{"id":94890,"date":"2026-05-29T04:03:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T09:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=94890"},"modified":"2026-05-29T04:03:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T09:03:56","slug":"news-and-analysis-5-29-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=94890","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 5\/29\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Negotiators have been working to finalize the terms of the memorandum of understanding (MOU), which is awaiting President Trump\u2019s sign-off, as tensions continue to flare in the Persian Gulf&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/international\/5900355-us-iran-ceasefire-extension-deal\/\">5 Things to Know About Tentative US-Iran Ceasefire Deal<\/a> (The Hill)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The current scope of the agreement would be deeply unpalatable for Israel, because it defers Iran making any firm nuclear commitments and requires a permanent ceasefire to include Lebanon&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/may\/28\/donald-trump-shares-draft-iran-peace-agreement-with-israel-and-other-allies\">Donald Trump Shares Draft Iran Peace Agreement with Israel and Other Allies<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Israeli war crimes continue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropsitenews.com\/p\/israeli-gaza-eid-trump-oman-doj-jean-carrol?publication_id=2510348&amp;post_id=199609492&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;r=46bwo&amp;triedRedirect=true\">Israeli strikes kill 16 in Gaza on Eid Al-Adha<\/a> (Drop Site)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/israel-added-un-blacklist-sexual-violence-conflict-zones\">Israel &#8216;Added to UN Blacklist&#8217; for Sexual Violence in Conflict Zones<\/a> (Middle East Eye)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropsitenews.com\/p\/gaza-world-central-kitchen-food-hunger-israel-blockade?publication_id=2510348&amp;post_id=199609445&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;r=46bwo&amp;triedRedirect=true\">Hungry Palestinians in Gaza Protest World Central Kitchen Scaling Back Amid Rising Food Costs and Israeli Blockade<\/a> (Drop Site)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Israel more than quadrupled its public diplomacy budget from $150 million in 2025 to $730 million in 2026&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2026\/05\/28\/israeli-government-money-brad-parsc\/\">Ex-Trump Campaign Chief Funneled Millions of Israeli Government Money to His Longtime Allies\u2019 Companies<\/a> (The Intercept)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Zionist war on free speech continues:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jurist.org\/news\/2026\/05\/us-adds-un-palestine-expert-back-to-sanctions-list\/\">US Adds UN Palestine Expert Back to Sanctions List<\/a> (Jurist)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Germany&#8217;s very different approach to the case stems from its Nazi past&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c0l2k1ew677o\">Trial of &#8216;Ulm 5&#8217; Activists: How Germany Is Dealing with Its Palestine Action Case<\/a> (BBC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Negotiators have been working to finalize the terms of the memorandum of understanding (MOU), which is awaiting President Trump\u2019s sign-off, as tensions continue to flare in the Persian Gulf&#8221;: 5 Things to Know About Tentative US-Iran Ceasefire Deal (The Hill) &#8220;The current scope of the agreement would be deeply unpalatable for Israel, because it defers [&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-94890","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\/94890","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=94890"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94892,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94890\/revisions\/94892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=94890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=94890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=94890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}