{"id":95433,"date":"2026-10-26T06:22:46","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T11:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=95433"},"modified":"2026-10-26T06:22:46","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T11:22:46","slug":"news-and-analysis-10-26-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=95433","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 10\/26\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Iran war updates:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/middle-east\/iran-news\/article-912872\">US Ready to Strike Iran &#8216;Within 96 Hours&#8217; of Trump&#8217;s Order, Israel Pushes for Joint Attack &#8211; Report<\/a> (Jerusalem Post)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/10\/26\/nx-s1-6013633\/iran-says-its-prepared-to-go-back-to-war-amid-threat-from-the-u-s-and-israel\">Iran Says It&#8217;s Prepared to Go Back to War amid Threat from the U.S. and Israel<\/a> (NPR)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/International\/wireStory\/delegations-meet-iran-mideast-region-edge-potential-renewed-137563622\">Delegations Meet in Iran with Mideast on Edge over Potential for Renewed Fighting<\/a>\u00a0(abc News)<\/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\/more-than-2-600-palestinians-displaced-as-israeli-army-continues-large-scale-offensive-in-hebron\/4101003\">More than 2,600 Palestinians Displaced as Israeli Army Continues Large-scale Offensive in Hebron<\/a> (Andalu Ajansi)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/10\/26\/palestinians-are-opening-their-doors-to-the-displaced-of-besieged-hebron\">Palestinians Are Opening Their Doors to the Displaced of Besieged Hebron<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/aa.com.tr\/en\/world\/7-year-old-girl-among-3-palestinians-killed-in-israeli-attacks-in-gaza\/4100917\">7-year-old Girl Among 3 Palestinians Killed in Israeli Attacks in Gaza<\/a> (Andalu Ajansi)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sudan war updates:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalbankingandfinance.com\/uk-sanctions-15-commanders-rival-sudan-factions-over-wartime\/\">UK Sanctions 15 Commanders from Rival Sudan Factions over Wartime Rape<\/a> (Global Banking &amp; Finance Review)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/oct\/26\/sudan-paramilitary-drone-strikes-rapid-support-forces-power-cuts-eastern-states\">Sudan Paramilitary Drone Strikes Cause Mass Power Cuts in Eastern States<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Netanyahu accused of plotting war for domestic political purposes ahead of Israel&#8217;s election tomorrow:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/israel-news\/defense-news\/article-912842\">IDF Chief Pushed Back on Netanyahu Order for \u2018Action\u2019 Against Iran, Fearing Political Motives<\/a> (Jerusalem Post)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ynetnews.com\/article\/h1sdbd23ml\">Netanyahu Denies Clash with IDF Chief over Iran as Mystery Iraq Strikes Raise Tensions<\/a> (ynet)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/middle-east\/israeli-opposition-leader-seeks-treason-probe-into-netanyahu-over-iran-war-plans-to-avoid-election-defeat\/4100872\">Israeli Opposition Leader Seeks Treason Probe into Netanyahu over Iran War Plans to Avoid Election Defeat<\/a> (Andalu Ajansi)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Republican candidate for U.S. Senate from Michigan demonstrated is unfitness for office on &#8220;Meet the Press&#8221; by evading Kristen Welker&#8217;s questions to make transparent lies against his opponent &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/mike-rogers-scrutinized-over-muslim-brotherhood-amid-el-sayed-attacks-12616180\">Mike Rogers Scrutinized Over Muslim Brotherhood amid El-Sayed Attacks<\/a> (Newsweek)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; and Trump piles on with the charge that the Democratic candidate would create &#8220;a nightmare of violence and terror until you cannot even have a Christmas&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/10\/26\/trump-dials-up-islamophobia-at-michigan-senate-rally-against-abdul-el-sayed\">Trump Dials Up Islamophobia Against Abdul El-Sayed at Michigan Senate Rally<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;It is hard for some to see beyond the facts of her CV \u2013 Wycombe Abbey, Cambridge University and, on top of that, of Palestinian origin, serving a country that has normalised relations with Israel. A high identity-politics jackpot&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2026\/oct\/26\/uae-sudan-lana-nusseibeh-un-secretary-general\">The UAE Has So Much Blood on Its Hands in Sudan. For Its Nominee to Lead the UN Would Be an Outrage<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran war updates: US Ready to Strike Iran &#8216;Within 96 Hours&#8217; of Trump&#8217;s Order, Israel Pushes for Joint Attack &#8211; Report (Jerusalem Post) Iran Says It&#8217;s Prepared to Go Back to War amid Threat from the U.S. and Israel (NPR) Delegations Meet in Iran with Mideast on Edge over Potential for Renewed Fighting\u00a0(abc News) Settler [&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-95433","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\/95433","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=95433"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95434,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95433\/revisions\/95434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=95433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=95433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=95433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}