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Yaron Nadbornik criticized Heikki Hiilamo's column published in Yleisradio, stating that it presented a one-sided image connecting the actions of Israel's leadership, Finnish Christian groups, and Minister Antti Häkkänen's visit to the structures of oppression. Nadbornik argued that the column's treatment of Israel and Zionism made Jews collectively responsible and expanded the criticism to also include Israel's supporters and Jews in general. According to Nadbornik, Hiilamo's text divided the parties into white and Christian oppressors and non-white and Muslim victims. He said this framing overlooked the Jewish roots, history, and vulnerability in the Middle East, as well as the fact that millions of people from various backgrounds lived in Israel. He also believed that the framework wrongly fit the conflict into a narrative of Western colonialism and racism and presented Israel as a refuge for a people without another homeland. Nadbornik wrote that the prejudices against Jews were based on their otherness. He noted that studies had shown that Jews living in the diaspora were unjustly held accountable for the actions of the state of Israel. He argued that Hiilamo's rhetoric, which connected Christian groups and ministerial visits with the suffering in Gaza, reinforced this framework. Nadbornik recalled the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, describing it as a massacre involving rapes, mutilations, and the abduction of civilians, including babies, festival-goers, and the elderly, into Israel. He called it the largest single act of violence against Jews since the Holocaust. According to Nadbornik, Hiilamo overlooked the fact that Hamas and Hezbollah openly sought the destruction of Israel in connection with Israel's military actions. He believed that framing the terror attack merely as a security threat or comparing it to Russia's invasion of Ukraine ignored the rights of Israeli citizens to exist and be protected. https://t.co/PFvBFdaoiQ #Israel #Juutalaiset #Rasismi (translated)

Leena Pihanurmi wrote that cleaners, firefighters, paramedics, nursing assistants, sports instructors, butchers, garbage truck drivers, lumberjacks, and bricklayers should take care of their health so that they can work until the age of 70. She sarcastically added that at the age of 60 one could retrain if their current job became too heavy, and claimed that employers want to hire worn-out elderly workers. #työelämä #ura #terveys (translated)

The most intense combat operations have taken place in the same areas as in recent weeks: the direction of Pokrovsk and Konstantynivka in Donetsk, the southern Slobozhansky direction in Kharkiv region, the direction of Huliaipole in Zaporizhzhia, and the direction of Lyman in Donetsk continues. Ukrainian counterattacks have still occurred in the Kupiansk direction in Kharkiv region and in Donetsk in the directions of Sloviansk, Lyman, and Kramatorsk," said Kiviselg. #Ukraina #Venemaa #sõda (translated)

In the last 24 hours, there have been 194 battles in Ukraine, while the UK has promised to provide £54 million in support to Ukraine for the winter, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed that the country will continue to deliver counterattacks against Russia. #Ukraina #Venemaa #sõda (translated)

The Latvian armed forces received their first new generation infantry fighting vehicle, Mednieks, on October 7, 2026, which is tailored to the needs of the country's land forces and marks an important step in the development of Latvia's military capability. #LätiRelvajõud #jalaväeLahingumasin #Mednieks (translated)

Eesti Energia plans to build new gas plants in the coming years, including the Narva plant, which is expected to be completed in the second half of 2028, in order to increase clean dispatchable generation capacities by 350 megawatts by 2030. #EestiEnergia #gaasijaam #energeetika (translated)

In Estonia, the value-added tax rules for healthcare services may change in the coming years, affecting lymph therapists, chiropractors, and osteopaths, as the system needs to adapt to the interpretations of the European Court, which emphasize the content of the service and the provider's competence rather than the legal form. #tervishoid #teenused #maksureeglid (translated)