{"id":94809,"date":"2026-05-15T04:24:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T09:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=94809"},"modified":"2026-05-15T04:24:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T09:24:20","slug":"news-and-analysis-5-15-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=94809","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 5\/15\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;It wasn\u2019t immediately clear who was behind these incidents, but they happened as a senior Iranian official reiterated his country\u2019s claim of control over the waterway and another said it had a right to seize oil tankers connected to the U.S.&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-us-israel-war-oil-hormuz-may-14-2026-efb53c39ee6334733e1cb22ca4a6c279\">Tensions Flare near Strait of Hormuz as a Ship Is Seized and Another Is Sunk<\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Zionist war on free speech &#8212; and the resistance &#8212; continues:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/articles\/judge-blocks-us-sanctions-against-un-palestine-expert-francesca-albanese\/\">Judge Blocks US Sanctions Against UN Palestine Expert Francesca Albanese:\u00a0Francesca Albanese \u201cHas Done Nothing More than Speak!\u201d the Judge Wrote in His Ruling<\/a> (Truthout)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/may\/14\/texas-professor-fired-palestine-idris-robinson\">Texas Professor Reinstated After Firing over Palestine Talk Says \u2018I Didn\u2019t Do Anything Wrong\u2019<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2026\/05\/13\/miami-beach-billboard-truck-david-suarez-israel-gaza\/\">Miami Beach Official Hired Billboard Truck to Call Pro-Palestine Activists \u201cJew Hater,\u201d Lawsuit Alleges: City Commissioner David Suarez is accused of hiring the trucks to single out members of the activist group Jewish Voice for Peace<\/a> (The Intercept)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2025\/12\/20\/stopantisemitism-israel-blacklist-teacher-job-firings\/\">StopAntisemitism Takes Credit for Getting Hundreds Fired. A Music Teacher Is Suing<\/a> (The Intercept)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2026\/05\/12\/mahmoud-khalil-fbi-tip-ice-arrest\/\">FBI Quietly Closed a Probe Into Mahmoud Khalil While He Was in ICE Detention<\/a> (The Intercept)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cThere is no need to continue this war that should not have happened&#8221; &#8212; China\u2019s foreign ministry:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thearabweekly.com\/while-trump-stresses-very-similar-views-iran-china-calls-war-unnecessary\">While Trump Stresses \u2018Very Similar\u2019 Views on Iran, China Calls War Unnecessary<\/a> (The Arab Weekly)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Thursday&#8217;s vote on a Democratic resolution to rein in Mr. Trump&#8217;s authority was 212-212, falling just short of a majority&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/house-iran-war-powers-resolution\/\">House Vote on Iran War Powers Resolution Fails for Third Time<\/a> (CBS News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; but &#8220;Republican senators are warning that any request from President Trump for tens of billions of dollars to pay for the Iran war will have a tough time passing the Senate, as patience wanes over what they say is a lack of a clear plan to end the conflict&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/senate\/5877027-gop-senators-iran-war-funding\/\">Trump Funding for Iran War in \u2018Big Trouble\u2019 amid Growing GOP Concerns<\/a> (The Hill)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The author of \u201cHow to Sell a Genocide: The Media\u2019s Complicity in the Destruction of Gaza&#8221; identifies &#8220;seven statistical findings that prove the U.S. media\u2019s bias against Palestinians&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2026\/05\/12\/gaza-media-coverage-israel-bias\/\">We Analyzed Thousands of News Articles: Here\u2019s the Proof of Pro-Israel Bias in Mainstream Media<\/a> (The Intercept)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Objectors say &#8220;saying the way bodies would be buried, without embalming, could create a health hazard. The mosque agreed to defer approval of the permit for 30 days so they can have a meeting with the neighbors to address their concerns&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtol.com\/article\/news\/local\/plans-for-muslim-cemetery-in-north-toledo-hit-snag-before-planning-commission\/512-98cc71a6-0641-4581-8a61-f029c48662d1\">Plans for Muslim Cemetery in North Toledo Hit Snag Before Plan Commission<\/a> (WTOL)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Several of the world\u2019s most critical submarine cable routes run through the Middle East&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/iran-is-threatening-undersea-cables-the-worlds-digital-chokepoints-have-never-been-more-vulnerable-282425\">Iran Is Threatening Undersea Cables. The World\u2019s \u2018Digital Chokepoints\u2019 Have Never Been More Vulnerable<\/a> (The Conversation)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; and &#8221; Iran is looking at ways of providing limited connectivity to approved individuals and entities amid a continued state-imposed internet shutdown, with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/4\/20\/iran-expands-limited-internet-access-but-restrictions-remain-for-most\">tiered access model<\/a> currently being offered that experts have said still undermines the digital rights of Iranians&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/editorial\/2026\/5\/14\/iran-expands-tiered-internet-access-amid-continued-online-blackout\">Iran Expands Tiered Internet Access amid Continued Online Blackout<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;[T]he document insists that Epic Fury is simply the continuation &#8216;of an armed conflict with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/iran\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Iran<\/a> that has been ongoing for years'&#8221; without a Congressional declaration of war:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2026\/may\/14\/iran-war-criminal-aggression\">When Will the Iran War End? 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Signatories also agreed to respect human rights and cooperate on economic, scientific, and humanitarian issues&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/saudi-arabia-floats-non-aggression-pact-iran-and-regional-states-report\">Saudi Arabia Floats Non-aggression Pact with Iran and Regional States: Report<\/a> (Middle East Eye)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;It wasn\u2019t immediately clear who was behind these incidents, but they happened as a senior Iranian official reiterated his country\u2019s claim of control over the waterway and another said it had a right to seize oil tankers connected to the U.S.&#8221;: Tensions Flare near Strait of Hormuz as a Ship Is Seized and Another Is [&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-94809","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\/94809","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=94809"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94817,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94809\/revisions\/94817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=94809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=94809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=94809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}