blog\/live-blog-update\/eight-five-islamic-scholars-and-institutions-urge-muslim-majority\">Eighty-five Islamic Scholars and institutions Urge Muslim-majority Countries to Act on Gaza<\/a> (Middle East Eye)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Israeli war crimes continue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/l0057c0y\">BBC Examines Shooting of Children in Gaza<\/a> (BBC)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/articles\/israel-approves-plan-to-take-over-gaza-city-force-palestinians-into-camps\/\">Israel Approves Plan to Take over Gaza City, Force Palestinians into \u201cCamps\u201d<\/a> (Truthout)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/aug\/08\/i-will-live-here-and-i-will-die-here-palestinians-defiant-in-the-face-of-israels-plans-to-seize-control-of-gaza-strip\">\u2018I Will Live Here, and I Will Die Here\u2019: Palestinians Defiant as Israel Plans to Seize Control of Gaza City<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/video\/newsfeed\/2025\/8\/8\/israel-bombs-gaza-city-as-military-prepares-for-full-takeover\">Israel Bombs Gaza City as Military Prepares for Full Takeover<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;[M]any perceived &#8216;Islamic rulings&#8217; concerning women are, in fact, products of &#8216;social traditions&#8217; and &#8220;cultural taboos'&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thecompanion.in\/21st-century-muslim-intellectual-trends-and-discourses-reading-dr-tauseef-parrays-perspectives-on-interpreting-islam-2025\">21st Century Muslim Intellectual Trends and Discourses Reading Dr. Tauseef Parray\u2019s Perspectives on Interpreting Islam<\/a> (The Companion)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;[E]xtensive fieldwork &#8230; with Syrian refugees in Hatay, Turkey, and residents of Idlib, Syria &#8230; indicate[s] that HTS, once a transnational jihadist movement, has shifted toward a nationalist Islamism rooted in Syria&#8217;s sociopolitical fabric&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/mepo.12816\">Hayat Tahrir al-Sham: Voices of Syria&#8217;s New Leaders Hayat Tahrir al-Sham: Voices of Syria&#8217;s New Leaders<\/a> (Middle East Policy \/ Wiley Online Library)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>UNRWA &#8220;called the allegations &#8216;misinformation to dismantle a life-saving institution precisely because of its central role in keeping Palestinian refugees and the hope of Palestinian freedom and self-determination alive'&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/UNRWA-lawsuit-UN-palestinians-agency-trump\/story?id=124414850\">US Citizens File Lawsuit Against UN Agency that Provides Aid for Palestinians, the Agency that Trump Seeks to Dismantle<\/a> (abc News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Such police &#8220;inaction enables the mobs to break laws repeatedly&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/muslimmirror.com\/muslim-truck-driver-beaten-to-death-by-kanwariyas-in-police-presence-in-up-over-suspicion-of-carrying-cattle\/\">Muslim Truck Driver Beaten to Death by Kanwariyas in Police Presence in UP over Suspicion of Carrying Cattle<\/a> (Muslim Mirror)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More preforming artists are standing up against genocide::<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2025\/aug\/08\/lineup-together-for-palestine-benefit-concert-wembley-brian-eno-choose-love\">Lineup Announced for Palestine Benefit Concert at Wembley Arena, Helmed by Brian Eno<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/kneecap-norway-israel-oslo-festival-1236040087\/\">Kneecap Blasts Norwegian Government at Oslo Festival, Accusing It of Funding \u2018Genocide\u2019 Against Palestinians<\/a> (Billboard)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Zionist war on free speech &#8212; and the resistance &#8212; continues: Trump Demands $1bn from University of California over UCLA Protests (AFP \/ Economic Times) \u2018Gross Abuse of State Power\u2019: Defiance Grows over UK Ban on Palestine Protest Group (The Guardian) Why I Am Marching for Freedom of Speech (Independent) After Initial Arrests, As [&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-92313","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\/92313","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=92313"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92324,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92313\/revisions\/92324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=92313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=92313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}