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Israel’s Eden Golan performs at Eurovision final amid boos and cheers

Source: AP

Israel’s Eden Golan has performed at the Eurovision Song Contest final amid protests and loud shouts from the audience.

The 20-year-old singer, whose emotional song Hurricane was reworked from a previous track called October Rain, which was thought to reference the attacks on Israel that sparked the current conflict, remained calm despite the noise.

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