Publication Measures for Israel in Eurovision – Cyprus Newspaper
The reactions to Israel are not relieved.
Israel, which continued its attacks on Gaza and killed the innocent, was protested in the semifinal of the Eurovision Competition.
However, the publisher wanted to prevent these protests and applied some measures in the live broadcast.
The audience was not displayed on the screen
The second half of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest was held in Basel, Switzerland.
When the time of Israel, who took the stage in the competition, the audience was not shown on the live broadcast screens, but only singer Yuval Raphael’s voice was given.
In the second semi -finals of 16 countries; Lithuania, Israel, Armenia, Denmark, Austria, Luxembourg, Finland, Latvia, Malta and Greece went to the major finals, while Australia, Montenegro, Ireland, Latvia, Georgia, Czech and Serbia said goodbye to the competition.
The Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest will be held on May 17th.
Protest in rehearsals
Images spread on social media in a short time, Israel was protested in the rehearsal before the second half final.
Israeli singer Raphael’in rehearsal during the rehearsal voices of booing sounds, Palestinian flags opened. The competition organizers removed the Palestinian flag from the area due to the concern of “security”.
Israeli singer Raphael, despite the calls to remove Israel from the Eurovision in Gaza, will compete in the big finals on May 17th.
The European Publication Union (Abu) has banned Russia from the competition since 2022 due to the Russian-Ukraine War, but because it did not take a similar decision for Israel « Hypocrisy » And « double standard » His criticism was the target.
Basel witnessed the protests of Palestinian supporters who opposed Israel’s participation. Activists protesting the participation of Israel in the competition area, had to leave the area after the warning of the security forces.
Later, a group of activists gathered in the area of the competition, protesting Israel’s participation in the competition, organized a show of support for Palestine.
Activists reacted to those who pass the flags of Israel in their hands and want to provoke themselves, « Stop freedom and genocide to Palestine » shouted slogans in the form. In the first half -final, anti -Israeli protests were marked.
