{"id":94560,"date":"2026-04-17T04:50:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T09:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=94560"},"modified":"2026-04-17T04:50:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T09:50:34","slug":"news-and-analysis-4-17-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=94560","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 4\/17\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cMy speculation is you would have a different vote count after 60 days\u201d &#8212; Rep. Brian Mast (R-Florida), chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2026\/04\/16\/house-iran-war-powers-vote\/\">House Narrowly Rejects Resolution Directing Trump to End \u2018Hostilities\u2019 in Iran<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Hezbollah said the Lebanese people have &#8216;the right to resist&#8217; if Israeli forces remained in Lebanon&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/04\/16\/nx-s1-5787392\/iran-middle-east-updates\">Israel Agrees to a Ceasefire in Its War with Hezbollah but Will Keep Troops in Lebanon<\/a> (NPR)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;When fertilizers don\u2019t arrive in time for key planting windows, yields can fall in the following harvest cycle&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/apr\/16\/chef-jose-andres-iran-war-famine\">Chef Jos\u00e9 Andr\u00e9s Warns of Multi-year World Famine from Iran War<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It&#8217;s &#8220;largely because investors have been conditioned to believe that President Donald Trump will back off if the economic pain becomes too intense, economists said \u2014 the so-called &#8216;TACO&#8217; trade, shorthand for &#8216;Trump always chickens out'&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/04\/16\/stocks-record-highs-iran-war.html\">Why the Stock Market Is Hitting Records Despite Iran War<\/a> (CNBC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Settler violence and Israeli war crimes continue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/english.wafa.ps\/Pages\/Details\/169492\">Israeli Colonists Go on Rampage Against Civilians near Ramallah<\/a> (WAFA)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DropSiteNews\/status\/2044643604052803978\">31 Settler Attacks Reported Across West Bank and East Jerusalem in 24 Hours<\/a> (Drop Site)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/english.wafa.ps\/Pages\/Details\/169484\">Israeli Forces Raze Agricultural Land, Destroy Water Pipelines in Northern Jordan Valley<\/a> (WAFA)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palestinedeepdive.com\/p\/education-under-fire-in-gaza?publication_id=22185&amp;post_id=192963900&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;r=46bwo&amp;triedRedirect=true\">Education Under Fire in Gaza<\/a> (Palestine Deep Dive)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropsitenews.com\/p\/gaza-children-killed-israel-genocide?publication_id=2510348&amp;post_id=194390004&amp;isFreemail=false&amp;r=46bwo&amp;triedRedirect=true\">\u201cMy Daughter Went Out to Learn, Not to Fight\u201d: Gaza Grieves More Children Killed by Israel<\/a> (Drop Site)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Islam\u2019s founding economic values are actually surprisingly consistent with the modern institutional economics\u2019 definition of inclusive institutions. &#8230; Rediscovering this lost heritage could be a way forward for Muslim societies&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/edraak.world\/p\/islams-lost-key?publication_id=4836546&amp;post_id=194382670&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;r=46bwo&amp;triedRedirect=true\">Islam\u2019s Lost Key: Institutional Economics and the Future of the Muslim World<\/a> (Edraak)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;In his <a class=\"css-yywogo\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/04\/03\/us\/politics\/white-house-defense-budget.html\">2027 budget request<\/a> released earlier this month, the president asked Congress to approve about $1.5 trillion for defense \u2014 a vast increase, but one that did not include immediate funds for the war with Iran&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/04\/16\/world\/middleeast\/iran-war-cost-congress.html\">White House Declines to Offer Congress an Estimate of Iran War Cost<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;This brazen targeting of an American citizen underscores Beijing\u2019s ongoing transnational repression and sends a clear message that no border is beyond its reach&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campaignforuyghurs.org\/malaysian-government-bows-to-beijing-detains-and-expels-uyghur-american-scholar\/\">Malaysian Government Bows to Beijing, Detains and Expels Uyghur-American Scholar<\/a> (Campaign for Uighers)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m not saying you need to be a diplomat to be a good negotiator. &#8230; But you need to have some sense of history, and you need to know geography&#8221; &#8212; former US State Department Middle East negotiator <a title=\"undefined\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wilsoncenter.org\/person\/aaron-david-miller\" target=\"undefined\">Aaron David Miller<\/a> :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/article\/2026\/04\/15\/diplomats-fear-trump-iran-envoys-kushner-witkoff-nuclear\/\">&#8216;It&#8217;s Not Working&#8217;: Diplomats Fear Trump&#8217;s Iran Envoys Are Making Things Worse<\/a> (Time)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cMy speculation is you would have a different vote count after 60 days\u201d &#8212; Rep. 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