{"id":92368,"date":"2025-08-16T17:01:29","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T22:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=92368"},"modified":"2025-08-16T17:01:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T22:01:29","slug":"news-and-analysis-8-16-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=92368","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 8\/16\/25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Zionist war on free speech &#8212; and the resistance &#8212; continues:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mpac.org\/statements\/adl-ceo-greenblatts-claim-censors-speech-not-antisemitism\/?mc_cid=956294a94d&amp;mc_eid=4f4fbc8ae4\">ADL CEO Greenblatt\u2019s Claim Censors Speech, Not Antisemitism<\/a> (MPAC)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecrimson.com\/article\/2025\/8\/16\/axe-protesters-threat\/\">Police Investigating After Man Uses Axe to Threaten Pro-Palestine Protesters in Harvard Square<\/a> (The Harvard Crimson)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/8\/15\/uk-to-prosecute-60-more-people-for-backing-banned-palestine-action-group\">UK to Prosecute 60 More People for Backing Banned Palestine Action Group<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/ng-interactive\/2025\/aug\/16\/im-proud-to-have-made-this-stand-over-60s-arrested-at-palestine-action-ban-protest-explain-their-decision\">\u2018I\u2019m Proud to Have Made This Stand\u2019: over-60s Arrested at Palestine Action Ban Protest Explain Their Decision<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The attack &#8220;also wounded 13 others &#8230; [and] resulted in severe damage to private properties and the camp\u2019s infrastructure&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/2612016\/middle-east\">Paramilitary Group in Sudan Shells Famine-stricken Camp in Darfur, Killing 31 People<\/a> (Arab News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Israeli war crimes continue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thebulletin.org\/2025\/07\/no-life-without-water-how-israels-actions-in-gaza-echo-past-genocides\/amp\/\">No Life Without Water: How Israel\u2019s Actions in Gaza Echo Past Genocides<\/a> (The Bulletin)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20250816-palestine-sounds-alarm-about-unprecedented-israeli-assault-on-churches\/\">Palestine Sounds Alarm About \u2018Unprecedented\u2019 Israeli Assault on Churches<\/a> (Middle East Monitor)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/8\/16\/israeli-attack-kills-baby-girl-in-gaza-as-more-palestinians-die-of-hunger\">Israeli Attack Kills Baby Girl in Gaza as More Palestinians Die of Hunger<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/israel-news\/2025-08-16\/ty-article-live\/.premium\/katz-says-israel-will-act-forcefully-against-any-violation-in-lebanon-after-strike\/00000198-b069-d0c5-a79c-f87ffae10000\">IDF Says It&#8217;s Preparing to Transfer Palestinians to South Gaza Amid Reports of Heavy Bombardment in Gaza City<\/a> (Haaretz)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Israelis also suffer from the Gaza genocide:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PafLClsdRqQ\">&#8220;Israel Hides MASSIVE IDF Casualties and Losses in Gaza,&#8221; Say Former IDF Generals<\/a> (C. J. Werleman \/ YouTube)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A Viking silver hoard discovered by metal detectorists in England over a decade ago shows the Vikings &#8220;made great profits from long-distance trade routes connecting northern Europe to the Islamic Caliphate&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mensjournal.com\/news\/viking-silver-hoard-england-islam\">Viking Silver Hoard Reveals Early Ties Between England and Islam<\/a> (Men&#8217;s Journal)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cWith every Western state refusing to impose any economic price on Israel for its endless genocide in Gaza&#8221; &#8212; investigative journalist Antony Loewenstein:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/articles\/palestinian-youth-movement-vows-to-make-genocide-support-too-costly-for-maersk\/\">Palestinian Youth Movement Vows to Make Genocide Support Too Costly for Maersk<\/a> (Truthout)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Company says use of its cloud technology to store millions of intercepted calls would breach terms of service&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/aug\/15\/microsoft-launches-inquiry-claims-israel-used-tech-mass-surveillance-palestinians\">Microsoft Launches Inquiry into Claims Israel Used Its Tech for Mass Surveillance of Palestinians<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Zionist war on free speech &#8212; and the resistance &#8212; continues: ADL CEO Greenblatt\u2019s Claim Censors Speech, Not Antisemitism (MPAC) Police Investigating After Man Uses Axe to Threaten Pro-Palestine Protesters in Harvard Square (The Harvard Crimson) UK to Prosecute 60 More People for Backing Banned Palestine Action Group (Aljazeera) \u2018I\u2019m Proud to Have Made [&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-92368","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\/92368","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=92368"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92379,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92368\/revisions\/92379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=92368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=92368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}