{"id":94479,"date":"2026-04-05T06:07:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T11:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=94479"},"modified":"2026-04-05T06:07:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T11:07:54","slug":"news-and-analysis-4-5-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=94479","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 4\/5\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;As Christians across the globe remember Jesus\u2019 journey through Holy Week, Israel is taking the unprecedented steps of restricting access to holy sites in Jerusalem&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sojo.net\/articles\/news\/israel-blocking-palestinians-easter-church-where-jesus-resurrected\">Israel Is Blocking Palestinians from Easter at Church Where Jesus Resurrected<\/a> (Sojourners)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Iran War updates:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/04\/05\/nx-s1-5774368\/u-s-military-rescue-airman-iran\">Trump Says U.S. Military Has Rescued Airman Shot Down over Iran<\/a> (NPR)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tbsnews.net\/worldbiz\/middle-east\/iran-says-several-enemy-flying-objects-destroyed-during-us-pilot-rescue-mission\">Iran Says Several &#8216;Enemy Flying Objects&#8217; Destroyed During US Pilot Rescue Mission<\/a> (Business Standard)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/english.alarabiya.net\/News\/middle-east\/2026\/04\/04\/iran-says-it-hit-israellinked-vessel-in-strait-of-hormuz\">Iran Says It Hit Israel-linked Vessel in Strait of Hormuz<\/a> (Reuters \/AlArabiyya)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/04\/04\/world\/middleeast\/israel-strikes-mahshahr-iran-oil.html\">Israel Strikes Iran\u2019s Largest Petrochemical Complex<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/4\/4\/iaea-says-projectile-hits-near-irans-bushehr-nuclear-plant-killing-one\">Projectile Hits near Iran\u2019s Bushehr Nuclear Plant, Killing One: IAEA<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/4\/4\/universities-hit-as-us-israel-ramp-up-attacks-on-irans-infrastructure\">Universities Hit as US, Israel Ramp Up Attacks on Iran\u2019s Infrastructure<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/4\/5\/us-satellite-firm-planet-labs-announces-blackout-on-war-on-iran-images\">US Satellite Firm Planet Labs Announces Blackout on War on Iran Images<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The niece and grand-niece of deceased Iranian Revolutionary Guard Major Gen. Qasem Soleimani were arrested Friday night after their lawful U.S. permanent resident status was terminated&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/ex-iranian-guard-leader-soleimani-family-ice-custody\/\">U.S. Revokes Legal Residence Status of Former Iranian Guard Leader Soleimani&#8217;s Family, Takes Them into ICE Custody<\/a> (CBS News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Israeli war crimes continue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/english.aawsat.com\/arab-world\/5258941-israeli-fire-kills-four-palestinians-gaza-medics-say\">Israeli Fire Kills Four Palestinians in Gaza, Medics Say<\/a> (Asharq l-Aswat)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/opinions\/2026\/4\/5\/israels-attack-on-unrwa-is-central-to-its-genocide-of-the-palestinians\">Israel\u2019s Attack on UNRWA Is Central to Its Genocide of the Palestinians<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;By making Iran into a religious crusade, Trump\u2019s spiritual advisers are making the war that much more difficult to end&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2026\/04\/04\/paula-white-iran-war-christian-evangelicals\/\">Far-Right Religious Leaders Advising Trump See Iran as an End Times Holy War<\/a> (The Intercept)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After Netanyahu&#8217;s boast that Israel has &#8220;&#8216;changed the Middle East,&#8217; &#8230; [o]pposition leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/03\/30\/middleeast\/israel-knesset-vote-death-penalty-palestinians-latam-intl\">Yair Lapid<\/a> swiftly countered with a video of his own, mocking Netanyahu\u2019s speech as &#8216;arrogant'&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/04\/05\/middleeast\/iran-war-israeli-solidarity-intl\">As the Iran War Drags on, Israeli Solidarity Comes Under Strain<\/a> (CNN)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;As Christians across the globe remember Jesus\u2019 journey through Holy Week, Israel is taking the unprecedented steps of restricting access to holy sites in Jerusalem&#8221;: Israel Is Blocking Palestinians from Easter at Church Where Jesus Resurrected (Sojourners) Iran War updates: Trump Says U.S. Military Has Rescued Airman Shot Down over Iran (NPR) Iran Says Several [&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-94479","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\/94479","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=94479"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94487,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94479\/revisions\/94487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=94479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=94479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=94479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}