Israel heads to Eurovision final, after a day of protests in Sweden | BBC News
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Published 2024-05-10
Her victory came hours after thousands of pro-Palestinian protestors gathered in the streets of Malmö, Sweden, where the contest is being held, to show their support for Gaza.
The night before, the 20-year-old singer had been booed during dress rehearsals. There was a mixture of cheering and booing again during Thursday's semi-final.
Israel's participation in Eurovision has been a source of controversy amid rising civilian deaths and a worsening humanitarian situation in Gaza, after Israel launched a response to Hamas' cross-border attack on southern Israel on 7 October.
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All Comments (21)
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People voted for her !!!
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The majority of the voting public get it.
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The only good song.
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"It talks about something about cows or cats..." Babes just read through the lyrics.
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Everyone knows that Azerbajan are going right?
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Stand with Israel!!! Lots of love from Sydney
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why did eurovision ban Russia from entering then? is this not double standard?
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Forgive the ignorance but I thought the Euro vision contest was for European countries only
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BBC reporters don't know the difference between a defensive war and an offensive war.
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I watched Eurovision once at my Grandma's when I was a kid. Enough said.
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Im voting for her ❤❤
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The worldwide jihadist movement comes to Eurovision.
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Is a fantastic song. Why nobody protest against Yemen Syria Iran 0 protest. What happening in London and Europe is appaling. Back to 1930s
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They had three other acts in Eurovision one being Australia as for Israel she is a young girl being harassed needing armed guards people screaming abuse at her she is amazing and she deserves to be there guess what she made it to the finals and all these people are truly disgusting they are nothing short than Hamas supporters shame on them and I wish this young woman all my best love from Ireland ❤
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I expect a BBC correspondent to be more neutral first and better informed. Croatia's song is IN ENGLISH and therefore she shouldn't have had any problem in understanding the lyrics which, by the way make perfect sense. The song is about a touching universal theme and didn't deserve to be put away in the "usual Eurovision" pile.
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What a Beautiful song. I ❤you Eden!!!🇮🇱 From the Philippines 🇵🇭
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ROOTING FOR ISRAEL CONTESTANT…..SHE IS SO AWESOME AND BEAUTIFUL 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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Go Israel!! Sweden must sort out their migrant problem!!!
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I am voting for Israel no matter what - it's the best song and the best singer!
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Nothing surprising about the BB☪ worried on Israel participating in anything..
