{"id":95035,"date":"2026-07-07T05:24:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T10:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=95035"},"modified":"2026-07-07T05:24:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T10:24:47","slug":"news-and-analysis-7-7-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=95035","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 7\/7\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Iranian state television said the liquefied natural gas tanker came under attack after ignoring warnings but did not directly claim the assault&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-us-israel-war-oil-4732228810c9839a1258309ad43b8289\">Tanker Set Ablaze After Being Struck by Projectile in the Strait of Hormuz as Iran Mourns Khamenei<\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Settler violence and Israeli war crimes continue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/middle-east\/8-palestinians-injured-in-occupier-attack-israeli-army-arrests-elderly-man\/3988447\">8 Palestinians Injured in Occupier Attack, Israeli Army Arrests Elderly Man<\/a> (Andalu Ajansi)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/west-bank\/2026-07-06\/ty-article\/.premium\/palestinian-baby-dies-after-idf-reportedly-delays-evacuation-from-west-bank-camp\/0000019f-3359-d81c-a5df-7bdfa27c0000\">Four-month-old Dies After IDF Delays Evacuation From West Bank Refugee Camp, Red Crescent Says<\/a> (Haaretz)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/live-blog\/live-blog-update\/israeli-forces-demolish-two-houses-ramallah-detain-four-palestinians\">Israeli Forces Demolish Two Houses in Ramallah, Detain Four Palestinians in Jenin<\/a> (Middle East Eye)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/israel-news\/israel-crime\/2026-07-06\/ty-article\/.premium\/top-court-seeks-answer-from-israeli-govt-on-detained-gazan-doctors-condition\/0000019f-33a7-d337-a39f-f7ef13b90000\">Top Court Orders Israeli Gov&#8217;t Explain Detained Gaza Doctor Huassam Abu Safiya&#8217;s &#8216;Life-threatening&#8217; Condition<\/a> (Haaretz)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;It was unclear if the move, announced by a lower-level official, would lead to any meaningful change on the ground&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/israel-gaza-palestinians-hamas-war-government-146f9a609580d4c8c42ab35fbe60d5b3\">Hamas Dissolves Its Government in Gaza to Transfer Power to a UN-backed Committee<\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;On July 5, 2026, Benjamin Netanyahu&#8217;s cabinet announced that the rule of law in Israel has ended. From now on, it will decide what is and isn&#8217;t legal. There&#8217;s no need for the attorney general or the court, only Netanyahu&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/opinion\/editorial\/2026-07-06\/ty-article-opinion\/.premium\/netanyahus-government-just-declared-the-end-of-the-rule-of-law-in-israel\/0000019f-33de-d746-adff-ffdf90260000\">Netanyahu&#8217;s Government Just Declared the End of the Rule of Law in Israel<\/a> (Haaretz)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;[O]nly 20 of the 240 killings recorded in Arab communities during 2025 resulted in indictments, a clearance rate of just 8.3 percent. By comparison, around 65 percent of murders in Jewish communities resulted in indictments&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newarab.com\/news\/why-israel-blocked-anti-crime-unit-arab-communities\">Why Did Israel Block an Anti-crime Unit for Arab Communities?<\/a> (New Arab)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The objection was never really about exclusivity. It was about who was doing the gathering&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.muslimnetwork.tv\/a-muslim-families-eid-celebration-in-texas-becomes-a-target-and-a-test-of-religious-freedom\/\">Muslim Families\u2019 Eid Celebration in Texas Becomes a Target \u2014 and a Test of Religious Freedom<\/a> (Muslim Network TV)<\/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:\/\/dailynorthwestern.com\/2026\/07\/07\/city\/the-fourth-of-july-has-always-been-political-evanston-for-a-free-palestine-marches-in-annual-parade\/\">\u2018The Fourth of July has Always Been Political\u2019: Evanston for a Free Palestine Marches in Annual Parade<\/a> (Daily Northwestern)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Distributed backups, cyber resilience, and a half-million records are preserving Palestinian history beyond any single building or border&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/how-palestinians-are-building-a-digital-archive-that-cant-be-erased\/\">How Palestinians Are Building a Digital Archive that Can\u2019t Be Erased<\/a> (Wired)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;[D]uring the Oslo Accords, there were steps. There was a process. But at no point did Israel say: There will be, at the end of this process, a Palestinian sovereign, independent state. Never&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/07\/07\/opinion\/ezra-klein-podcast-may-pundak-rula-hardal.html\">A Radical Vision for Israelis and Palestinians<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Iranian state television said the liquefied natural gas tanker came under attack after ignoring warnings but did not directly claim the assault&#8221;: Tanker Set Ablaze After Being Struck by Projectile in the Strait of Hormuz as Iran Mourns Khamenei (AP) Settler violence and Israeli war crimes continue: 8 Palestinians Injured in Occupier Attack, Israeli Army [&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-95035","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\/95035","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=95035"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95037,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95035\/revisions\/95037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=95035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=95035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=95035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}