{"id":95166,"date":"2026-08-13T04:57:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T09:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=95166"},"modified":"2026-08-13T04:57:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T09:57:51","slug":"news-and-analysis-8-13-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=95166","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 8\/13\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Actions of both sides have reduced traffic through the strait:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/08\/13\/middleeast\/who-controls-strait-of-hormuz-iran-us-intl-hnk\">Trump Keeps Saying the US Controls the Strait of Hormuz. Does It?<\/a> (CNN)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/08\/13\/us-iran-war-trump-hormuz-irgc.html\">\u2018Hormuz Remains Blocked\u2019: Iran Disputes Trump Claims as Traffic Sinks to Near 3-month Lows<\/a> (CNBC)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/iraq-iran-war-payments-salaries-oil-strait-of-hormuz-shipping-graphic\/a-78341409\">Due to the Iran War, Iraq Is Running Out of Money<\/a> (Deutsche Welle)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Oil prices fell on Thursday after reports that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) released Iran&#8217;s frozen assets held in Emirati banks, including gold valued at roughly $200-283 million&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/markets\/crypto\/articles\/uae-reportedly-released-iran-frozen-061729626.html\">UAE Reportedly Released Iran\u2019s Frozen Assets Worth Billions of Dollars, Bitcoin Rebounds<\/a> (Coingape \/ Yahoo)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Settler violence and Israeli war crimes continue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropsitenews.com\/p\/taybeh-west-bank-closed-military-zone-settlers?publication_id=2510348&amp;post_id=210927351&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;r=46bwo&amp;triedRedirect=true\">In West Bank Village, a New Israeli Order Enables Settler Attacks While Claiming to Prevent Them<\/a> (Drop Site)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/israel-news\/article-905373\">Huckabee Condemns &#8216;Horrific Terror&#8217; Against Palestinians in West Bank, Says Embassy &#8216;Very Involved&#8217;<\/a> (Jerusalem Post)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.jp\/en\/middle-east\/article_175927\/\">\u2018Ethnic Cleansing\u2019 of Palestinians Is Accelerating in West Bank, Israeli Human Rights Group Warns<\/a> (Arab News)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/features\/2026\/8\/13\/palestinian-women-in-gaza-face-legal-hurdles-in-divorce-struggles\">Palestinian Women in Gaza Face Legal Hurdles in Divorce Struggles<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">&#8220;Prosecutors say Peter Larsen obtained a knife at a mall, asked employees if they were Muslim, and then stabbed one employee who had answered in the affirmative. The attack was stopped when bystanders intervened and subdued Larsen until police arrived<\/span>&#8220;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gvwire.com\/2026\/08\/12\/federal-grand-jury-returns-hate-crime-indictment-in-stabbing-of-muslim-man-in-utah\/\">Federal Grand Jury Returns Hate Crime Indictment in Stabbing of Muslim Man in Utah<\/a> (Reuters \/ GW Wire<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Zionist war on free speech continues:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/8\/12\/platformicide-of-palestine-activists-struggle-to-be-heard-on-meta\">\u2018Platformicide\u2019 of Palestine: Activists Struggle to Be Heard on Meta<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;[F]indings by the federal government were related to foreign groups based on actions performed abroad. Stitt is now citing them to target local Muslim social and advocacy groups&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kosu.org\/stitt-cair-executive-order\"> Stitt Orders Investigation, Possible Terrorist Designation for Oklahoma Muslim Groups<\/a><br \/>\n(KOSU\/NPR)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Katrina vanden Heuvel, Jeet Heer, Daniel Levy, Eli Clifton, and Ian Lustick discuss Clifton and Lustick&#8217;s new book, <em>Israel&#8217;s Lobby: America in the Grip of a Foreign Power&#8221;:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/rec\/play\/Fh9wPN8-gS8aIjw33kvIelwUQ3VnDC3KTnXkd5J4ILnhuwsfXRhh7eI3RwDIbP_wnafA6Osp96byi9YV.UnymFXcZPgTpjNQA\">Israel&#8217;s Lobby: An Online Event<\/a> (The Nation \/ Zoom)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sudan war updates:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newarab.com\/news\/paramilitary-rsf-drones-attack-sudan-capital-second-day\">Paramilitary RSF Unleashes Drones Attack Against Sudan&#8217;s Capital Khartoum for Second Day<\/a> (New Arab)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2026\/08\/1168126\">Sudan: Attacks and Further Displacement in Blue Nile and North Kordofan<\/a> (UN)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;[D]espite all the flaws of social media &#8230; Palestinians were able, for the first time, to talk about their reality without the mediation of media outlets&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mondoweiss.net\/2026\/08\/palestine-letter-the-language-of-palestinian-reality\/\">Palestine Letter: the Language of Palestinian Reality<\/a> (Mondoweiss)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actions of both sides have reduced traffic through the strait: Trump Keeps Saying the US Controls the Strait of Hormuz. 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