{"id":94760,"date":"2026-05-10T04:48:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T09:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=94760"},"modified":"2026-05-10T04:48:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T09:48:47","slug":"news-and-analysis-5-10-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=94760","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 5\/10\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Iran expands its piracy &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/themedialine.org\/headlines\/iran-requires-ships-to-submit-forms-for-strait-of-hormuz-transit-through-new-irgc-linked-authority\/\">Iran Requires Ships To Submit Forms for Strait of Hormuz Transit Through New IRGC-Linked Authority<\/a> (The Medialine)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iranintl.com\/en\/202605091805\">IRGC-linked Media Calls for Fees on Hormuz Undersea Internet Cables<\/a> (Iran International)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; as both sides attack shipping:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/05\/10\/nx-s1-5817437\/iran-cargo-ship-hit-off-qatar\">Iran Ceasefire Tested as Cargo Ship Catches Fire After Being Hit off Qatar&#8217;s Coast<\/a> (NPR)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Settler violence and Israeli war crimes continue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/west-bank\/2026-05-10\/ty-article\/.premium\/multiple-palestinians-wounded-as-israeli-settlers-launch-20-west-bank-attacks\/0000019e-0e01-d790-a3ff-fff7654a0000\">Several Palestinians Wounded as Israeli Settlers Launch 20 Weekend West Bank Attacks<\/a> (Haaretz)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/israel-news\/israel-security\/2026-05-09\/ty-article-live\/trump-says-he-expects-response-from-iran-soon\/0000019e-0a6a-d73c-a99e-df7b53b10000\">IDF Strikes Kill 36 in Lebanon, Wound 74 in Last 24 Hours, Lebanese Health Ministry Says<\/a> (Haaretz)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/world\/middle-east\/israeli-strikes-in-gaza-kill-three-medics-say-testing-fragile-ceasefire\">Israeli Strikes in Gaza Kill 3, Testing Fragile Ceasefire<\/a> (Reuters \/ Straits Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/israelpalestinenews.org\/israel-is-enabling-a-possible-plague-in-gaza-daily-update\/\">Israel Is Enabling a Possible Plague in Gaza \u2013 Daily Update<\/a> (Israel-Palestine News)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.972mag.com\/jayyous-greenhouses-israel-demolition-west-bank\/\">Israel\u2019s War on the West Bank Comes for Palestinian Greenhouses<\/a> (972 Magazine)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mondoweiss.net\/2026\/05\/new-270-million-israeli-only-roads-project-marks-a-major-step-forward-in-netanyahu-government-plans-to-annex-the-west-bank\/\">New $270 Million Israeli-only Roads Project in the West Bank Is Netanyahu\u2019s Latest Bid to Impose de facto Annexation<\/a> (Mondoweiss)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vsqxwj_LJkw\">Gaza Investigation: A Family&#8217;s Fight to Find Their Missing Relatives<\/a> (Sky News \/YouTube)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msf.org\/deliberate-restriction-food-and-aid-led-alarming-malnutrition-gaza\">The Deliberate Restriction of Food and Aid Led to Alarming Malnutrition Levels in Gaza<\/a> (Medicins Sans Frontieres)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Iranian authorities say at least 140 culturally and historically significant locations, including 5 UNESCO-listed World Heritage sites, suffered damage from airstrikes and shockwaves&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/iran-conservationists-shore-up-heritage-sites-damaged-during-war\/\">Iran Conservationists Shore Up Heritage Sites Damaged During War<\/a> (Times of Israel)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Israel reportedly carried out an airstrike against the Iraqi soldiers in order to prevent the exposure of the outpost and preserve its operational abilities&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.israelnationalnews.com\/news\/426799\">Israel National News Defense\/Security Dramatic Report: Israel Set Up Secret Base in Iraq<\/a> (Israel National News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Zionist wear on free speech continues:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/zeteo.com\/p\/bari-weiss-meddles-with-cbs-sunday?open=false#%C2%A7has-bari-weiss-found-another-cbs-news-institution-to-meddle-with\">Has Bari Weiss Found Another CBS News Institution to Meddle With?<\/a> (Zeteo)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Israeli &#8220;embassy turned to Supreme Court justice Abe Fortas &#8230; and Washington lawyer David Ginsburg\u2014referred to in Israeli documents as &#8216;Ilan&#8217; and &#8216;Harari,&#8217; respectively\u2014for advice and to help&#8221; silence President Johnson:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/israelpalestinenews.org\/two-supreme-court-justices-were-secret-agents-who-helped-israel-cover-up-its-attack-on-the-uss-liberty\/\">Two Supreme Court Justices Were Secret Agents Who Helped Israel Cover Up Its Attack on the USS Liberty<\/a> (The Attack on the Liberty, The Untold Story of Israel\u2019s Deadly 1967 Assault on a U.S. Spy Ship \/ Israel-Palestine News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran expands its piracy &#8230; Iran Requires Ships To Submit Forms for Strait of Hormuz Transit Through New IRGC-Linked Authority (The Medialine) IRGC-linked Media Calls for Fees on Hormuz Undersea Internet Cables (Iran International) &#8230; as both sides attack shipping: Iran Ceasefire Tested as Cargo Ship Catches Fire After Being Hit off Qatar&#8217;s Coast (NPR) [&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-94760","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\/94760","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=94760"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94772,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94760\/revisions\/94772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=94760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=94760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=94760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}