The vehicle in which Rimas, Talee and Layan were traveling was reduced to a mass of blackened and smoking scrap metal.. Mustafa Ayoub explains that the little girls had no chance. The missile burned them.
“They burned them in front of their mother,
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France against anti-Semitism: "Our children are afraid to raise their heads"
Mikael and Laurent hold a banner that alludes to one of the best-known and covered songs by French artist Charles Trenet: “Douce France, je t'aime, ne m'oblige pas à te quitter” (Sweet France, I love you, no force me to leave you). Both are Jews and do not rule out leaving the country where they were born if anti-Semitic acts continue.. There are more than 1,100 in just over a month, triple that of all of last year. “We do not want this future for our children, children are afraid to leave home. When they get on the bus they are afraid to raise their heads, in case they are insulted,” says Mikael, who regrets that France (he paraphrases the song) “is no longer the country of my childhood.”
More than fifty cities have held peaceful marches this Sunday against the wave of anti-Semitism in recent weeks. Acts against the Jewish community have spiked after the Hamas attacks on October 7 and the Israeli response.
According to the Prefecture, there have been 185,000 protesters throughout France, about 105,000 in Paris. The country has the largest Jewish community in Europe, but also the Muslim community. These also wanted to be in the street this Sunday to claim “that there is no rupture, we defend the same cause and we have the same enemies, who are the enemies of life,” says a man holding a flag that, he says, represents “to the Berber people and the countries of North Africa.”
The demonstration, attended by political parties and representatives of the Government, has been controversial due to the absence of some and the presence of others.. France Insoumise (LFI), the far-left party led by Jean-Luc Mélenchon, did not participate and held its parallel march against the war in Gaza on Saturday. Yes, the rest of the leftist formations (socialists, environmentalists and communists) have done so, which shows the isolation of LFI within this bloc.
The controversial presence was that of the far-right leader Marine Le Pen. Anti-Semitism is at the origins of his party, founded by his father, Jean Marie Le Pen, who was convicted for it.. A legacy that the current opposition leader wants to get rid of in this process of de-diabolization of her party: normalize her speech before the French and move away from the most radical positions.
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The Council of Representatives of Jewish Institutions (CRIJ) had been against his attendance. “We are where we have to be,” she defended during the march.. Hours later, on Twitter (previously X) his party published a photo with this hastag: demonstration against Islamism.
“A party that has had strong links with anti-Semitism is not welcome here today,” says Jean Marie, a member of the Golem collective, which has planned boycott actions against Le Pen's presence at the march.. Some citizens of Jewish confession do recognize “that change of course”. “He has taken his father out of the game and there has been a reconstruction process…. If we have carried out a reconciliation process with the Germans, why can't we do it with a party like Le Pen's, which rectifies?” Bernard demands.. “As a Jew, I can demonstrate alongside Le Pen, never alongside Mélenchon, they have decided to stay on the sidelines of the Republic,” says Sylvain.
At the head, several members of the Government have paraded in an overcast Paris in a march without incident and silent, only broken by a Marseillaise sung at the beginning and the applause when banners have been taken out in tribute to the hostages and those who died at the hands of Hamas.. In addition to the Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, several former presidents attended, such as Nicolas Sarkozy and François Hollande, and opposition leaders and the presidents of the Assembly and the Senate.. More than fifty cities have held similar marches.
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The president, Emmanuel Macron, decided not to attend and to be “in thought”. In a letter addressed to the French published by Le Parisien, Macron has asked for unity and that there be no “tolerance towards the intolerable”: “A France in which the Jews are afraid is not France,” said Macron, who regretted ” the unbearable resurgence of rampant anti-Semitism.
“I have thought a lot about whether to come or not,” says Silvie, journalist. “I did it because I believe it was my responsibility to be here today.. I don't think society is divided. I live in a Muslim-majority neighborhood and it seems to me that part of the wealth of this country is being able to go down to have a couscous and talk to your neighbors, Jews or Muslims.. That's why I came.”
In the last month, 1,150 anti-Semitic acts have been recorded, according to data updated a few days ago by the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin.. More than double that of all of last year. In recent weeks, massive demonstrations have also been held in favor of the Palestinian population.. On Saturday, several individuals linked to the far-right tried to blow up a conference on Gaza in Lyon.
Israel attacks Gaza's largest hospital, where it claims Hamas tunnels are located
The Israeli Army is already in the center of Gaza and has in recent hours intensified attacks against the city's largest hospital, Al Shifa, where Israel believes that Hamas has tunnels leading to the organization's headquarters.. The health center was hit several times during the night and Israeli snipers shot at civilians who were trying to flee the center, according to what health personnel told the Palestinian Red Crescent.. There are still 1,500 patients, 1,500 medical staff and between 15,000 and 20,000 people from northern Gaza staying in the center seeking refuge in the hospital, according to data from the Gaza Ministry of Health..
The director of the hospital, Mohammed Abu Selmiya, declared that the facilities have been left without electricity.. “Medical devices have stopped. “Patients, especially those in intensive care, began to die,” he told Al Jazeera broadcaster by phone.. Selmiya's testimony coincides with other workers at the center and she stated that the Israeli Army had shot civilians who were trying to flee the hospital.. Both the World Health Organization (WHO) and Doctors Without Borders (MSF) have announced that they have lost communication with their colleagues in the hospital.. At least two premature babies died last night due to lack of electricity.
Two doctors were killed and several displaced people were injured in another airstrike near the Mahdi maternity hospital in Nasr, northwest Gaza.. For its part, the Al Quds hospital in Gaza City has announced that it is no longer operational due to a lack of fuel and medical supplies.
The Israeli bombings last night also affected an office of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) where dozens of Gazans have also taken refuge.. According to the organization, several people were killed or injured in the attack, although the total number has not yet been revealed.. “This is wrong in every way,” UNDP chief Achim Steiner said in a tweet.. “Civilians, civilian infrastructure and the inviolability of UN facilities must always be protected,” he warned.
During Sunday morning, the Israeli Army bombed the south of the Gaza Strip, in the city of Khan Younis – where thirteen civilians died – and also the Rafah crossing, the only access to the outside in the entire Strip, which connects Gaza with Egypt.
In the north of the Strip, the Israeli General Staff again announced a seven-hour window without hostilities so that Gazans can flee to the south. The stoppage is limited only to the Salah El-Din road where we have seen these days in images on television thousands of people fleeing on foot towards the south.. “Do not surrender to Hamas: its presence continues in the region and exposes you to very great danger,” the Army said in a statement in Arabic.. “We ask residents to take advantage of this temporary suspension of attacks and move south,” the note added.
Last night Israeli television broadcast a new speech by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in which he once again rejected growing international calls for a ceasefire.. “The war against Hamas is advancing with all its strength and has one objective: to win. There is no alternative to victory,” he said.
For his part, the leader of Hezbollah, Hasan Nasrallah, the influential Lebanese Shiite party that supports Hamas, announced yesterday that its armed wing has used new types of weapons and drones to attack Israeli targets in the north of the country.. In a televised speech he assured that the front on the border between Lebanon and Israel will continue to be active. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant responded to Nasrallah's speech and warned that if Hezbollah drags the country into a war, they will turn Beirut into Gaza. “Hezbollah is dragging Lebanon into a war that could happen,” Gallant warned.
The elections that we Spaniards should not ignore
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Microchips, photovoltaics, fintech and cybersecurity: Israel's economy before and after the Hamas attack
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Canarian Coalition leaders rebel against supporting Sánchez while they govern with the PP
The PSOE has put Pedro Sánchez's investiture on track in the last few hours and everything seems to indicate that it will achieve the necessary majority in the first vote. It will do so thanks to having closed, after the pact with Junts and ERC, two agreements with the PNV and, on Friday, with the Canarian Coalition that significantly expand the parliamentary base that will give approval to a new coalition Executive formed by the socialists and Sumar.
However, the agreement between the PSOE and CC has generated serious turbulence within this last formation. Senior leaders of the party are suspicious of the understanding with Ferraz at a time when the socialists have come remarkably close to the demands of the independence movement..
Some internal divergences that were manifested in the meeting of the party's national executive in which the possible agreement was discussed, and that continue to emerge in this countdown towards Sánchez's investiture, scheduled for the end of next week.
Different voices from the party consulted by this newspaper report the different points of view existing within the Canarian nationalist formation on the pact with the PSOE in the conclave held to address the position regarding the investiture. They consider that it is not a good agreement for the party, but they abide by it because of the impact they hope the agreement with the PSOE will have on the archipelago for the next term in relation to the agenda of the Canary Islands, where CC governs in alliance with the PP.
A thesis that the party's Organization Secretary, David Toledo, already defended, asserting that the Canary Coalition would vote in favor in the investiture out of “responsibility” with the archipelago, despite being “opposed” to the amnesty: “Yes, we can change that the Canary Islands count for the State as one of the priorities in the next legislative agenda”.
But for other senior party officials, the pardon for the independentists is reason enough not to support Sánchez in his investiture.. For example, the mayor of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, José Manuel Bermúdez, one of the most important institutional leaders of the Canarian nationalist party, assures in conversation with EL MUNDO that he will abide by “the agreements that the party determines in its bodies”, but remembers that His “personal position” is very clear and he has already expressed it: “It is a 'no' to the investiture of Don Pedro Sánchez”.
The Canarian PP, in profile
Sources familiar with the internal conversations of CC also assure that the former spokesperson in Congress Ana Oramas also does not share the “yes” to a Sánchez who has granted the amnesty.
In this sense, it must be remembered that the Canarian PP has been less incisive against the agreement between CC and the PSOE than some of the members of the nationalist formation itself.. The vice president of the island government and president of the Canarian PP, Manolo Domínguez, on Friday avoided criticizing Clavijo for giving his support to Sánchez despite the fact that the PP assures that all those who “launder” this agreement are responsible for it..
And Cuca Gamarra believes that supporting the investiture is “assuming that Spain does not have a democracy and is assuming that there has been a dirty war by the judges against the independentists, and that justice must be controlled.”
Fuss, screams and despair: Diego Alonso does not order Sevilla
“Coaches must be old, ugly and wear tracksuits,” said a Sevilla fan at London Stansted airport.. The man's scarf was heavy around his neck.. His friends agreed with him with their heads.. Arsenal had easily dispatched their team on the fourth day of the Champions League and Diego Alonso, the coach who came to resurrect the team, showed signs of desperation. This Sunday (6:30 p.m.), in the derby against Betis his position could be at stake.
Pedrosa as interior, Nianzou as winger or Jordán as starter. Decisions that cease to be a symptom and become a diagnosis. Diego Alonso (Montevideo, Uruguay; 1975) has not brought Sevilla out of its melancholy. Given his replacement, the dismissal of José Luis Mendilibar, based on the lack of points in the locker and the lack of ideas on the pitch, does not seem like such a good idea now.
Bringing the Uruguayan coach has been the first big decision of Sevilla's new sports director, Víctor Orta. Monchi's replacement told a press conference why he noticed the coach: “I made a trip to Uruguay and we met at a barbecue at Rabajda's house.”. There I was introduced to Diego and I was impressed by one thing he told me, that he knew he was going to be a soccer coach since he was 23 years old.. That day we talked about Luis Aragonés, Rafa Benítez and Héctor Cúper. Since then I always had it on my radar and watched how it evolved.. Now she has been my first choice to coach Sevilla and I thank the management committee for supporting her.”
It was a matter of feeling, although the Montevideo native's career had not been brilliant up to that point and he had no experience on the European bench.. He starts at Club Atlético Bella Vista and from there he jumps to Club Guaraní of the Paraguayan league. His good numbers made him return to Uruguayan football, where he failed at Peñarol and performed timidly at Olimpia.
He arrives in Mexico and in Pachuca he achieves his greatest successes as a coach, winning the national Clausura championship in 2016 and the CONCACAF Champions League in 2017.. Later, in the Monterrery stripes, he achieved his second CONCACAF title, in 2019.
He had a brief spell at Inter Miami, at the request of David Beckham. Those days he remembered that Beckham and he had faced each other in the Spanish League. «I played for Málaga. David scored a great goal for us, I think it was the first he scored in Spain…. Well, that one didn't make us.”. That Málaga, by the way, was coached by Juande Ramos.
COMPARISON WITH SIMEONE
Finally, before his arrival in Seville, Alonso had been hired by Uruguay, whom he managed to qualify for the World Cup in Qatar after winning the four remaining games in the South American group when they were already out of the big event.. The final phase was not so brilliant. In a group made up of Portugal, South Korea and Ghana, the Uruguayan team came third. The elimination cost him his position. Next destination: Nervión.
Comparisons with Simeone, a hopeful debut against Real Madrid, Orta's confidence and the feeling that there were underused players with Mendilibar seemed to raise the white and red spirit; but, six games later, the situation is one of restlessness and fatigue. Only one victory, in the Copa del Rey, against Quintanar de la Orden, of the First Preferential Autonomous Region of Castilla-La Mancha. Two defeats, both against Arsenal, in the Champions League. And three draws in the League: Real Madrid, Cádiz and Celta.
The fussing and shouting from Alonso's side do not serve to organize or motivate the team.. Sevilla is inconsistent in defense, gets stuck at the top and trusts everything to individual talent and brief flashes of light among the chaos. The squad appears weak on and off the field. “Everyone was going their own way, very quiet, very disconnected, taking defeat for sure,” they say from the inside about the footballers in the last Champions League duel. “Either they get excited in the derby or this man is going to last less than the hugs I give my son-in-law,” they warn.
This Sunday, Diego Alonso plays his continuity against Betis at the Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán stadium. «There is a fashionable coach now in Germany who is Xabi Alonso. Of his first seven games he won one, and with a little patience, it is working. “The victories are going to come,” defended Víctor Orta, whose work would also be called into question if the dismissal is completed.
Girona's historic streak has no end: "It's outrageous"
Girona will be the sole leader of Primera until, at least, the end of November. Míchel's have long since ceased to be a coincidence. Their impressive streak does not stop: in Vallecas, despite starting off losing, they came back again (1-2) to add their eleventh victory of the season (in 13 games).
“The leadership is deserved, salvation seems like a small goal and now we dream of the maximum,” says Míchel, who also showed no mercy during his visit to the team where he was formed, Rayo Vallecano.. Whatever Real Madrid, Barça and Atlético do, their unusual pursuers, the Catalans will remain at the top of the table until at least after the national team break, since they have only lost one game and tied another (with 31 goals in favor and 16 against). On November 27, in Montilivi, matchday 14, they host Athletic.
Girona, who came back again (like in Pamplona), this time with goals from Dovbyk and Savio, can rub shoulders without complexes with the leaders of Europe's major leagues, whom they look in the eye. They have 34 points in 13 games and only Xabi Alonso's Bayer Leverkusen (who host Union Berlin on Sunday) have a better record: in 10 games they have only given up one draw. If they win, they will remain in first position in the Bundesliga, ahead of Bayern Munich (nine wins and two draws).
In the Premier, City (owned by Girona) is the leader with 27 points in 11 games. On Sunday they visit Chelsea and if they don't score, Arsenal will equal them. In Italy, Inter leads with 28 points in 11 games, two more than Juventus. And in France, PSG has 27 points in 12 games.
“Our fans are going to sleep happily for 15 more days. The challenge is to reach 53 points as soon as possible, seeking that commitment that we have. We have been training for three years with the same approach. Stuani, Juanpe, Borja and Bernardo pull the locker room and can lead us to make history. What the team is doing is outrageous because Rayo's first 15 minutes have been incredible,” Míchel said at a press conference.
In the history of the League, only three teams had achieved 11 victories or more in the first 13 days. Girona joins that select club that includes Real Madrid (they achieved it seven times and were champions four of them), Barça (six) and Atlético (two). “I give the team an A+.. We have six consecutive victories away from home and it is because they have brutal confidence and are very connected. It is difficult today to counter a team that has a capacity for association like Girona's,” highlighted the Madrid coach.. Only Madrid and Barça had managed to win six consecutive away games in the history of the League.
Xavi's forced reaction and an absence that lengthens
Barça needs to react this afternoon against Alavés in Montjuïc and will have to do so, once again, with the absence of Frenkie de Jong. The Dutch midfielder, who suffered an injury to his right ankle during the match against Celta on September 23, is still not feeling well and his return will be delayed until after the next break due to the commitments of the different national teams.. In this way, he will have been in the dry dock for around two months, despite the fact that, initially, there was even speculation that he could have minutes in the last Clásico that the Blaugrana played against Real Madrid on October 28. .
The Dutchman's loss also coincides with a very notable drop in the Barça game, which is why he is expected to be a stimulus that will provide clarity.. Today, without Gavi, they entrust Pedri to stay afloat in the League, where despite the game, in recent times they have only given up defeat against Ancelotti's team, since they achieved two triumphs at the buzzer against Athletic and the Real society. It was in the Champions League where they suffered a notorious setback last Tuesday against Shakhtar, in a duel that could have meant their mathematical qualification for the round of 16.
Xavi knows very well that now is the time for his figure to be noticed. Maybe more than ever. “It is my moment. I have the problem as a coach.. We have to tweak things, propose alternatives, but we won't invent anything either.. “We have become disordered little by little and we must return to being faithful to our identity,” the coach harangued.. «The attitude has never been lacking. “This locker room is hungry, it wants to win titles and now we have to show it on the field,” he concluded.
Raphael Dwamena, former Levante and Zaragoza player, dies at 28 after collapsing in a match in Albania
The Ghanaian footballer Raphael Dwamena, who played for Levante (2018-2019 season) and Real Zaragoza (2019-2020) and who was currently in the Albanian league, died this Saturday at the age of 28 due to fainting. during a match with his team, Egnatia.
At one point during the match, Dwamena fainted on the pitch, became completely immobile and, after several attempts to revive him, was taken by ambulance to a hospital where he died.
This is reported in various Albanian media.. When he was playing for Real Zaragoza, in October 2019, the African striker suffered dizziness triggered by tachycardia at almost 280 heartbeats.
The team of cardiologists at the Miguel Servet hospital in the Aragonese capital then detected a pathology incompatible with professional sports.
Dwamena suffered from a structural heart disease that made him prone to developing malignant ventricular arrhythmias, manifesting especially at times of maximum effort and even putting his life at risk.
He did not play again with Real Zaragoza, although he remained active in some training sessions at the Ciudad Deportiva until the end of that season interrupted by the covid pandemic.
A year ago, journalist Nicola Berger interviewed Dwamena for a report about his life in the Zurich newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung.. The footballer's testimony revealed something that was already known in Zaragoza: he was a man dedicated to faith, without fear, very religious, and convinced that medicine would not be what would take him out of football.
In said interview, he pointed out that “if I die, that is God's will.”. I'm leaving and that's it. Forgotten. People around me will be sad for a few hours, or maybe even a few weeks. But they will get over it and move on.. I don't live my life to please people.. Just goodbye”.
Expressions of condolence
After hearing the news of his death, there have been numerous expressions of condolence. Real Zaragoza have written: “We are devastated by the sad news of the death of our former player Raphael Dwamena. We want to send all our love and affection to his family and loved ones. You will always be in the memory of all Zaragoza. Rest in peace”.
For its part, Levante, the other Spanish club in which the player played, has spread the following message: “On behalf of Levante, we want to express our most sincere condolences for the death of our former player, Raphael Dwamena. Our thoughts are with his family and loved ones at this difficult time. His legacy at our club will always endure.”
Also “LaLiga wishes to convey its most sincere condolences to the family and friends of Raphael Dwamena. May he rest in peace,” according to its official account.