{"id":93978,"date":"2026-02-06T06:36:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T11:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=93978"},"modified":"2026-02-06T06:36:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T11:36:49","slug":"news-and-analysis-2-6-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=93978","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 2\/6\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Will Iran send equally hard-line delegates? &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ms.now\/news\/kushner-and-witkoff-to-lead-u-s-iran-talks-in-oman\">Kushner and Witkoff to Lead U.S.-Iran Talks in Oman<\/a> (MS Now)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; in any case, neither side seems optimistic:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/02\/06\/us-asks-american-citizens-to-leave-iran-now-ahead-of-high-stakes-talks-with-tehran-.html\">U.S. Asks American Citizens to \u2018Leave Iran Now\u2019 Ahead of High-stakes Talks with Tehran<\/a> (CNBC)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theedgesingapore.com\/news\/geopolitics\/iran-signals-us-negotiations-wont-lead-quick-resolution\">Iran Signals US Negotiations Won\u2019t Lead to Quick Resolution<\/a> (Bloomberg \/ The Edge Singapore)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Israeli war crimes continue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/2\/6\/israel-kills-two-in-northern-gaza-as-rafah-crossing-sees-little-movement\">Israel Kills Two in Northern Gaza as Rafah Crossing Sees Little Movement<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jerusalemstory.com\/en\/article\/israel-banning-more-and-more-palestinian-figures-entering-al-aqsa-mosque-arbitrary-grounds\">Israel Is Banning More and More Palestinian Figures from Entering al-Aqsa Mosque on Arbitrary Grounds<\/a> (Jerusalem Story)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Iran could turn into a quagmire for America not unlike the situation in Afghanistan that kept U.S. forces in the country for decades propping up a new government after the fall of the Taliban&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/02\/05\/arab-allies-us-iran-talks-oman-00767830\">Arab Allies, Still on Edge Ahead of US-Iran Talks, Hope Their Warnings Have Broken Through<\/a> (Politico)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The jet is &#8220;owned by the Florida property tycoon Gil Dezer, a longtime business partner of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/donaldtrump\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Donald Trump[,] &#8230; <\/a>Trump donor, friend of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/donald-trump-jr\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Donald Trump Jr<\/a> and member of the Miami branch of Friends of the Israel Defense Forces&#8221;&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/feb\/05\/revealed-private-jet-owned-by-trump-friend-used-by-ice-to-deport-palestinians-to-west-bank\">Revealed: Private Jet Owned by Trump Friend Used by ICE to Deport Palestinians to West Bank<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton &#8230; [is] asking a judge to &#8230; stop {CAIR] chapters from operating in Texas, and pay for any legal fees the state incurs in the case&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kvue.com\/article\/news\/politics\/republicans-anti-islam-muslim-march-primary\/269-6d2bba8d-9d88-4af7-bc4c-620a6acdd1bf\">Texas Republicans Turn to Anti-Islam, Anti-Muslim Rhetoric in Pitch to Voters Ahead of March Primary Election<\/a> (KVUE)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A &#8220;corrections officer at the Colorado Department of Corrections intake facility ordered him to shave his beard in 2016&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com\/article\/news\/local\/muslim-wins-245000-settlement-religious-freedom-lawsuit\/73-b90b10fe-d0a8-4657-bcd4-ba23738e11fa\">Muslim Man Wins $245,000 Settlement for Religious Freedom Lawsuit at State Correctional Facility<\/a> (9 News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;King Abdullah &#8230; has donated a substantial amount of money to the repair of the Church of the Nativity and the Holy Sepulchre. And the same thing happened also, partially, with the Palestinian Authority&#8221; &#8212; Anglican Archbishop of Jerusalem, Hosam Naoum:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/tucker-carlson-sheds-light-on-christian-muslim-harmony-jordan-palestine\">Tucker Carlson Sheds Light on Christian-Muslim Harmony in Palestine, Jordan<\/a> (Middle East Eye)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;No New Yorker, especially a child, should ever be targeted because of their faith&#8221; &#8212; Gov. Kathy Hochul:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brooklynpaper.com\/anti-muslim-hate-crime-bay-ridge-arrest-made\/\">Woman Arrested After Series of Anti-Muslim Hate Crimes in Bay Ridge<\/a> (Brooklyn Paper)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Will Iran send equally hard-line delegates? &#8230; Kushner and Witkoff to Lead U.S.-Iran Talks in Oman (MS Now) &#8230; in any case, neither side seems optimistic: U.S. Asks American Citizens to \u2018Leave Iran Now\u2019 Ahead of High-stakes Talks with Tehran (CNBC) Iran Signals US Negotiations Won\u2019t Lead to Quick Resolution (Bloomberg \/ The Edge Singapore) [&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-93978","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\/93978","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=93978"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93985,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93978\/revisions\/93985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=93978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=93978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=93978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}