{"id":5226,"date":"2023-11-16T00:44:55","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T06:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=5226"},"modified":"2023-11-27T23:59:04","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T05:59:04","slug":"5226","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2023\/11\/16\/5226\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2023\/11\/16\/german-police-raid-islamic-organisation-over-alleged-ties-to-hezbollah\">\u201cGerman police raid Islamic centre over alleged ties to Iran, Hezbollah,\u201d<\/a> Al Jazeera, 11-16-23.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/national-security\/4311489-iran-is-calling-bidens-bluff\">&#8220;Iran is calling Biden\u2019s bluff,\u201d<\/a> The Hill, 11-16-23.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/defense\/4313567-former-defense-chief-eradicate-hamas-iran-must-be-confronted-once-and-for-all\">\u201cFormer Defense chief says to eradicate Hamas, Iran must be confronted \u2018once and for all\u2019,\u201d<\/a> The Hill, 11-16-23.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/liveblog_entry\/in-letter-to-hamass-deif-quds-force-chief-says-iran-will-not-allow-israel-to-defeat-it\">\u201cIn letter to Hamas\u2019s Deif, Quds Force chief says Iran will not allow Israel to defeat it,\u201d<\/a> Times of Israel, 11-16-23.\u00a0 Is this notice of complicity for Oct. 7?\u00a0 It certainly applies now to warnings for other countries and entities not to cooperate with Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>It remains frustrating that outlets such as NBC and its anchor Lester Holt do not use balanced investigatory reporting in the Hamas versus Israel narrative regarding Al Shifa Hospital.\u00a0 In any other context, and in any other war, what Israel is doing would be justified by the media.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=E61Tb6u3iw0\">\u201cIsrael releases video it says proves hospitals are being used by Hamas,\u201d<\/a> NBC, 11-16-23.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/iran-10-billion-biden-administration-sanctions-iraq-israel-hamas-72bfc33a\">\u201c$10 Billion More for Iran,\u201d<\/a> WSJ, 11-16-23.\u00a0 The decision was balanced against the need for Iraq to have electricity.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/iran-execution-spree-israel-hamas-war-killing-anti-regime-activists-ethnic-minority\">\u201cIran on &#8216;execution spree&#8217; since start of Israel-Hamas war, killing 107 anti-regime activists, ethnic minority,\u201d<\/a> Fox, 11-16-23.\u00a0 \u201cAmnesty International cited Iran as 2022&#8217;s second-leading executioner behind China.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/irans-stockpile-of-enriched-uranium-is-22-times-above-2015-deals-limit-says-iaea\">\u201cIran\u2019s stockpile of enriched uranium is 22 times above 2015 deal\u2019s limit, says IAEA,\u201d<\/a> Times of Israel, 11-16-23.\u00a0 \u201cUN nuclear watchdog decries Tehran\u2019s ongoing ban on its inspectors, says their ouster in September has seriously affected agency\u2019s work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jpost.com\/middle-east\/iran-news\/article-773452\">\u201cIran reveals its role behind Hamas holding hostages \u2013 analysis,\u201d<\/a> JPost, 11-16-23.\u00a0 The evidence\/points in this article include those argued by this blog.\u00a0 The UN and media have to see this evidence, but look the other way.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurasiareview.com\/16112023-iran-russia-power-grids-to-be-connected-in-six-months\">\u201cIran, Russia Power Grids To Be Connected In Six Months,\u201d<\/a> Tasnim, 11-16-23.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/news\/london\/nazanin-zaghari-ratcliffe-freedom-of-speech-iran-jail-detention-b1120749.html\">\u201cNazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: What Iran jail hell taught me about freedom of speech,\u201d<\/a> The Standard, 11-16-23.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cFor decades, women of Iran have been fighting for their rights under the Islamic Republic. There is no freedom of speech for these women and many have faced dire consequences for trying to voice their opinions. For many of us, the Nobel Peace Prize has been a chance to shine a light on the struggle of Iranian women, and highlight some of their voices.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cGerman police raid Islamic centre over alleged ties to Iran, Hezbollah,\u201d Al Jazeera, 11-16-23. &#8220;Iran is calling Biden\u2019s bluff,\u201d The Hill, 11-16-23. \u201cFormer Defense chief says to eradicate Hamas, Iran must be confronted \u2018once and for all\u2019,\u201d The Hill, 11-16-23. \u201cIn letter to Hamas\u2019s Deif, Quds Force chief says Iran will not allow Israel to &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2023\/11\/16\/5226\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2819,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2532],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-update"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2819"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5226"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5282,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5226\/revisions\/5282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}