{"id":95115,"date":"2026-07-30T04:32:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T09:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=95115"},"modified":"2026-07-30T04:32:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T09:32:26","slug":"news-and-analysis-7-30-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=95115","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 7\/30\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After Netanyahu declares Trump the &#8220;senior partner&#8221; in the war on Iran &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/US\/decision-netanyahu-choice-proceed-iran-trumps\/story?id=135203352\">&#8216;It&#8217;s His Decision&#8217;: Netanyahu Says Choice on How to Proceed with Iran Is Trump&#8217;s<\/a> (abc News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; the flare-up is &#8220;uncontained&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afr.com\/world\/middle-east\/trump-fires-off-expletive-filled-threats-after-iran-targets-us-forces-20260730-p60jue\">War Widens Anew as US Hits Iran with Two-hour Barrage<\/a> (Financial Review)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-war-trump-saudi-arabia-israel-cbb2c3f49f3072c542fc6395468b64b5\">US-Iran Conflict Enters New Phase as Saudi Arabia Helps Hit Proxies and Diplomacy Stalls Again<\/a><\/li>\n<li>(AP)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-war-us-hormuz-strait-july-30-2026-8dc77ed6a65f389ea4af84635d2473bd\">An Iranian Strike Has Hit a Chinese Firm\u2019s Building, Killing 1, Hours After Jordan Downs Missiles<\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.i24news.tv\/en\/news\/middle-east\/iran-eastern-states\/artc-drone-attack-in-egypt-iran-s-warning-to-global-energy-traffic\">Drone Attack in Egypt: Iran&#8217;s Warning to Global Energy Traffic<\/a> (i24)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/video\/newsfeed\/2026\/7\/30\/us-strikes-cause-extensive-damage-on-irans-qeshm-island\">US Strikes Cause Extensive Damage on Iran\u2019s Qeshm Island<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/eaworldview.com\/2026\/07\/us-iran-uncontained-war-spreads-across-middle-east\/\">EA-Byline Times VideoCast: US-Iran \u2014 \u201cUncontained War\u201d Spreads Across Middle East<\/a> (EA WorldView)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cThe Strait of Hormuz is our territory, and the IRGC Navy firmly controls it&#8221; &#8212; IRGC statement:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/middle-east\/irans-irgc-says-strait-of-hormuz-cannot-reopen-while-us-threats-continue\/4013306\">Iran&#8217;s IRGC Says Strait of Hormuz Cannot Reopen While US &#8216;Threats&#8217; Continue<\/a> (Andalu Ajansi)<\/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\/israeli-strikes-kill-3-palestinians-including-2-children-in-gaza-despite-ongoing-ceasefire\/4013563\">Israeli Strikes Kill 3 Palestinians, Including 2 Children, in Gaza Despite Ongoing Ceasefire<\/a> (Andalu Ajansi)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mondoweiss.net\/2026\/07\/palestine-letter-pogroms-celebrations-and-journalism-in-the-west-bank\/\">Palestine Letter: Pogroms, Celebrations, and Journalism in the West Bank<\/a> (Mondoweiss)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcommons.usf.edu\/gsp\/vol20\/iss1\/4\/\">Genocide by Algorithm in Gaza: Artificial Intelligence, Countervailing Responsibility, and the Corruption of Public Discourse<\/a> (Genocide Studies and Prevention)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/opinions\/2026\/7\/27\/how-israel-uses-settler-soldier-terror-to-colonise-the-west-bank\">How Israel Uses Settler-soldier Terror to Colonise the West Bank<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Archbishop John Charles Wester highlighted the Second Vatican Council\u2019s document on religious freedom and the constitutional protections for religious liberty in the United States&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncregister.com\/cna\/archbishop-wester-defends-proposed-mosque-in-new-mexico-criticizes-anti-muslim-sentiment\">Archbishop Wester Defends Proposed Mosque in New Mexico, Criticizes \u2018Anti-Muslim Sentiment\u2019<\/a> (National Catholic Register)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Despite growing fears over Israel\u2019s policies in Lebanon and the Palestinian territories, Trump and Netanyahu put a positive spin on their brief meeting&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.notus.org\/foreign-policy\/iran-us-israel-meeting\">Iran-Focused U.S.-Israel Meeting Sidelines Allies\u2019 Other Disagreements<\/a> (NOTUS)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;That is the dangerous precedent now taking shape in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/washington\">Washington<\/a>. The president can begin or expand military operations, and Congress is left trying to stop them after the bombs have fallen and retaliation has begun&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/asiatimes.com\/2026\/07\/us-congress-hasnt-authorized-trumps-iran-war-or-ended-it\/\">US Congress Hasn\u2019t Authorized Trump\u2019s Iran War\u2014or Ended It<\/a> (Asia Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After Netanyahu declares Trump the &#8220;senior partner&#8221; in the war on Iran &#8230; &#8216;It&#8217;s His Decision&#8217;: Netanyahu Says Choice on How to Proceed with Iran Is Trump&#8217;s (abc News) &#8230; the flare-up is &#8220;uncontained&#8221;: War Widens Anew as US Hits Iran with Two-hour Barrage (Financial Review) US-Iran Conflict Enters New Phase as Saudi Arabia Helps [&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-95115","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\/95115","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=95115"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95118,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95115\/revisions\/95118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=95115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=95115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=95115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}