{"id":92403,"date":"2025-08-21T06:29:37","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T11:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=92403"},"modified":"2025-08-21T06:29:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T11:29:37","slug":"news-and-analysis-8-21-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=92403","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 8\/21\/25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Israeli war crimes continue &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/clyr7l0z9edo\">Palestinians Flee Gaza City Districts as Israel Says First Stages of Assault Have Begun<\/a> (BBC)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/liveblog_entry\/red-cross-says-israels-planned-offensive-in-gaza-city-is-intolerable\/\">Red Cross Says Israel\u2019s Planned Offensive in Gaza City Is \u2018Intolerable\u2019<\/a> (AFP \/ Times of Israel)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/israel-news\/2025-08-20\/ty-article\/.premium\/sick-east-jerusalem-palestinians-face-intolerable-delays-at-checkpoints-to-access-care\/00000198-c7d9-d15a-a3bd-dfd921e30000\">Sick East Jerusalem Palestinians Face &#8216;Intolerable&#8217; Checkpoint Delays to Access Medical Care<\/a> (Haaretz)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.anera.org\/blog\/gaza-israel-threatens-to-ban-major-aid-organizations-as-starvation-deepens\/\">Gaza: Israel Threatens to Ban Major Aid Organizations as Starvation Deepens<\/a> (ANERA)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; and the U.S. offers the criminals protection from international justice:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/video\/newsfeed\/2025\/8\/20\/un-criticises-new-us-sanctions-on-the-icc\">UN Criticises New US Sanctions on the ICC<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Branch 39 of the Supreme Court, which had previously overturned the ruling, confirmed it this time despite significant ambiguities and flaws in the case&#8221; that her attorney claims have not been resolved:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/niacouncil.org\/death-sentence-upheld-for-labor-activist-sharifeh-mohammadi\/?ms=250820_hrt_c3&amp;emci=0cdc9f83-657c-f011-b481-6045bdfe8e9c&amp;emdi=1ca35251-077e-f011-b481-6045bda9d23e&amp;ceid=11010045\">Death Sentence Upheld for Labor Activist Sharifeh Mohammadi<\/a> (NAIC)<\/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.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2025\/08\/20\/state-department-fires-official-israel-gaza\/\">State Dept. Fires Official After Internal Debates over Israel<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/news\/houston-texas\/crime\/article\/22-arrested-pro-palestine-encampment-20826128.php\">22 Arrested After Pro-Palestine Protesters Try to Camp Outside Houston Israeli Consulate, Police Say<\/a> (Houston <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbc4i.com\/sports\/mls\/columbus-crew\/crew-nordecke-allowed-to-fly-national-flags-including-palestine-after-abou-ali-signing\/\">Chronicle)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/dhs-grants-muslim-nonprofits\">DHS Strips Security Grants from Muslim Nonprofits Based on Report from Islamophobic &#8216;Hate Group&#8217;<\/a> (Common Dreams)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wuky.org\/wuky-news\/2025-08-07\/fire-providing-legal-representation-for-uk-professor-under-investigation-for-war-on-israel-petition\">FIRE Providing Legal Representation for UK Professor Under Investigation for &#8216;War on Israel&#8217; Petition<\/a> (WUKY)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/8\/21\/us-senators-urge-rubio-to-press-israel-over-journalist-killings\">US Senators Urge Rubio to Press Israel over Journalist Killings<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbc4i.com\/sports\/mls\/columbus-crew\/crew-nordecke-allowed-to-fly-national-flags-including-palestine-after-abou-ali-signing\/\">Crew, Nordecke Allowed to Fly National Flags, Including Palestine, After Abou Ali Signing<\/a> (NBC4i)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cIt was as if the hell\u2019s door was opened&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/sudan-war-military-rsf-kordofan-925e766036aa553fa1c7ada50a94dc94\">Villagers Offer Harrowing Accounts of One of the Deadliest Attacks in Sudan\u2019s Civil War<\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Islamic teachings promote care for nature, establishing common ground for environmental action across faiths and cultures&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/green-islam-how-muslims-are-powering-environmental-action-across-the-world-261380\">\u2018Green Islam\u2019: How Muslims Are Powering Environmental Action Across the World<\/a> (The Conversation)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Forbidden love (Layla and Majnun), sibling love (Malcolm X and his sister), brotherly love (Rumi and Shams), marital love (Prophet Muhammad, pbuh, and Khadijah, may Allah be pleased with her), and love beyond death (the Taj Mahal), are subjects considered by a narrator struggling with grief for her late father:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kpbs.org\/news\/2025\/08\/20\/islams-greatest-stories-of-love\"> Islam&#8217;s Greatest Stories of Love<\/a> (All Things Considered \/ KPBS)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The &#8230; poll also showed that 59% of Americans believe Israel&#8217;s military response in Gaza has been excessive&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/americas\/most-americans-believe-countries-should-recognize-palestinian-state-reutersipsos-2025-08-20\/\">Most Americans Believe Countries Should Recognize Palestinian State, Reuters\/Ipsos Poll Finds<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Officials described the crash as one of the country\u2019s deadliest traffic incidents in years, and comes as <a class=\"js-itid-click\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2025\/08\/02\/afghanistan-iran-refugees-deportation-taliban\/\">hundreds of thousands of deported Afghans<\/a> are streaming across the Iranian-Afghan border&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2025\/08\/20\/afghanistan-bus-crash-iran\/\">At Least 79 Dead After Bus Crashes Carrying Afghans Deported from Iran<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The &#8220;little-known Ramallah-based businessman and economist &#8230; said he was approached last year by Ari Ben-Menashe: an Iranian-born, Israeli-Canadian former arms dealer who was implicated in the Iran-Contra scandal in the 1980s&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropsitenews.com\/p\/samir-hulileh-gaza-governor-palestinian-authority?publication_id=2510348&amp;post_id=171493941&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;r=46bwo&amp;triedRedirect=true\">Samir Hulileh: The Palestinian Businessman Who Claims the U.S. Approached Him to Be the Governor of Gaza<\/a> (Drop Site)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israeli war crimes continue &#8230; Palestinians Flee Gaza City Districts as Israel Says First Stages of Assault Have Begun (BBC) Red Cross Says Israel\u2019s Planned Offensive in Gaza City Is \u2018Intolerable\u2019 (AFP \/ Times of Israel) Sick East Jerusalem Palestinians Face &#8216;Intolerable&#8217; Checkpoint Delays to Access Medical Care (Haaretz) Gaza: Israel Threatens to Ban Major [&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-92403","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\/92403","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=92403"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92415,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92403\/revisions\/92415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=92403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=92403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}