{"id":95027,"date":"2026-07-05T04:31:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T09:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=95027"},"modified":"2026-07-05T04:31:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T09:31:16","slug":"news-and-analysis-7-5-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=95027","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 7\/5\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The verse selection also appeared to reach out to visiting delegations symbolically, underscoring what Iran believed it had been fighting for while making clear where each government stood in Tehran\u2019s eyes&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/irans-funeral-diplomacy-quran-verses-ranked-allies-rivals-and-message-saudi-arabia\">Iran\u2019s Funeral Diplomacy: The Quran Verses that Ranked Allies, Rivals and Sent Saudi Arabia a Message<\/a> (Middle East Eye)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Israeli war crimes continue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.caitlinjohnst.one\/p\/the-gaza-ethnic-cleansing-agenda\">The Gaza Ethnic Cleansing Agenda Continues to Roll Forward<\/a> (Caitlin&#8217;s Newsletter)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/imemc.org\/article\/pps-israel-normalizes-torture-through-public-abuse-videos\/\">PPS: Israel Normalizes Torture Through Public Abuse Videos<\/a> (IMEMC)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/israelpalestinenews.org\/archive-of-israeli-war-crimes-contains-over-64000-videos\/\">Archive of Israeli War Crimes Contains Over 64,000 Videos<\/a> (archivegenocide.com \/ Israel-Palestine News)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/israelpalestinenews.org\/israel-commits-over-3500-ceasefire-violations-against-gaza-daily-update\/\">Israel Commits over 3,500 Ceasefire Violations Against Gaza \u2013 Daily Update<\/a> (Israel-Palestine News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The Emirates\u2019 promised $1.4 trillion investment in the US appears to be incentivizing Washington to look the other way&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/articles\/us-leaders-know-uae-backs-massacres-in-sudan-stopping-them-would-be-too-costly\/\">US Leaders Know UAE Backs Massacres in Sudan. Stopping Them Would Be Too Costly<\/a> (Truthout)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Multiple Israeli officials have stated that the decision to send the Iron Dome battery and interceptors was made after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a phone call with UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/middle-east\/article-901422\">Israel Sent Iron Dome, Dozens of IDF Troops to UAE During Iran War, Regev Confirms<\/a> (Jerusalem Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;New York socialists are done with these wars. So are America First conservatives&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/americas-hard-left-and-right-have-had-it-with-israel\/\">America\u2019s Hard Left and Right Have Had It with Israel<\/a> (American Conservative)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Zionist war on free speech &#8212; and the resistance &#8212; continues:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20260702-eu-hides-secret-gaza-files-as-un-says-israel-is-committing-genocide\/\">EU Hides Secret Gaza Files as UN Says Israel Is Committing Genocide<\/a> (Middle East Monitor)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/big-story\/exclusive-how-british-museum-made-false-claims-about-its-removal-palestine-displays\">Exclusive: British Museum Made False Claims About Its Removal of \u2018Palestine\u2019 from Displays<\/a> (Middle East Eye)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/middle-east\/israeli-intelligence-rejects-netanyahus-request-to-back-claim-irans-nuclear-program-was-completely-destroyed-report\/3986196\">Israeli Intelligence Rejects Netanyahu&#8217;s Request to Back Claim Iran&#8217;s Nuclear Program Was Completely Destroyed: Report<\/a> (Andalu Ajansi)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Massie&#8217;s resolution &#8220;urges the President to declassify and make publicly available all&#8221; relevant files:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/massie.house.gov\/news\/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=395845\">Rep. Massie Introduces House Resolution to Honor the Crew of the USS Liberty<\/a> (massie.house.gov)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;According to the statement, authorities seized large quantities of weapons, ammunition and explosives, along with four wireless devices and a Starlink device &#8230; [and] suspects received military and explosives training outside Iran before infiltrating the country&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.cgtn.com\/news\/2026-07-05\/Iran-dismantled-terrorist-cells-linked-to-US-Israeli-intelligence-1OwSeXDiXT2\/p.html\">Iran Says It Dismantled Four Terrorist Cells Linked to US, Israeli Intelligence<\/a> (CGTN)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The verse selection also appeared to reach out to visiting delegations symbolically, underscoring what Iran believed it had been fighting for while making clear where each government stood in Tehran\u2019s eyes&#8221;: Iran\u2019s Funeral Diplomacy: The Quran Verses that Ranked Allies, Rivals and Sent Saudi Arabia a Message (Middle East Eye) Israeli war crimes continue: The [&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-95027","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\/95027","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=95027"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95029,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95027\/revisions\/95029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=95027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=95027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=95027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}