{"id":94971,"date":"2026-06-20T04:45:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T09:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=94971"},"modified":"2026-06-20T04:45:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T09:45:05","slug":"news-and-analysis-6-20-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=94971","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 6\/20\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Israeli policy in Lebanon may determine whether US-Iran negotiations even take place &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2026\/06\/19\/four-israeli-soldiers-killed-combat-lebanon-imperils-us-iran-deal\/\">After 4 Israeli Soldiers\u2019 Deaths, Israel and Hezbollah Agree to Renew Ceasefire<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2026\/06\/19\/us-intelligence-warns-israel-is-likely-undermine-iran-peace-deal-officials-say\/\">U.S. Intelligence Warns Israel Is Likely to Undermine Iran Peace Deal, Officials Say<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; but Witkoff and Kushner will be in Switzerland just in case:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/06\/19\/iran-talks-switzerland-witkoff-vance\">Trump Envoys Head to Switzerland for Potential Iran Talks<\/a> (Axios)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Israeli war crimes continue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/video\/vo-amer-1744145336\/\">Palestinian American Teen Killed in the West Bank<\/a> (PBS)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2026\/06\/1167760\">Gaza: Sneeze and You Might Get Shot, Warns UNICEF in Alert on Child Killings<\/a> (UN)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/israel-news\/elections\/2026-06-19\/ty-article\/.premium\/top-elections-official-tells-ben-gvir-to-take-down-gaza-flotilla-activists-video\/0000019e-df94-d698-adbf-ffb66b000000\">Israel&#8217;s Top Elections Official Tells Ben-Gvir to Take Down Gaza Flotilla Activists Video<\/a> (Haaretz)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;<em>No Compulsion in Religion: No Exception<\/em>s is one of those rare books that arrive at exactly the right moment and meet the moment with exactly the right arguments&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/edraak.world\/p\/no-compulsion-in-religion-no-exceptions?publication_id=4836546&amp;post_id=202687334&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;r=46bwo&amp;triedRedirect=true\">&#8220;No Compulsion in Religion \u2014 No Exceptions&#8221; by Mustafa Akyol: Book Review<\/a> (Edraak)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Neither Washington nor Tehran wants the peace process to collapse completely, but diplomats say they expect a process full of challenges and distrust&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2026\/06\/20\/diplomats-expect-hurdles-us-iran-talks-which-are-already-delayed\/\">Chaotic Run-up to U.S.-Iran Talks Signals Steep Hurdles Ahead<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The federation said on Friday they believe &#8216;such restrictions are \u00adinconsistent with the principle of providing equal conditions for all participating teams and may negatively affect teams\u2019 preparation processes'&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2026\/jun\/19\/iran-lodge-complaint-fifa-restrictions-world-cup\">Iran to Lodge Complaint with FIFA over \u2018Restrictions Imposed\u2019 on Team at World Cup<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The &#8220;Trump administration is getting less than Iran was offering in 2002 for the same price[, but u]nlike in Afghanistan, the administration is at least getting <em>something<\/em> from Iran&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2026\/06\/19\/compromise-with-iran-isnt-surrender\/?mc_eid=e1ce968106\">Compromise with Iran Isn&#8217;t &#8216;Surrender&#8217;<\/a> (Reason)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israeli policy in Lebanon may determine whether US-Iran negotiations even take place &#8230; After 4 Israeli Soldiers\u2019 Deaths, Israel and Hezbollah Agree to Renew Ceasefire (Washington Post) U.S. Intelligence Warns Israel Is Likely to Undermine Iran Peace Deal, Officials Say (Washington Post) &#8230; but Witkoff and Kushner will be in Switzerland just in case: Trump [&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-94971","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\/94971","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=94971"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94973,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94971\/revisions\/94973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=94971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=94971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=94971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}