Confrontation between pro-Palestinian demonstrators and police during final Eurovision Song Contest

During the final of the Eurovision Song Contest in the Swiss city of Bazel, a confrontation was created on Saturday evening between Pro-Palestinian protesters and the local police. Swiss media report that. The protesters oppose the participation of Israel in the event. The police would have deployed rubber bullets and tear gas, among other things. According to Swiss media Are there about five hundred to six hundred protesters going, according to the demonstrators that number is a thousand.

On images Swiss media You can see how the demonstrators and the police collide with each other in the streets of Basel. It can also be seen that a water cannon is on its way to the location of the confrontation. Earlier in the evening, the police blocked a bridge in the city center to stop the demonstrators, so public transport stopped at that location for a short time.

Prior to the Eurovision Songfestival there was again much to do about the participation of Israel in the event, just like a year ago in Malmö in Sweden. Unlike last year, it remained relatively quiet in Basel, saw NRC In the run -up to the final. There was, however, whistling and Palestinian flags had been brought with a rehearsal of the Israeli entry.

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