{"id":95059,"date":"2026-07-14T04:20:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T09:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=95059"},"modified":"2026-07-14T04:20:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T09:20:14","slug":"news-and-analysis-7-14-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=95059","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 7\/14\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The resumption of war is now official &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/07\/13\/trump-notifies-congress-of-new-war-against-iran-00995170\">Trump Notifies Congress of New War Against Iran<\/a> (Politico)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-us-hormuz-strait-war-july-13-2026-6c2c44cfdd089d6393d18fa5930ed620\">US Attacks Iran and Tehran Retaliates Across the Middle East as Both Vie for Control of Strait<\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230;\u00a0 but this time Trump not only steals Iran&#8217;s blockade idea, but their toll on shipping as well:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/5965639-trump-reinstates-naval-blockade-iran\/\">Trump Reimposes Blockade on Strait of Hormuz, Declares 20 Percent US Toll on Shipping<\/a> (The Hill)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2026\/07\/13\/us-strikes-iran-naval-blockade-trump-reversal-hormuz-fees\/\">U.S. Launches New Strikes on Iran While Tehran Mocks Trump\u2019s Reversal on Charging for Hormuz Transits \u2014 \u201820% Is of Course Too Much. We Will Be Fair\u2019<\/a> (Fortune)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;What was once sold as foreign assistance is being rebranded as &#8216;investment,&#8221;partnership,&#8217; and &#8216;shared development.&#8217; This is &#8230; is linguistic cover for the systematic burrowing of Israeli priorities into the core infrastructure of the United States&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/The Iron Burrow Hardwiring Israel into America\u2019s Military and Intelligence Core\">The Iron Burrow: Hardwiring Israel into America\u2019s Military and Intelligence Core<\/a> (Rekt \/ Substack)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The State Legislator Israel Caucus says it\u2019s an independent nonprofit. The Israeli government discreetly paid for its first D.C. junket&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropsitenews.com\/p\/israel-backed-nonprofit-lawmakers-draft-legislation?publication_id=2510348&amp;post_id=206462157&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;r=46bwo&amp;triedRedirect=true\">The New Israel-Backed Nonprofit Feeding Lawmakers Model Legislation<\/a> (Drop Site)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;[T]he internationally recognized government in Yemen said [the airstrikes] were meant to prevent an Iranian plane from landing&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/world\/yemen\/yemen-saudi-arabia-air-strike-sanna-airport-houthi-rebels-rcna587273\">Saudi Arabian Airstrikes Hit Sanaa International Airport, Iran-backed Houthi Rebels in Yemen Say<\/a> (AP \/ NBC News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Arrests come against a backdrop of rising racial tensions and hate crimes across Britain&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/7\/13\/uk-arrests-12-over-extreme-right-wing-terror-threat-to-muslim-event\">UK Arrests 12 over Extreme Right-wing \u2018Terror\u2019 Threat to Muslim Event<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;[T]<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">he IMCR has claimed seven attacks in the U.K.&#8221;:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/britain-iran-jewish-attacks-69fbaab1deeb1dd5b8fd20145b25821c\">UK Says an Iran-backed Group Was Behind Attacks on Jewish Community and Bans Revolutionary Guard<\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Israeli war crimes continue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/7\/13\/three-palestinians-killed-15-wounded-in-israeli-attacks-across-gaza\">Three Palestinians Killed, 15 Wounded in Israeli Attacks Across Gaza<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;For years, Israel conducted a covert operation aimed at recruiting former Iranian president Ahmadinejad as an intelligence asset and, at a later stage, even planned to install him as Iran\u2019s leader&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/middle-east\/iran-news\/article-902349\">Fmr. Iranian President Under House Arrest After Regime Uncovers Ties to Israel, Mossad &#8211; Report<\/a> (Jerusalem Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The California Democrat argued the conflict is &#8216;unconstitutional and unlawful&#8217; because President Trump never came to Congress to ask for authorization of the conflict&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/senate\/5965316-conflict-iran-schiff-resolution\/\">Schiff Says He Will Force Republicans to Vote Again to End Iran War<\/a> (The Hill)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The resumption of war is now official &#8230; Trump Notifies Congress of New War Against Iran (Politico) US Attacks Iran and Tehran Retaliates Across the Middle East as Both Vie for Control of Strait (AP) &#8230;\u00a0 but this time Trump not only steals Iran&#8217;s blockade idea, but their toll on shipping as well: Trump Reimposes [&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-95059","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\/95059","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=95059"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95059\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95062,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95059\/revisions\/95062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=95059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=95059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=95059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}