{"id":94829,"date":"2026-05-17T04:36:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T09:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=94829"},"modified":"2026-05-17T04:36:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T09:36:46","slug":"news-and-analysis-5-17-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=94829","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 5\/17\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Settler violence and Israeli war crimes continue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/article\/d23976c379a5\">Israeli Army and Illegal Settler Raids Wound 4 Palestinians, Including Child, in Occupied West Bank<\/a> (TRT World)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/middle-east\/2-palestinians-killed-3-injured-in-israeli-strikes-on-gaza-city-despite-ceasefire\/3939874\">2 Palestinians Killed, 3 Injured in Israeli Strikes on Gaza City Despite Ceasefire<\/a> (Andalu Ajansi)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/israelpalestinenews.org\/israel-kills-a-hamas-leader-plus-3-women-1-child-and-others-during-ceasefire-daily-update\/\">We Can\u2019t Curb Nuclear Proliferation If We Don\u2019t Acknowledge Israel\u2019s Nukes<\/a> (Israel-Palestine News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Sudan\u2019s army says it retook a vital town in southeastern Blue Nile state, inflicting heavy losses on RSF personnel and military equipment&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/5\/16\/sudanese-army-captures-key-town-near-ethiopian-border-from-rsf\">Sudanese Army Captures Key Town near Ethiopian Border from RSF<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The disclosure is the latest in a series of revelations that have chipped away at Israel\u2019s official narrative of 7 October&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20260514-israels-7-october-narrative-under-fresh-scrutiny-after-army-accused-of-deleting-footage\/\">Israel\u2019s 7 October Narrative Under Fresh Scrutiny After Army Accused of Deleting Footage<\/a> (Middle East Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"r1udwkp5 d1uy5mhj articleBody mb32\" data-block-type=\"text\" data-dropcap=\"false\">\n<p>In &#8220;the halls of the prison unit in Rosharon, Texas &#8230; tension and hypervigilance are part of everyday survival for many inmates. But inside the prison chapel, there&#8217;s silence only disrupted by laughter between friends or affirmations about redemption, accountability and faith&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chron.com\/news\/houston-texas\/article\/texas-prison-muslim-inmates-22261591.php\">Inside the Muslim-led Prison Program Filling a Void in Texas<\/a> (Chron)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Muslims quarried and laid the stone for the White House and the Capitol; lent their expertise to rice cultivation in the Carolinas&#8230;.\u00a0Muslims are so American that one played a role in the foundation of the quintessential American highway: U.S. Route 66&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofsandiego.com\/opinion\/2026\/05\/16\/essay-the-muslim-camel-handler-who-helped-chart-americas-mother-road\/\">Essay: The Muslim Camel Handler Who Helped Chart America\u2019s \u2018Mother Road\u2019<\/a> (Times of San Diego)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Iran said transit through the critical Strait of Hormuz will flow once the conflict with the US and Israel is over, but the sides are no closer to resolving their differences or finding a path to achieve it&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2026\/05\/16\/us-trump-iran-war-ceasefire-strait-of-hormuz-reopening-oil-supplies-china-summit\/\">U.S., Iran Stall on Hormuz Reopening as Oil Supplies Tighten<\/a> (Fortune)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;That\u2019s a perfect statement. I\u2019d make it again,&#8217; Trump told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6395758317112\">Fox News\u2019s<\/a> <span class=\"person-popover\" data-nid=\"21795\"><a class=\"person-popover__link\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/people\/bret-baier\/\">Bret Baier,<\/a><\/span> ahead of his return to the U.S. from a <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/5879806-trump-china-iran-tensions\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/5879806-trump-china-iran-tensions\/\">summit in China<\/a>&#8220;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/5881166-donald-trump-affordability-iran-war-comments\/\">Trump Doubles Down After Dismissing Affordability Concerns amid Iran War<\/a> (The Hill)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;If the US claims to be deeply concerned about nuclear proliferation in the Middle East, we have a responsibility to stop ignoring facts that make us look like hypocrites&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/We Can\u2019t Curb Nuclear Proliferation If We Don\u2019t Acknowledge Israel\u2019s Nukes\">We Can\u2019t Curb Nuclear Proliferation if We Don\u2019t Acknowledge Israel\u2019s Nukes<\/a> (Truthout)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;[B]oth the Iran FA and FIFA are very happy with the meeting and looking forward to welcoming <em>Team Melli<\/em> in the USA, Canada and Mexico&#8221; &#8212; FIFA secretary general Mattias Grafstr\u00f6m:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/sports\/world-cup\/iran-makes-progress-toward-competing-in-fifa-mens-world-cup\/\">Iran Makes Progress Toward Competing in FIFA Men\u2019s World Cup<\/a> (Seattle Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Settler violence and Israeli war crimes continue: Israeli Army and Illegal Settler Raids Wound 4 Palestinians, Including Child, in Occupied West Bank (TRT World) 2 Palestinians Killed, 3 Injured in Israeli Strikes on Gaza City Despite Ceasefire (Andalu Ajansi) We Can\u2019t Curb Nuclear Proliferation If We Don\u2019t Acknowledge Israel\u2019s Nukes (Israel-Palestine News) &#8220;Sudan\u2019s army says [&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-94829","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\/94829","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=94829"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94837,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94829\/revisions\/94837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=94829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=94829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=94829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}