Israel: Eurovision entry met with boos and ‘Free Palestine’ chants VIDEO – 2024-08-07 13:23:04

Eden Golan, Israel’s representative in the first semi-final of Eurovision, faced wild boos and chants of “Free Palestine” from a section of the audience during her performance on Tuesday night.

Golan performed her song “Hurricane” to loud boos and jeers with many in the audience chanting “Free Palestine”.

if you’re having a bad day here’s eurovision crowd booing the terrorist state of israelpic.twitter.com/xD2rnttAm3

— Cemo ☾ (@werentfunny) May 9, 2024

At the same time, the bans of the organizing authority EBU on the Palestinian flags seem not to have passed on to the public who raised flags and symbols in its favor Palestinein protest of his continued assault Israel in the Palestinian territories.

According to newsbeast, it is also worth noting that the Swedish singer took to the stage of the competition with the famous Palestinian headscarf tied around his wrist, provoking the reaction of the organizing authority.

A representative of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which organizes the event, commented: “The Song Contest of Eurovision is a live television show. All performers are aware of the rules of the contest and we regret that Eric Saade chose to jeopardize the non-political nature of the event. We will be happy to discuss further with you after the end of the live broadcast if necessary.”

Read also:

Patras: Emergency measures in schools for drugs – “Black midnight”… the teachers had it!

Mitsotakis from “Attikon”: “We are working intensively to create a new NSS”

Anna Panagiotopoulou: In an atmosphere of emotion, the last goodbye to the beloved actress PHOTO-VIDEO

Weather: “Explosive mix” of rain and African dust, when to expect a change

Eurovision 2024: With pharyngitis and fever, Marina Satti, the entire last rehearsal was leaked VIDEO