{"id":95191,"date":"2026-08-20T06:04:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T11:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=95191"},"modified":"2026-08-20T06:04:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T11:04:32","slug":"news-and-analysis-8-20-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=95191","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 8\/20\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After misdemeanor law-breaking by some demonstrators, the Mayor and Muslim leaders defend American values:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/detroit\/news\/dearborn-city-council-meeting-arrests-christian-crusader-march\/\">22 People Arrested During Anti-Islam Protests in Dearborn Tuesday, Some from as Far as New York, Tennessee<\/a> (CBS News)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wdet.org\/2026\/08\/19\/detroit-evening-report-anti-muslim-demonstration-at-dearborn-city-council-meeting-mayor-hammouds-response\/\">Detroit Evening Report: Anti-Muslim Demonstration at Dearborn City Council Meeting, Mayor Hammoud\u2019s Response<\/a> (WDET)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/detroit\/news\/cair-mi-addresses-community-jake-lang-appearance-dearborn\/\">Muslim Civil Rights Group Addresses Community After Jake Lang&#8217;s Appearance in Dearborn<\/a> (CBS News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>South Korea&#8217;s president &#8220;does not want to risk a military confrontation on the peninsula&#8230; But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu &#8230; has been willing to use military force, and absorb military retaliation from Iran&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2026\/08\/19\/trumps-iran-north-korea-nuclear-policies-diverge-that-ok\/\">Iran Can\u2019t Have Nuclear Weapons but North Korea Can? There\u2019s Logic Here<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Settler violence threatening erasure of Palestinian communities faces Jewish opposition &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/8\/20\/state-backed-israeli-settler-violence-forces-west-bank-displacement-hrw\">State-backed Israeli Settler Violence Forces West Bank Displacement: HRW<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/World\/Middle-East\/2026\/0819\/west-bank-settler-attack-palestinians-religious-jewish-activists?icid=rss\">Religious Israelis Fight Settler Violence with a Different Expression of Their Faith<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; while Israeli war crimes continue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/israeli-airstrike-kills-nine-palestinians-gaza-police-station-medics-say-2026-08-19\/\">Israeli Airstrike Kills Nine Palestinians at Gaza Police Station, Medics Say<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropsitenews.com\/p\/israel-gaza-strikes-tuesday-primary-florida-liberia-us-deportees?publication_id=2510348&amp;post_id=211874982&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;r=46bwo&amp;triedRedirect=true\">Israeli Strikes on Gaza Kill 17 Palestinians<\/a> (Drop Site)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mondoweiss.net\/2026\/08\/palestine-letter-dreams-created-by-the-genocide\/\">Palestine Letter: In Gaza, Dreams Are Rewritten by the Genocide<\/a> (Mondoweiss)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Feds allege that the Mabna Institute &#8220;hacked into 144 U.S.-based universities, 42 U.S.-based private sector companies and at least five federal and state agencies, as well as a large number of foreign universities and companies&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.highereddive.com\/news\/doj-charges-17-iran-hacking-campaign-us-university\/828335\/\">DOJ Charges 17 in Iran-backed Hacking Campaign Against US Colleges, Others<\/a> (Higher Ed Dive)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Ana Maria Monjardino left CNN in October 2023, after deciding she could no longer reconcile her ethics with the organisation\u2019s coverage of Israel and Palestine&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palestinedeepdive.com\/p\/why-i-walked-away-from-cnn-ana-maria?publication_id=22185&amp;post_id=211876122&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;r=46bwo&amp;triedRedirect=true\">Why I Walked Away from CNN | Ana Maria Monjardino<\/a> (Palestine Deep Dive)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Perspectives on problems facing the U.S. military revealed during the Iran war:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/08\/19\/nx-s1-5937516\/why-does-the-u-s-military-seem-stymied-in-the-war-with-iran\">Why Does the U.S. Military Seem Stymied in the War with Iran?<\/a> (NPR)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/news-and-politics\/2026\/08\/trump-iran-uss-lincoln-navy.html\">There Is Something Very Wrong With the U.S. Navy Right Now<\/a> (Slate)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/08\/19\/nx-s1-5937585\/challenges-the-u-s-military-is-facing-in-iran\">Challenges the U.S. military is facing in Iran<\/a> (Fresh Air \/ NPR)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;US envoy Sergio Gor&#8217;s remark calling Jammu and Kashmir an &#8220;important part of India,&#8221; triggering a diplomatic spat between Islamabad and New Delhi&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/india-news-us-envoys-kashmir-remarks-reignite-pakistan-row\/live-78438645\">India News: US Envoy&#8217;s Kashmir Remarks Reignite Pakistan Row<\/a> (Deutsche Welle)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s &#8220;announcement however contained no detail on what actions would be taken or which countries could be affected&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/aug\/20\/trump-threatens-crush-iran-economy-war-hormuz\">Trump Threatens Iran\u2019s Trade Partners, as Military Strikes Make Way for Economic Pressure<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A joint Al-Shabaab and Houthi takeover\u00a0 &#8220;of the Red Sea, the Bab-el Mandeb, and the Gulf of Aden&#8221; that includes Somali pirates &#8220;would fundamentally change the dynamic in the region&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/08\/20\/somali-pirates-return-iran-war.html\">Somali Pirate Menace Returns as U.S.-Iran War Stokes Regional Chaos and Saps Enforcement Resources<\/a> (CNBC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After misdemeanor law-breaking by some demonstrators, the Mayor and Muslim leaders defend American values: 22 People Arrested During Anti-Islam Protests in Dearborn Tuesday, Some from as Far as New York, Tennessee (CBS News) Detroit Evening Report: Anti-Muslim Demonstration at Dearborn City Council Meeting, Mayor Hammoud\u2019s Response (WDET) Muslim Civil Rights Group Addresses Community After Jake [&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-95191","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\/95191","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=95191"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95193,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95191\/revisions\/95193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=95191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=95191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=95191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}