{"id":93860,"date":"2026-01-24T07:45:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T12:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=93860"},"modified":"2026-01-24T07:45:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T12:45:14","slug":"news-and-analysis-1-24-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=93860","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 1\/24\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Is a U.S.-Iran war getting closer?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palestinechronicle.com\/iran-warns-of-all-out-war-us-pressure-military-signals-and-regional-disruptions-intensify\/\">Iran Warns of All-Out War \u2013 US Pressure, Military Signals, and Regional Disruptions Intensify<\/a> (Palestine Chronicle)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/israel-news\/2026-01-24\/ty-article\/.premium\/u-s-central-command-head-to-meet-with-israeli-defense-chiefs-ahead-of-possible-iran-hit\/0000019b-efbb-d174-a3bf-efbbfe970000\">U.S. Central Command Head to Coordinate with Israeli Defense Chiefs Ahead of Possible Iran Strike<\/a> (Haaretz)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/world-news\/iran-us-news-live-updates-armada-carrier-will-us-attack-iran-trump-tensions-tehran-strike-khamenei-protests-101769231616942.html\">Iran-US Tensions LIVE: Trump Gets Fresh &#8216;Finger on the Trigger\u2019 Warning from Tehran as His \u2018Armada\u2019 Advances<\/a> (Hindustan Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/airlines-halt-middle-east-flights-trump-us-armada-iran\/\">Airlines Halt Middle East Flights as Trump Warns US &#8216;Armada&#8217; Is Heading Toward Iran<\/a> (Simple Flying)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/caspianpost.com\/iran\/us-slaps-new-sanctions-on-iran-s-shadow-fleet\">US Slaps New Sanctions on Iran\u2019s &#8216;Shadow Fleet&#8217;<\/a> (Caspian Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Israeli war crimes continue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropsitenews.com\/p\/five-palestinians-killed-gaza-trump-board-of-peace-house-spending-package-dhs-ice-abuse-minnesota-drop-site-daily?publication_id=2510348&amp;post_id=185548777&amp;isFreemail=false&amp;r=46bwo&amp;triedRedirect=true\">Five Palestinians Killed in Gaza amid Trump&#8217;s &#8220;Board of Peace&#8221; Rollout<\/a> (Drop Site)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/exclusive-israel-aims-ensure-more-133021417.html\">Israel Aims to Ensure More Palestinians Are Let Out of Gaza than Back In<\/a> (Reuters \/ Yahoo)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropsitenews.com\/p\/gaza-yellow-line-earth-berms-blocks-physical-barrier-israel-palestinians?publication_id=2510348&amp;post_id=185586695&amp;isFreemail=false&amp;r=46bwo&amp;triedRedirect=true\">Israel Is Turning the Yellow Line Splitting Gaza into a Physical Barrier<\/a> (Drop Site)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;[A]buses against women routinely accompanied looting and attacks, with reports of rape often perpetrated as &#8216;the family witnessed&#8217; the crime&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/africa\/20260124-women-facing-world-worst-sexual-violence-sudan-conflict\">Sudan&#8217;s Women Face &#8216;World&#8217;s Worst&#8217; Sexual Violence amid Brutal Conflict, Minister Says<\/a> (France 24)<\/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:\/\/truthout.org\/articles\/state-dept-memos-admit-it-had-almost-no-grounds-to-deport-pro-palestine-students\/\">State Dept Memos Admit It Had Almost No Grounds to Deport Pro-Palestine Students<\/a> (Truthout)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2026\/01\/22\/free-speech-court-order-trump-administration-protesters\/\">Judge Limits Government Actions Against Students, Scholars in Free Speech Case<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The director of \u201cThe Voice of Hind Rajab\u201d says. &#8220;This nomination belongs to Hind&#8217;s &#8220;voice. To what should never have happened and yet did. It belongs to everyone who believed that cinema can still be a space for truth, care, and responsibility\u201d:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2026\/01\/23\/voice-hind-rajab-oscars-academy-awards-palestinian-gaza-kaouther-ben-hania\/\">Oscar Nominee Chosen from Four Visions of Israeli-Palestinian Conflict<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The state has managed to pause the immediate free fall of the currency and advance long-delayed policy changes, while simultaneously expanding economic coercion to deter dissent&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/insights.niacouncil.org\/p\/irans-post-protest-economy-asset?publication_id=5970321&amp;post_id=185577755&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;r=46bwo&amp;triedRedirect=true\">Iran\u2019s Post-Protest Economy: Asset Seizures, Government Policy, and a Fragile Pause in the Currency Slide<\/a> (NIAC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In &#8220;the charter of the Board of Peace, there\u2019s no mention of Palestine. There\u2019s no mention of Palestinians. There\u2019s no mention of Gaza. There\u2019s no mention of the right of return. There\u2019s no mention of the right to self-determination&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.democracynow.org\/2026\/1\/23\/trump_kushner_gaza_plan_catastrophic_success\">\u201cEmperor\u201d Trump\u2019s So-Called Board of Peace Erases Palestinians from Gaza Governance<\/a> (Democracy Now!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is a U.S.-Iran war getting closer? Iran Warns of All-Out War \u2013 US Pressure, Military Signals, and Regional Disruptions Intensify (Palestine Chronicle) U.S. Central Command Head to Coordinate with Israeli Defense Chiefs Ahead of Possible Iran Strike (Haaretz) Iran-US Tensions LIVE: Trump Gets Fresh &#8216;Finger on the Trigger\u2019 Warning from Tehran as His \u2018Armada\u2019 Advances [&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-93860","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\/93860","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=93860"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93860\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93866,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93860\/revisions\/93866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=93860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=93860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=93860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}