{"id":94848,"date":"2026-05-19T04:49:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T09:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=94848"},"modified":"2026-05-19T04:49:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T09:49:55","slug":"news-and-analysis-5-19-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=94848","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 5\/19\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The president said he postponed a planned strike at the urging of Middle Eastern leaders'&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2026\/05\/18\/trump-says-hes-called-off-attack-iran\/\">Trump Says He\u2019s Called Off an Attack on Iran to Give Talks More Time<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; President Donald Trump admitted that there is no <em>real<\/em> reason to continue his war against Iran. Instead, &#8230; he said he couldn\u2019t stop fighting now because of &#8216;public relations&#8217; and a vague need to &#8216;feel good'&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/news-and-politics\/2026\/05\/trump-iran-war-nuclear-reason-why.html\">Trump Just Admitted There\u2019s No Good Reason to Continue His War With Iran<\/a> (Slate)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; &#8220;Amid Trump\u2019s mixed signals, the growing concern among policymakers is how long tensions can persist before the wide gaps between the two sides trigger renewed conflict&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thearabweekly.com\/risk-renewed-us-iran-fighting-persists-amid-wide-gaps-no-concessions\">Risk of Renewed US-Iran Fighting Persists amid Wide Gaps, No Concessions<\/a> (The Arab Weekly)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Among those killed was a mosque security guard, who police believe &#8216;played a pivotal role&#8217; in keeping the attack from being &#8216;much worse'&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/live\/san-diego-islamic-center-shooting-updates\">Shooters Kill 3 People at San Diego Mosque, Both Suspects Dead, Police Say<\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On the morning of Monday, March 23, President Trump pulled his first \u201cTACO\u201d of the Iran war. &#8230; Stocks rose&#8230;. The brokerage account in Trump\u2019s name spent the day buying them&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2026\/05\/18\/trump-stock-trading-iran-war-conflict-of-interest-ethics\/\">While Trump Insisted the Iran War Would End \u2018Soon,\u2019 an Account in His Name Was Buying Millions in Oil, Defense and Gold<\/a> (Fortune)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Zionist war on free speech continues:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/2026\/05\/19\/brazil-is-prosecuting-a-union-leader-for-palestine-solidarity\/\">Brazil Is Prosecuting a Union Leader for Palestine Solidarity<\/a> (Counterpunch)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/clenchner.substack.com\/p\/a-brief-history-of-israeli-denialism\">A Brief History of Israeli Denialism<\/a> (Pessimism of the Will)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Romanian men accused of a knife attack on a journalist for the London-based Iran International, denied the charges:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c3d205nxee8o\">Iranian Journalist Stabbed in UK by Men Working for Iran, Court Told<\/a> (BBC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Settler violence and Israeli war crimes continue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/settlers-are-control-how-west-bank-being-ethnically-cleansed\">&#8216;The Settlers Are in Control&#8217;: How the West Bank Is Being Ethnically Cleansed<\/a> (Middle East Eye)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The chairman of Iran\u2019s national security commission says\u00a0 &#8220;the action was a necessary retaliation for the assassination of Iran\u2019s former supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/middle-east\/iran-news\/article-896661\">Iran\u2019s Parliament to Vote on Bill Offering \u20ac50 Million Reward for Killing Trump, Netanyahu<\/a> (Jerusalem Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Egypt does charge fees on cables that cross its territory,&#8221; but in the case of Hormuz, &#8220;[m]ost of the cables in question do not terminate in Iran; they pass under the sea, miles offshore&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/may\/18\/iran-threat-internet-cables-strait-hormuz\">How Realistic Is Threat of Iran Charging to Use Internet Cables Under Strait of Hormuz?<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The president said he postponed a planned strike at the urging of Middle Eastern leaders&#8217;&#8221;: Trump Says He\u2019s Called Off an Attack on Iran to Give Talks More Time (Washington Post) &#8230; President Donald Trump admitted that there is no real reason to continue his war against Iran. 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