{"id":95041,"date":"2026-07-09T04:09:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T09:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=95041"},"modified":"2026-07-09T04:09:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T09:09:42","slug":"news-and-analysis-7-9-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=95041","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 7\/9\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Trump thinks that the ceasefire is over and talks are a waste of time:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-us-israel-war-oil-july-9-2026-0472764b119d7aa204de4f7f5e44a9bf\">US and Iran Exchange Intensifying Fire Across the Persian Gulf as Interim Deal to End War Threatened<\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/07\/09\/trump-iran-strait-hormuz-battle\">With Iran Ceasefire &#8220;Over,&#8221; Trump Shifts to Battle for Hormuz<\/a> (Axios)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2026\/07\/09\/iran-strikes-US-bases\/1521783571541\/\">Wider War Threatens as Iran Says It Struck U.S. Bases<\/a> (UPI)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/07\/09\/oil-rises-as-iran-us-tensions-raise-concerns-over-supply-disruptions-.html\">Oil Prices Ease After Spiking Following Fresh U.S. Strikes Against Iran<\/a> (CNBC)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/video\/2026\/07\/09\/how-iran-overplayed-its-hand-and-what-becomes-of-the-us-iran-mou.html\">How Iran \u2018Overplayed Its Hand\u2019 and What Becomes of the U.S.-Iran MOU<\/a> (CNBC)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/07\/08\/business\/iran-oil-trump-strait-of-hormuz\">Trump Is Playing with Economic Fire by Calling the Peace Deal with Iran \u2018Over\u2019<\/a> (CNN)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/Politics\/iran-shot-30-us-reaper-drones-us-official\/story?id=134597622\">Iran Has Shot Down 30 US Reaper Drones, US Official Says<\/a> (abc News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;At the heart of the dispute are two competing interpretations of the MOU&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tritaparsi.substack.com\/p\/how-the-us-iran-fight-in-the-strait?mc_cid=7ccc7f26c1&amp;mc_eid=4841da88e5\">How the US-Iran Fight in the Strait of Hormuz Can Be Resolved Before It Blows Up the MOU<\/a> (Trita Parsi \/ Substack)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The &#8230; cost &#8230; has already climbed well beyond early estimates, with an $87 billion funding request pending. Long-term economic and veteran expenses push the broader cost higher&#8221; and the resumption of war will add more:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/USA\/Military\/2026\/0708\/iran-war-costs-pentagon\">What is the Iran War Costing Americans? Here\u2019s a Breakdown<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Trump offered little clarity on the swap, instead saying he would fly on the legacy aircraft &#8216;for old time\u2019s sake'&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-air-force-one-nato-iran-qatar-6cb08dcb613a2d7f77d3b0a143f3b216\">In a Surprise Swap, Trump Flies Back from Turkey in an Old Air Force One, Not the Qatari-gifted Jet<\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The report &#8230; illustrates a decade-long campaign aimed at discrediting UNRWA among German politicians, &#8230; making lawmakers a key target for right-wing pro-Israel groups&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/world-news\/europe\/2026-07-07\/ty-article-magazine\/.premium\/inside-the-pro-israel-lobbys-campaign-to-cut-germanys-support-for-unrwa\/0000019f-3cec-d379-abdf-bffe6f680000?fromLogin=success\">Inside the German Pro-Israel Lobby&#8217;s Campaign to Defund UNRWA<\/a> (Haaretz)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;What is Jewish supremacy? Eighty years after the Holocaust, it&#8217;s Mein Kampf in reverse. The superior race is us&#8221; &#8212; Moshe Ya\u2019alon, a former defense minister under Netanyahu (2013-2016):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/opinion\/will-donald-trump-be-america-last-zionist-president\">Will Donald Trump Become America&#8217;s Last Zionist President?<\/a> (Middle East Eye)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Similarities of Israeli apartheid to South Africa&#8217;s are instructive; the differences are chilling:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palestinedeepdive.com\/p\/israeli-apartheid-went-to-levels?publication_id=22185&amp;post_id=206167144&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;r=46bwo&amp;triedRedirect=true\">&#8220;Israeli Apartheid Went to Levels Ours Never Did&#8221;: Boycott Defines This Moment<\/a> (Palestine Deep Dive)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump thinks that the ceasefire is over and talks are a waste of time: US and Iran Exchange Intensifying Fire Across the Persian Gulf as Interim Deal to End War Threatened (AP) With Iran Ceasefire &#8220;Over,&#8221; Trump Shifts to Battle for Hormuz (Axios) Wider War Threatens as Iran Says It Struck U.S. Bases (UPI) Oil [&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-95041","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\/95041","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=95041"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95043,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95041\/revisions\/95043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=95041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=95041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=95041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}