{"id":94532,"date":"2026-04-12T06:08:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T11:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=94532"},"modified":"2026-04-13T06:03:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T11:03:17","slug":"news-and-analysis-4-12-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=94532","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 4\/12\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Neither side indicated what will happen after the 14-day ceasefire expires on April 22&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-us-israel-trump-lebanon-april-12-2026-a8a0d22918fc3fb30bc3abf1cd5c5a13\">US and Iran End Ceasefire Talks Without Agreement and Blaming Each Other<\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; &#8220;So far President Trump hasn&#8217;t commented on the failure of the talks&#8230;. However earlier on Saturday, Trump said &#8216;We win, regardless&#8217; of the outcome of negotiations&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/04\/12\/nx-s1-5782538\/u-s-iran-peace-talks-islamabad-collapse\">No Deal: U.S.-Iran Peace Talks in Islamabad Collapse<\/a> (NPR)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cAfter 35 years of defending Palestinian children\u2019s rights, we are not able to overcome operational challenges resulting from Israel\u2019s targeted criminalization of Palestinian human rights organizations,\u201d said DCI-P General Director Khaled Quzmar&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mondoweiss.net\/2026\/04\/the-only-palestinian-childrens-rights-organization-closes-following-years-long-israeli-campaign-against-it\/\">The Only Palestinian Children\u2019s Rights Organization Closes Following Years-long Israeli Campaign Against It<\/a> (Mondoweiss)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Israeli war crimes continue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/israelpalestinenews.org\/after-killing-350-israel-still-has-a-score-to-settle-with-lebanon-before-ceasefire-daily-update\/\">After Killing 350+, Israel Still Has a \u201cScore to Settle\u201d with Lebanon Before Ceasefire \u2013 Daily Update<\/a> (Israel-Palestine News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The party just kicked the can down the road again on Israel, deepening the divide between party members and their leaders&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2026\/04\/09\/democrats-dnc-israel-aipac-resolution\/\">DNC Shoots Down Resolutions Calling Out AIPAC and Limiting Arms to Israel<\/a> (The Intercept)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Professor John Mearsheimer exposes explosive facts about the Iran War, the Gaza genocide, the Israel lobby and US policy toward the Middle East&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/israelpalestinenews.org\/mearsheimer-explains-how-israel-dictates-us-policies-on-iran-gaza-video\/\">Mearsheimer Reveals How Israel Dictates US Policies on Iran, Gaza \u2013 Video<\/a> (Arab Center \/ Israel-Palestine News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;A new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/short-reads\/2026\/04\/07\/negative-views-of-israel-netanyahu-continue-to-rise-among-americans-especially-young-people\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/short-reads\/2026\/04\/07\/negative-views-of-israel-netanyahu-continue-to-rise-among-americans-especially-young-people\/\">Pew poll<\/a> shows that 60% of U.S. adults have an unfavorable view of Israel, which is up from 53% last year&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mondoweiss.net\/2026\/04\/military-aid-to-israel-emerges-as-the-latest-political-litmus-test-for-democrats\/\">Military Aid to Israel Emerges as the Latest Political Litmus Test for Democrats<\/a> (Mondoweiss)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Neither side indicated what will happen after the 14-day ceasefire expires on April 22&#8221; &#8230; US and Iran End Ceasefire Talks Without Agreement and Blaming Each Other (AP) &#8230; &#8220;So far President Trump hasn&#8217;t commented on the failure of the talks&#8230;. However earlier on Saturday, Trump said &#8216;We win, regardless&#8217; of the outcome of negotiations&#8221;: [&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-94532","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\/94532","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=94532"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94543,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94532\/revisions\/94543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=94532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=94532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=94532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}