{"id":94838,"date":"2026-05-18T04:52:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T09:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=94838"},"modified":"2026-05-18T04:52:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T09:52:14","slug":"news-and-analysis-5-18-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=94838","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 5\/18\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As &#8220;Washington\u2019s war with Tehran and its allies continues to stall negotiations, drive up energy prices and fuel instability across the Middle East&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/middle-east\/20260518-trump-warns-iran-peace-deal\">Trump Warns Iran that &#8216;There Won&#8217;t Be Anything Left of Them&#8217; Without Peace Deal<\/a> (France 24)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;No one was blamed, but it highlighted <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/iran\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">the risk of renewed war<\/a><\/span> as the United States and Iran signaled they were ready to fight again&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-us-uae-nuclear-drones-71e7e58f45193b7dee3df28740532a7b\">Drone Strikes UAE Nuclear Plant as US and Iran Signal They Are Prepared to Resume War<\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Zionist war on free speech continues:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mondoweiss.net\/2026\/05\/nicholas-kristofs-report-on-israeli-rape-of-palestinians-detonated-a-furious-smear-campaign-will-the-mainstream-media-follow-the-story\/\">Nicholas Kristof\u2019s Report on Israeli Rape of Palestinians Detonated a Furious Smear Campaign. Will the Mainstream Media Follow the Story?<\/a> (Mondoweiss)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2026\/may\/17\/yvette-cooper-palestine-action-article-despite-cps-warning-trial\">Yvette Cooper Wrote Palestine Action Article Despite CPS Warning It Could Affect Trial<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;A former senior Trump security official told the Telegraph that using UAE forces would avoid putting US troops in the line of fire&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/middle-east\/article-896438\">Trump Admin. Urging UAE to Seize Iran&#8217;s Lavan Island, Take Greater Role in War &#8211; Report<\/a> (Jerusalem Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In March, &#8220;the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/releases\/office-of-the-spokesperson\/2026\/03\/terrorist-designation-of-the-sudanese-muslim-brotherhood\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">US Department of State<\/a> announced plans to designate the Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organisation,&#8221; accusing &#8220;the group of receiving support from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/countries\/iran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iran<\/a>\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/opinion\/why-sudan-disappeared-global-headlines-until-iran-war\">Why Sudan Disappeared from Global Headlines &#8211; Until the Iran War<\/a> (Middle East Eye)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;NYT says Israel built first base in country in late 2024; this year, Israel built another installation there; Iraqi soldier and civilian killed to protect the secret&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/israel-built-two-covert-military-bases-in-iraq-to-support-iran-strikes-report\/\">Israel Built Two Covert Military Bases in Iraq to Support Iran Strikes \u2013 Report<\/a> (Times of Israel)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Settler violence and Israeli war crimes continue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/world\/gaza\/extremist-jewish-settlers-gaza-expel-palestinians-enclave-rcna341575\">Extremist Jewish Settlers Eye Gaza, Seek to Expel Palestinians from Enclave<\/a> (NBC News)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/liveblog_entry\/death-penalty-law-for-palestinians-comes-into-effect-in-west-bank\/\">Death Penalty Law for West Bank Palestinians Convicted of Deadly Terrorism Comes into Effect<\/a> (Times of Israel)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/video\/newsfeed\/2026\/5\/17\/israel-kills-three-palestinians-in-strike-on-an-aid-kitchen-in-gaza\">Israel Kills Three Palestinians in Strike on an Aid Kitchen in Gaza<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The &#8216;Counterterrorism Strategy&#8217; weaves together Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2026\/03\/30\/trump-secret-wars\/\">war on the wider world<\/a> &#8230; \u00a0with the administration\u2019s war on <a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/collections\/chilling-dissent\/\">dissent at home<\/a>, which has targeted <a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2026\/02\/26\/mahmoud-khalil-deportation-case-free-speech\/\">immigrants<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2026\/03\/05\/ice-cbp-minnesota-surveillance-intimidation-observers\/\">legal observers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2026\/03\/12\/antifa-ice-protest-texas-trial-terrorism\/\">activists<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2026\/04\/20\/lapd-skydio-drone-surveillance-no-kings-protest-ice\/\">protesters<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2026\/01\/30\/don-lemon-georgia-fort-protest-reporting-doj\/\">press<\/a>&#8220;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2026\/05\/15\/trump-terrorism-left-groups-antifa-christian-gorka\/\">How Trump\u2019s New Counterterrorism Strategy Puts You at Risk<\/a> (The Intercept)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As &#8220;Washington\u2019s war with Tehran and its allies continues to stall negotiations, drive up energy prices and fuel instability across the Middle East&#8221;: Trump Warns Iran that &#8216;There Won&#8217;t Be Anything Left of Them&#8217; Without Peace Deal (France 24) &#8220;No one was blamed, but it highlighted the risk of renewed war as the United States [&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-94838","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\/94838","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=94838"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94838\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94847,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94838\/revisions\/94847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=94838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=94838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=94838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}