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The Houthi militia has renewed its threats against Saudi Arabia following a deadly rocket attack on the airport in Riyadh, warning travelers not to use Saudi airports, while Saudi Arabia has announced a decisive response to the attack, which killed twelve people and injured more than 300. #Huthi #SaudiArabien #Konflikt (translated)

Putin will draw you into a war. Dmytro Kuleba warns Europe not to underestimate Russia any further: "I also see how the anti-European hysteria is being increasingly fueled in Russia. I interpret this as preparation for a larger conflict with the rest of Europe." #Putin #Ukraine #Krieg (translated)

The X user sparbuchfeinde wrote that the abolition of inheritance tax in Sweden is one of the best-studied tax reforms in the world. State tax revenues were higher afterwards than before, and German economists knew that, he claimed. At the same time, according to his portrayal, they considered who financed their institutes and provided them with reach, significance, and invitations to public broadcasting. Leftist parties like the SPD relied on the narrative that the rich did not pay taxes. The envy stirred up by this currently secures their political survival, wrote sparbuchfeinde. #Erbschaftsteuer #Steuern #Ökonomie (translated)

"I am confident that Katie as the new Press Secretary of the White House will achieve strong results for our country," stated US President Donald Trump on his platform Truth Social. "She has proven to be a loyal and brilliant supporter from the very beginning and has an impeccable track record," Trump praised her further. Trump had unexpectedly announced her departure about two weeks prior. The US president explained her departure by saying that she would then have more time for her family. #Trump #KatieZacharia #WeißeHaus (translated)

It is more than concerning that parties in the center want to govern with a party whose youth organization equates the police with serious criminals and does not shy away from celebrating with clan members. Hesse's Interior Minister Roman Poseck (CDU) expressed concern about the possible coalition partners' handling of anti-Semitism and the Left's attitude towards the police. #Antisemitismus #Koalition #Berlin (translated)

Nasruddin Amer reported that the Yemeni Foreign Ministry has accused Saudi Arabia of responsibility for the escalation in Bab al-Mandab. The ministry called on the international community to put pressure on Riyadh to fulfill its obligations to the Yemeni people, including lifting the blockade and ending the aggression, instead of igniting a war in the strait. According to the statement, Saudi Arabia has turned Bab al-Mandab into a battlefield, thereby jeopardizing shipping. The ministry accused the international community of responding with loud criticism to the expansion of Yemeni sovereignty along the west coast and in Bab al-Mandab, while ignoring Saudi activities there. These, according to the ministry, serve the interests of the USA and Israel. The ministry also stated that Yemen is adhering to its international obligations regarding maritime safety. The exercise of Yemeni sovereignty over its territory, coastlines, and territorial waters does not pose a threat to global trade but will make it safer. This statement was made after the ministry claimed to have pushed back Saudi troop deployments on the west coast. #Jemen #BabAlMandab #Schifffahrt (translated)

Apollo News reported that the CDU member Sepp Müller warned his party colleagues after the election of an AfD politician as president of the state parliament not to let themselves be intimidated by the left-wing camp. Müller believed that representatives of left-wing parties might have voted for the candidate to harm the CDU. https://t.co/vzD7Vx9BVa #CDU #AfD #Landtagswahlen (translated)

Hamburger SV commemorated the victims of the pogrom in southern Israel on October 7, 2023, the third anniversary of which fell on the publication day of the article. The club stated that it is committed to fighting against anti-Semitism and promoting an active culture of remembrance; in light of the continuing rise in anti-Semitism, this commitment is particularly important. As part of the series "David Star & Diamond," a reading with Ruben Gercikow and Monty Ott was scheduled to take place the following day at 7 PM in the club's Barkasse. The HSV wrote that the authors addressed in their anthology "Jews on the Field - Jews in the Stands" how October 7 changed the lives of Jews in Germany and what effects this has in football. The club invited interested parties to the reading and the subsequent dialogue. #nurderHSV #Antisemitismus #Gedenkkultur #Fußball (translated)

"There were no real elections, there was no real opposition, only Putin's party, parties close to him, and media under his control." Croatian MEP Davor Ivo Stier (EPP/HDZ) said during the debate that the Russian elections show that "there were no real elections, there was no real opposition, only Putin's party, parties close to him, and media under his control." #Rusija #sankcije #EuropskaUnija (translated)

Tobias Rausch from the AfD was elected President of the State Parliament of Saxony-Anhalt, which led to protests both in the parliament and outside, while critics emphasized the responsibility for the possible threat to democracy and human rights. #Rechtsextremismus #Demokratie #AfD (translated)

Kolja Barghoorn wrote that demonstrators recognized him that day in the cathedral square in Magdeburg and repeatedly called him a "Nazi." Hearing the shouts up close had a different effect than reading them on the internet. Barghoorn interpreted such labels as a sign of a lack of historical understanding and a moral abyss. He referred to a visit to Sachsenhausen during his school years and to his visit this year to the House of the Wannsee Conference. There, he saw the organizational chart of the Nazis and traced how systematically they had planned the persecution and murder of millions of people. Regarding Nazi comparisons made by politicians such as Eva von Angern, Susan Sziborra-Seidlitz, and Ricarda Lang, Barghoorn questioned their historical awareness. Those who emphasize the historical uniqueness of the Holocaust must ask themselves whether the constant use of the term "Nazi" as a political insult is appropriate. Such shouts do not strengthen the awareness of the Nazi era but rather turn its crimes into a political everyday weapon and contribute to their trivialization, he wrote. #Nazis #Politik #Geschichte (translated)

Malca Goldstein-Wolf wrote that October 7, 2023, permanently changed Israel and left Jewish communities worldwide in shock, grief, and pain. She referred to more than 1,100 dead, 251 people taken hostage, torn-apart families, and thousands who had to leave their homes. Three years later, the attack remains part of Jewish people's lives, she wrote. She remembered the dead, the abducted, as well as families and communities whose lives had fundamentally changed. From the Holocaust and the massacre of October 7, she derives the commitment to advocate for Jewish life and to address grievances openly. Jews can no longer afford political correctness, Goldstein-Wolf wrote. She will confront those she considers part of the problem until the end and emphasized that displacement cannot take away Jews' self-respect. #Israel #Judentum #Erinnerung (translated)