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Researchers have discovered a Neanderthal scapula with a hole caused by a wooden spear in a cave in Iraqi Kurdistan, which represents the oldest evidence of a murder among human ancestors, suggesting that these hominins may have developed advanced skills for crafting weapons and working wood 75,000 years ago. #Neandertales #Arqueología #HistoriaHumana (translated)

Daniel Schatz referred to Fredrik Malm's text, where Malm claimed that Sweden and the Western world focused disproportionately on Palestine and neglected the vulnerability of other groups. He mentioned Kurds, Iranians, and Christians in the Middle East. Malm wrote that Kurds in Turkey had been forbidden to speak their language and identify as Kurds for 70 years, and that Kurds in Iraq had been subjected to war since the 1960s and genocide in the 1980s. According to Malm, Human Rights Watch had reported that 182,000 people had been killed. He also claimed that Yasser Arafat had supported the genocide and compared the war history of the Kurds with Palestinian factions, which he claimed had started ten wars in 60 years. Regarding Iran, Malm wrote that the opposition to the Islamic regime had protested for freedom, while the regime had tried to kill Iranians abroad. He accused the Swedish Palestine movement of supporting the mullahs and described how Iranians had, according to him, been silenced, tortured, and killed for more than 40 years. Malm stated that Christians constituted 20 percent of the population of the Middle East at the beginning of the 20th century, and at most 2.5 percent today. He also referred to ISIS persecution of Christian Assyrians and Syriacs in Mosul in 2014. Malm claimed that Islamism and war had driven Christians to flee and criticized Palestinian activists for celebrating the Muslim Brotherhood and Islamist terror. https://t.co/WUoOR5opO7 #Kurdistan #Mellanöstern #HumanRights (translated)

Otto Juote wrote that the citizenship test assesses whether an applicant for citizenship other than Finnish has sufficient knowledge and skills to obtain citizenship if other conditions are met. He suggested that anyone could perhaps become a Kurd, but Finns are a people, and a passport or language skills alone do not make a person Finnish. #kansalaisuus #Suomi #monikulttuurisuus (translated)

Apollo News reported that on Friday evening in Stade, around 50 men with Syrian and Kurdish nationality reportedly clashed with each other outside a sports hall using batons and knives. Six people were injured, four of them seriously. https://t.co/IbgLVXGJj7 #Stade #Gewalt #Syrien (translated)

Fria Tider reported that V's new chairperson of the education committee called Swedes a construct and denied the existence of the Swedish people. The publication described the person as a proud Kurdish nationalist. https://t.co/hK1f5IzDL2 #Sverige #politik #utbildning (translated)

Noah Rafat completely agreed with Richard Jomshof and described Hawar's statements as disgusting. Rafat wrote that his parents came from Kurdistan to Sweden and that the family there had a future. He interpreted Hawar's call for Kurds to be proud and fill Swedish cities as an expression of putting loyalty to Kurdistan above Sweden. Rafat also argued that it was an insult to Sweden and the Swedish people to claim a Kurdish identity while simultaneously describing Swedishness as a construction. Rafat wrote that he himself prioritized his Swedish identity and loyalty to Sweden and raised his children to assimilate into the Swedish nation. Those who placed their Kurdish identity first could do so in Kurdistan, according to him. He described himself as a proud Kurd, but even prouder Swede, emphasizing that it was an active choice. #Sverige #Kurdistan #Identitet (translated)

Apollo News reported that the Berlin Left Party has come under the scrutiny of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution due to alleged contacts of individual politicians with extremist and criminal actors. The focus is on Elif Eralp's connections to the Red Aid and Kurdish organizations, as well as Ferat Koçak's contacts with the Remmo clan and his stance on the PKK ban. https://t.co/GKZdS9svBr #BerlinerLinkspartei #Verfassungsschutz #Extremismus (translated)

The author wrote that the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution is examining connections of the LEFT party to groups that he referred to as left-wing radical terrorist organizations. He included the Kurdish PKK and the Red Aid, to which he attributed support for RAF terrorists. https://t.co/pKHi7otLOl #Verfassungsschutz #LINKEN #Terrorismus #DE #TR (translated)

Coxx wrote that, in his opinion, the constitutionally hostile controversies surrounding Die Linke in Berlin continued. He claimed that Elif Eralp had contacts with the PKK and met in August during the election campaign with a delegation of Kurdish organizations, which also included members of NAV Berlin. According to Coxx, the security authorities classified the association as a front organization for the prohibited PKK. He also pointed out that the Left Party member of the Bundestag, Ferat Koçak, had previously spoken out against a PKK ban in Germany. #DieLinke #PKK #Berlin (translated)

Carsten Jahn wrote that the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution is examining a possible connection between Eralps and the PKK. Eralps met with a delegation of Kurdish organizations in August during the election campaign. According to Jahn, members of NAV Berlin, which security authorities classify as a front organization for the banned PKK, were part of this. #Eralps #PKK #Kurden (translated)

Daniel Schatz wrote that the criticism of wearing folk costumes from other countries at the opening of the Parliament, according to him, was about respect for the Swedish state ceremony, not about denying any culture. He described the opening of Parliament as a shared and inclusive ceremony where formal attire or folk costume was appropriate. Schatz referred to Bakircioglu himself saying that he wore a Kurdish folk costume dedicated to his father and as a symbol for families with similar experiences. According to Schatz, the choice of clothing was therefore a conscious message, but he believed that the ceremony should be about Sweden, democracy, and Parliament rather than personal identity political statements. He also wrote that the significance of the clothing choice could not be denied and that not all criticism should be dismissed as racism. #SvenskKultur #Riksdag #Respekt (translated)

"See verstapost peegeldab 12 aastat kestnud kampaania edu, mille tulemusel alistati IS kui organiseeritud sõjaline oht Iraagis ja kogu piirkonnas,"Pentagoni pressiesindaja Sean Parnell ütles avalduses, et USA väed ja varustus lahkusid Põhja-Iraagi poolautonoomses Kurdistani piirkonnas asuvast Erbili lennubaasist korrapäraselt ja plaanikohaselt. #USAväed #Iraak #Kurdistan

The USA has completed its 12-year military mission in Iraq, withdrawing all troops in connection with the cessation of the fight against the Islamist terrorist organization Islamic State (IS) and emphasizing the rise of Iraqi sovereignty, while the departure of U.S. forces raises concerns among the Kurds and questions about the future of armed groups. #USAväed #Iraak #Kurdistan (translated)