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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)

Juho Hirvelä wondered why Maaseudun Tulevaisuus, according to him, defended the Finnish climate panel in its newspaper. He claimed that the panel aimed to reduce domestic meat production and wrote that shutting down the panel, which operates with an annual budget of 750,000 euros, would not bring sufficient savings. Hirvelä questioned whose interests Maaseudun Tulevaisuus was serving and linked to the newspaper's article. https://t.co/foiWC8BJVq #ilmasto #lihanproduktio #MaaseudunTulevaisuus (translated)

Juho Hirvelä wrote in a Yle news article that 145 data centers were planned in Finland and that four of them would use more electricity than 2.2 million Finns. He compared this to the decline of domestic meat production, which he claimed was justified by saving the climate, and described the situation as hypocrisy. https://t.co/6vikQsLpvR #datakeskukset #ilmastonmuutos #Suomi (translated)

Maria Rautanen questioned the transportation of foreign waste to Finland for energy production. She referred to information from Kaleva, which indicated that nearly 50,000 tons of waste had been brought to Oulu for incineration at Oulu Energy and Syklon facilities since 2021. According to her, waste had even been transported from the outskirts of a landfill in Rome and from the shores of the Arctic Ocean. Rautanen wrote that according to Kaleva, nearly a third of the imports had occurred with figures that had been mistakenly approved by the Finnish Environment Institute. She demanded a transparent investigation into the permit errors. Rautanen criticized the downsizing of Finland's domestic energy production, particularly the reduction of peat use due to taxation and emissions trading costs. According to her, Finnish contractors and energy entrepreneurs had ceased operations, machines had been sold, and expertise in the sector was disappearing as energy was produced by importing waste from thousands of kilometers away. Rautanen called for open life cycle assessments to justify the import of foreign waste, taking into account transport by road and sea, combustion emissions, ash, waste impurities, and domestic fuels replaced by imported waste. She also demanded information about the quality of the waste brought to Finland, its monitoring, and the effects of combustion on flue gases, heavy metals, and fine particles. Rautanen believed that Finland's energy supply should fundamentally rely on domestic raw materials, local labor, and supply security. She found it difficult to accept that waste transported from Rome was used for energy production while the use of domestic peat had been reduced, and she questioned whether this constituted sensible circular economy practices. https://t.co/2CjRydkxAO #ilmasto #energia #kiertotalous (translated)

Hannu Järvinen wrote that the condition for receiving home care support would in the future be at least three years of residence in Finland. He regarded the change as a step in the right direction but insufficient, and he believed that all benefits and transfers should be based on citizenship and should not be paid to foreigners. #kotihoito #Suomi #tukijärjestelmä (translated)

Otto Juote wrote that, in his opinion, the YEL reform would not improve the situation for entrepreneurs during the current government term. He justified his view by saying that the law would not come into effect until 2028 and that it would not apply to any entrepreneur before the parliamentary elections in spring 2027. Juote argued that the timeline was politically intentional: according to him, the National Coalition Party could present itself as the initiator of the reform before the elections while avoiding responsibility for the consequences, which would only begin in the next term. He suspected that a blue-red government formed after the elections could annul or postpone the reform and anticipated that the SDP would demand its cancellation. Juote noted that no invoices based on the new model had yet been sent, nor had implementation decisions been made. According to him, the new parliament could repeal the law or postpone its entry into force with a simple legislative amendment, allowing the practices of the 2023 model to continue. He also questioned the information systems as an official basis for a delay extending to 2028 and assessed that the postponement would give the National Coalition Party the opportunity to leave the implementation of the reform to the next government. Juote claimed that the National Coalition Party did not want to reform YEL during any government term. #YEL #politiikka #uudistus (translated)

Eija-Riitta Korhola-Dunderfelt wrote in her response to Suvi-Anne Siimes that she was completely of the opposite opinion on the matter. According to her, the undeniable trademark of the National Coalition Party had been home, religion, and fatherland, but one important voter group no longer saw this line in the party. At the same time, she assessed that the Finns Party had become a more credible alternative. #politiikka #Suomi #vaalit (translated)

Minna Reijonen urged making Riikka Purra the prime minister and wrote that the upcoming elections will determine the direction of Finland. She attached tags related to the Finns Party to the post. #kotimaakutsuu #ps #perussuomalaiset https://t.co/euir8dUZJL #purrastapääministeri #perussuomalaiset #kotimaakutsuu (translated)

Helsinki's Jokerit stated that they had won the local match with the support of their home crowd and called themselves the top team in the city. They announced that they would play their next home match on Saturday against Ilves and shared a link to purchase tickets. Jokerit stated that 24rent was offering the final result of the match and advertised car rentals in the capital region with a 20 percent discount. #24rent #Jokerit #Liiga https://t.co/r2BMZRmSJ9 #Jokerit #Liiga #urheilu (translated)

The Ministry of Finance proposes a gradual increase of the retirement age to 70, which could increase the number of employed individuals, but at the same time, the ministry intends to cut home care support and reduce the number of municipalities and welfare regions. #Eläke #Työelämä #Politiikka (translated)

Cartoons On The Moon stated that Bobby Kotick, former CEO of Activision, would join the board of directors of Skydance. The author accused him of covering up several cases of sexual abuse and of promoting microtransactions aimed at children, and described Skydance as the company resulting from the merger of Warner and Paramount. https://t.co/JiJZn60j1F #Activision #Skydance #Videojuegos (translated)

Henri Vanhanen wrote that Vladimir Putin turned 74 today and reminded that journalist Anna Politkovskaya was shot in the elevator of her apartment building in Moscow on Putin's birthday, October 7, 2006. According to Vanhanen, Politkovskaya had documented the atrocities of Russian troops in Chechnya, torture, and abuses of power, and was one of the sharpest critics of Putin's Russia. Vanhanen assessed that Politkovskaya's murder on Putin's birthday could have been a message or a grotesque gift from the mafia state he described to the pinnacle of power. He wrote that the murder reminded of the system that Putin built: power became concentrated, violence became a tool of politics, and those defined as enemies of power could pay for their resistance with their lives. Vanhanen urged to remember also those who tried to tell the world what kind of Russia Putin was building, according to him. #Putin #Politkovskaja #Venäjä (translated)

The author wondered about the proposal to abolish home care allowances and stated that the Ministry of Finance's report indicated that the change would increase expenses by over 100 million euros per year, as municipal daycare would cost many times more. According to him, the root cause of the sustainability gap in the economy was low birth rates, and he urged prioritizing the best interests of the child. https://t.co/Qr864XkLl9 #kotihoidontuki #lapsekasvatus #sosiaalipolitiikka #FI (translated)