{"id":94773,"date":"2026-05-11T04:48:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T09:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=94773"},"modified":"2026-05-11T04:48:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T09:48:04","slug":"news-and-analysis-5-11-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=94773","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 5\/11\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;[T]he main focus of Iran\u2019s response to the US proposal is on \u2018ending the war and maritime security\u2019 in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2026\/05\/10\/iran-responds-to-us-proposal-to-end-the-war-via-a-pakistani-mediator\">Hormuz and Lebanon Dominate Iran\u2019s Response to US Ceasefire Plan<\/a> (EuroNews)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; &#8220;&#8221;We did not demand any concessions from the US, but rather called for an end to the war and a halt to maritime piracy against Iranian ships&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/middle-east\/iran-says-its-response-to-us-proposal-to-end-war-generous-responsible\/3933587\">Iran Says Its Response to US Proposal to End War \u2018Generous, Responsible&#8217;<\/a> (Andalu Ajansi)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Netanyahu wants Trump to understand that the Iran war isn&#8217;t over until Netanyahu says so &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/05\/10\/netanyahu-war-with-iran-accomplished-a-great-deal-but-its-not-over-00913622\">Netanyahu: War with Iran \u2018Accomplished a Great Deal, but It\u2019s Not Over\u2019<\/a> (Politico)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/international\/article-895702\">Trump-Netanyahu Bond Fraying as Iran Conflict Continues Without Resolution &#8211; Report<\/a> (Jerusalem Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; and notwithstanding his claims last week that the war is over, Trump&#8217;s response to Iran&#8217;s latest communication now suggests Trump knows what is expected of him:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2026\/05\/10\/iran-response-us-proposal-war\/\">Trump Calls Iran\u2019s Response to Peace Plan \u2018Unacceptable\u2019 as Ceasefire Is Tested<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/05\/10\/us\/politics\/trump-netanyahu-iran-war.html\">Trump and Netanyahu Say Iran War Is Not Over<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;[A]rguments over who gets what internet access have spilled into the media and embroiled the highest levels of government&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/05\/10\/middleeast\/iran-internet-pro-blackout-access-vpn-intl\">Iran\u2019s Two-tier Internet Access Fuels Anger and Exposes Cracks in the Regime<\/a> (CNN)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Settler violence and Israeli war crimes continue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cair.com\/press_releases\/cair-condemns-illegal-israeli-settlers-forced-desecration-of-palestinian-grave-israels-order-to-uproot-3000-palestinian-trees-in-occupied-west-bank\/?emci=c1d5895a-b84c-f111-8ef2-000d3a14b640&amp;emdi=aef9877d-bb4c-f111-8ef2-000d3a14b640&amp;ceid=245419\">CAIR Condemns Illegal Israeli Settlers\u2019 Forced Desecration of Palestinian Grave, Israel\u2019s Order to Uproot 3,000 Palestinian Trees in Occupied West Bank<\/a> (CAIR)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/05\/11\/opinion\/israel-palestinians-sexual-violence.html\">The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/israel-news\/israel-security\/2026-05-11\/ty-article\/.premium\/two-beds-for-18-people-israel-detains-w-bank-palestinians-in-harsh-conditions\/0000019e-0d11-d0cf-a7ff-1f3b4e160000\">Two Beds for 18 People: Israel Detains W. Bank Palestinians in Harsh Conditions<\/a> (Haaretz)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/politicstoday.org\/israels-violations-of-the-ceasefire-iran-and-lebanon\/\">Israel\u2019s Violations of the Ceasefire: Iran and Lebanon<\/a> (Politics Today)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The activist is believed to have lost about 20kg (three stone) while in prison, and has difficulty speaking and is barely recognisable, according to her lawyer&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c1j257w87neo\">Ailing Iran Nobel Laureate Given Bail and Hospital Transfer<\/a> (BBC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; &#8220;Authoritarian regimes do not always need an executioner\u2019s rope. Sometimes, they simply wait for the human body to fail&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/may\/10\/narges-mohammadi-nobel-laureate-smuggled-memoir-details-beatings-neglect-iranian-prisons\">Nobel Laureate\u2019s Smuggled Memoir Details Beatings and Neglect in Iranian Prisons<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;India and Pakistan are among the nations that have negotiated with Tehran to secure passage of their flagged vessels&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/world-news\/iran-us-war-news-iran-formalises-hormuz-toll-process-how-which-nations-will-get-permits-11477201\">Iran Formalises Hormuz Toll Process: How, Which Nations Will Get Permits<\/a> (NDTV)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;[T]he main focus of Iran\u2019s response to the US proposal is on \u2018ending the war and maritime security\u2019 in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz&#8221; &#8230; Hormuz and Lebanon Dominate Iran\u2019s Response to US Ceasefire Plan (EuroNews) &#8230; &#8220;&#8221;We did not demand any concessions from the US, but rather called for an end [&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-94773","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\/94773","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=94773"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94781,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94773\/revisions\/94781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=94773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=94773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=94773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}