Pro-Palestinian protests set for Eurovision final after Israel qualifies
by Charlotte McLaughlin
May 10, 2024
3 minutes
The Eurovision Song Contest in Sweden will see more pro-Palestinian protests on the day of the final after Israel qualified for the competition.
Eden Golan, 20, whose emotional song Hurricane was reworked from a previous track called October Rain, which was thought to reference the Hamas attacks on Israel, triumphed in the semi-final on Thursday evening in Malmo Arena.
She was congratulated by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who said he was “proud” of the young star.
thinks the demonstrations are “wrong” and called the push for a boycott of Israel “unfair”, a
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