{"id":95000,"date":"2026-06-28T04:42:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T09:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=95000"},"modified":"2026-06-28T04:42:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T09:42:57","slug":"news-and-analysis-6-28-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=95000","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 6\/28\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8221; The global community has long considered the strait an international passageway, despite its sitting in Iran and Oman\u2019s territorial waters&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-us-israel-war-hormuz-strait-june-28-2026-1132d316545db2cddb3928b6e7840f51\">Iran Attacks Bahrain and Kuwait Following US Strikes and Threatens to Halt Talks to End the War<\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u\" dir=\"auto\">Peter Beinart explains &#8220;why he went from strong supporter of Israel to staunch critic,&#8221; noting that in Israel &#8220;the state is treated as a god&#8221;:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=605971665720291\"> &#8220;Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza\u201d<\/a> (Fareed Zakaria \/ FaceBook)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;With this accord, he claims, Israel, Lebanon and the US \u201care essentially telling Iran, \u2018This is none of your business&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/liveblog_entry\/netanyahu-deal-means-iran-is-being-told-it-has-no-role-in-lebanon-and-that-israel-can-keep-security-zone-as-long-as-needed\/\">Netanyahu: Deal Tells Iran and Hezbollah They Have \u2018No Role in Lebanon,\u2019 and that Israel Can Keep Security Zone as Long as Needed<\/a> (Times of Israel)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;[T]he pro-Israel lobby, once a lucrative ally to Democratic [and Republican!] politicians supportive of Israel, has become an albatross of sorts for incumbents across the country&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/06\/26\/nyregion\/palestinian-dsa-israel-nyc.html\">Pro-Palestinian Activists Sense a Tide Turning After N.Y. Primary Wins<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Iran is a wreck. But so is the relationship between America and Israel&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/opinion\/columnist\/2026\/06\/28\/trumps-war-iran-peace-deal-flaws\/90693556007\/\">Is America Breaking with Israel over Iran? I Asked Experts. | Opinion<\/a> (USA Today)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; and &#8220;[a]nalysts and western leaders believe Iran will increase support of militia groups despite deal between US and Tehran&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/jun\/28\/gulf-us-iran-war-proxies-middle-east\">Gulf Shares Concerns with US as Iran\u2019s Influence and Power Continue by Proxy<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Israeli war crimes continue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/crimson-thread-israel-separation-wall-cuts-through-palestine-west-bank\">Crimson Thread: The New Israeli Separation Wall that Cuts Through the &#8216;Breadbasket of Palestine&#8217;<\/a> (Middle East Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) remains at the center of efforts to reduce U.S. military assistance to Israel and block deeper integration of American and Israeli defense technologies&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/genxgirl.substack.com\/p\/exclusive-interview-rep-thomas-massie\">Exclusive Interview: Rep. Thomas Massie Updates on His Amendments Targeting $3.3 Billion in Israel Aid and NDAA Section 219<\/a> (GenXGirl \/ Substack)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Is a poorly written rule more responsible for Iran&#8217;s elimination that U.S. mistreatment?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/ianquillen\/2026\/06\/28\/irans-world-cup-elimination-shows-offside-law-must-change\/\">Iran\u2019s World Cup Elimination Shows Offside Law Must Change<\/a> (Forbes)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8221; The global community has long considered the strait an international passageway, despite its sitting in Iran and Oman\u2019s territorial waters&#8221;: Iran Attacks Bahrain and Kuwait Following US Strikes and Threatens to Halt Talks to End the War (AP) Peter Beinart explains &#8220;why he went from strong supporter of Israel to staunch critic,&#8221; noting that [&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-95000","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\/95000","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=95000"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95000\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95003,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95000\/revisions\/95003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=95000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=95000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=95000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}