{"id":95418,"date":"2026-10-22T06:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T11:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=95418"},"modified":"2026-10-22T06:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T11:30:09","slug":"news-and-analysis-10-22-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=95418","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 10\/22\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lander, who is Jewish, &#8220;Lander was not the first U.S. politician detained in the West Bank this year&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/liveblog_entry\/report-israeli-jets-flew-to-irans-border-in-what-us-sources-suspect-was-a-bid-to-provoke-tehran\/\">Israeli Forces Detain and then Release US Congressional Candidate at West Bank Harvest<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Iran war updates:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/liveblog_entry\/report-israeli-jets-flew-to-irans-border-in-what-us-sources-suspect-was-a-bid-to-provoke-tehran\/\">Report: Israeli Jets Flew to Iran\u2019s Border in What US Sources Suspect Was a Bid to Provoke Tehran<\/a> (Times of Israel)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/mideast-yemen-saudi-israel-october-22-2026-dde5b98a8bf961224514994b02babce9\">Iran Says 7 Tankers Were Damaged in the Strait of Hormuz, and Other Mideast News<\/a> (AP News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Settler violence and Israeli war crimes continue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/features\/2026\/10\/21\/from-one-house-to-whole-villages-settlers-have-palestinians-surrounded\">IDF Detains 90 West Bank Olive Harvest Volunteers, Including US Congressional Nominee Lander<\/a> (Jerusalem Post)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/features\/2026\/10\/21\/from-one-house-to-whole-villages-settlers-have-palestinians-surrounded\">From One House to Villages: Israeli Settlers Have Palestinians Surrounded<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/middle-east\/article-912514\">West Bank Palestinian Farmers Face Attacks, Olive Theft from Settlers as Violence Continues<\/a> (Jerusalem Post)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nJOl-CiD450\">Truth Under the Rubble | Francesca Albanese &amp; Eyal Weizman<\/a> (Palestine Deep Dive \/ YouTube)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/middle-east\/israeli-attacks-kill-4-palestinians-in-gaza-amid-latest-ceasefire-violations\/4096493\">Israeli Attacks Kill 4 Palestinians in Gaza amid Latest Ceasefire Violations<\/a> (Andalu Ajansi)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcl.ac.uk\/events\/agrarian-annihilation-and-the-fight-for-land-justice-in-palestine\">Agrarian Annihilation and the Fight for Land Justice in Palestine (Kings College<\/a> (London)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/opinion\/2026-10-21\/ty-article-opinion\/.premium\/israels-moderate-settlers-prefer-polite-ethnic-cleansing\/000001a1-5b12-d7ce-a9a1-dbf798cd0000\">Israel&#8217;s Moderate Settlers Would Rather Ethnically Cleanse the Palestinians More Politely<\/a> (Haaretz)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Macron condemned &#8220;AI-generated images depicting scenes that never actually happened in France. We\u2019ve had people claiming that we were invaded by hordes of migrants and Islamists, which is completely false&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/france-macron-trump-comments-protests-b46829a8161a4d152124642fd275f595\">Macron Slams as \u2018Stupid\u2019 Claims by Trump and Others Blaming Muslim Migrants for French Riots<\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;&#8221;[P]rotests hint at a public recognition that economic opportunities flourish better under democratic ideals&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/Editorials\/the-monitors-view\/2026\/1020\/In-the-home-of-the-Arab-Spring-democracy-s-looking-better?cmpid=FB#Echobox=1792525050\">In the Home of the Arab Spring, Democracy\u2019s Looking Better<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Ynet said it could not independently verify the allegations and that the material submitted to Israeli authorities did not include original statements or social media posts by Amjadian&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iranintl.com\/en\/202610218656\">Israel Bars United Airlines Pilot over Alleged Iran Links &#8211; Ynet<\/a> (Iran International)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The rise of [Catalan] Alliance is about unfounded hate. They spread lots of things about our community which are not true&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/10\/21\/catalonias-new-far-right-how-anti-muslim-sentiment-is-reshaping-politics\">Catalonia\u2019s New Far Right: How Anti-Muslim Sentiment Is Reshaping Politics<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The US State Department has ordered some diplomats and family members to depart from its missions in Saudi Arabia and is planning to move ?out family members from a number of other US missions in the Gulf&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/world\/articles\/2026-10-21\/exclusive-us-preparing-to-issue-ordered-departure-of-some-personnel-from-gulf-embassies-us-officials\">US Orders Departure of Diplomats From Saudi Arabia amid Houthi Strikes<\/a> (Reuters \/ US News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The individuals detained in the Czech Republic could remain in prison for up to four years without being convicted, according to their lawyers&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/10\/21\/they-try-to-break-us-pro-palestine-activists-in-czech-custody\">&#8216;They Try to Break Us\u2019: Pro-Palestine Activists in Czech Custody<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lander, who is Jewish, &#8220;Lander was not the first U.S. politician detained in the West Bank this year&#8221;: Israeli Forces Detain and then Release US Congressional Candidate at West Bank Harvest (Washington Post) Iran war updates: Report: Israeli Jets Flew to Iran\u2019s Border in What US Sources Suspect Was a Bid to Provoke Tehran (Times [&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-95418","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\/95418","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=95418"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95420,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95418\/revisions\/95420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=95418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=95418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=95418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}