Despite the thousand-strong protest in Malmo, Sweden, Israel's entry into the Eurovision Song Contest has qualified for the finals, to be held on May 12, 2024. The 20-year-old Israeli singer was booed by audience members who shouted 'free Palestine' during her performances.
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00:00 [crowd chanting]
00:07 -Palestine! -We will take back the school!
00:10 -We will take back Palestine!
00:12 -What we expect and what we would like to see is that they disqualify Israel
00:18 like they did with Russia when Russia invaded Ukraine.
00:23 Because that is not true, that the Eurovision is not political.
00:28 It has always been political and it will always be.
00:32 So it's just a failed excuse.
00:35 -Palestine!
00:37 [BLANK_AUDIO]