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Sharing how Israel’s Eurovision participation brings the competition into disrepute and how Israeli broadcaster KAN violates EBU Public Service Media Values
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🇮🇱🇸🇪 “This process of Islamizing Europe has also changed Malmö”
Israel’s Eurovision broadcaster, KAN, uses official Eurovision branding in a video about anti-semitism in Malmö, the host city of the contest.
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
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🚨 Eurovision is upon us.
We recommend boycotting, but respect everybody’s decision.
For those that will watch, here’s a guide on how to do so without contributing to the show’s numbers. 🧵
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🇸🇪🇮🇱 Crowds boo Israel and chant “Free Palestine” at the Jury Show for Eurovision 2024.
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
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Eric Saade responds:
"I just wanted to be inclusive and wear something authentic to me - but the EBU seems to find my ethnicity controversial.”
🔗
“All performers are made aware of the rules of the contest, and we regret that Eric Saade chose to compromise the non-political nature of the event.”
🇸🇪🇵🇸 Eurovision organisers (the EBU) on Eric Saade, the opening act, for wearing a keffiyeh.
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“I won’t [cover] Eurovision this year. The reason is Israel’s behaviour on Gaza and the competition’s reaction to it, mainly lack of”
🇮🇸 Gísli Marteinn, Iceland’s long-time Eurovision commentator, reveals he will not be commentating this year’s contest.
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
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“All performers are made aware of the rules of the contest, and we regret that Eric Saade chose to compromise the non-political nature of the event.”
🇸🇪🇵🇸 Eurovision organisers (the EBU) on Eric Saade, the opening act, for wearing a keffiyeh.
🔗
La actuación de Eric Saade, missing en el Instagram de
#Eurovision
.
Están Chanel y Foureira, él no.
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“This year's Eurovision serves as a polishing platform for the image of the state of Israel…”
🇫🇮 Miikka Koivisto, radio presenter for YLE, resigns in protest of Finland’s participation alongside Israel in Eurovision 2024.
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#BanIsraelFromEurovision
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📲 If you must tweet about Eurovision, don’t use buzz words!
❌ Don’t use the words “Eurovision” or “ESC”.
✅ Instead, FLOOD the
#Eurovision
hashtag with information about Gaza! (especially during Israel’s performance)
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The main reason we made this thread is because it can be incredibly difficult for neurodivergent people to suddenly drop one of their biggest passions.
Others also argue that staying silent about Israel’s participation allows them to successfully push their propaganda.
🚨 Eurovision is upon us.
We recommend boycotting, but respect everybody’s decision.
For those that will watch, here’s a guide on how to do so without contributing to the show’s numbers. 🧵
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“If someone has a Palestinian scarf, we will not stop them for that…”
🇸🇪 Last Friday, Ebba Adielsson had no issue with people bringing Palestinian scarves into the Eurovision arena.
#UnitedbyDoubleStandards
🇸🇪 Ebba Adielsson, the executive producer of
#Eurovision
2024, has expressed her disappointment about Eric Saade wearing a keffiyeh around his wrist during his opening performance.
"We think it's sad that he uses his participation in this way."
More:
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🇸🇪🇮🇱 Attendees that boo Israel at Eurovision 2024 are being intimidated by security.
Eurovision organisers had previously claimed they were “firm advocate[s] for free speech and the right for people to express their deeply held views and opinions.”
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
Israel just performed at the preview show and as I was booing and screaming Free Palestine security was telling me to shush and implying Ill be kicked out. Sorry EBU, you might endorse a genocide, but you can't censor people's voices for peace!
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“The Dutch representative doesn't like us and asked not to take his picture”
🇮🇱🇳🇱 Keren Peles, songwriter of Israel’s Eurovision entry ‘Hurricane’, records Joost Klein (the Netherlands’ Eurovision entrant) without his permission.
#BanIsrselFromEurovision
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30% of acts cancelled and none of the big Eurovision fan-sites covering this…
[UPDATE
#7
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🇸🇪 31 acts have cancelled their appearances at Malmö City’s Eurovision Village events.
1 in every 5 acts has now cancelled, with several citing Israel’s participation in Eurovision as the reason.
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
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📺✅ If you want to watch, watch through traditional TV.
Unless you’re part of a household survey, your view will not be counted.
💻❌ DON’T watch through official online platforms like Eurovision’s YouTube channel or your broadcaster’s online service (e.g. iPlayer, RTVE play).
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And finally, DO NOT HARASS PEOPLE THAT WON’T BOYCOTT!
Asking people is fine. Harassing is not.
Our only request is that you don’t look away from the atrocities being committed by Israel in Gaza, and continue to stay vocal about it.
ESPECIALLY during Israel’s performance.
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Well done, ESC Discord. 👏👏
You next! 🫵
@wiwibloggs
@Eurovoix
@escxtra
@aussievisionnet
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
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🇮🇱 Israel’s Eurovision broadcaster drew their channel logo on a tank shell heading to Gaza.
KAN sent their presenter to hang out with the IDF and play around in tanks.
⚠️ This likely violated EBU rules.
⬇️ Read below.
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
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[FURTHER UPDATE]
🇸🇪 More artists, including runners-up of Melodifestivalen 2024, Medina, pull out of Malmö City’s Eurovision Village events.
5 acts have now cancelled their appearances.
Several other acts refused before the lineup was revealed.
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
[UPDATE]
🇸🇪 Previously confirmed local artists are pulling out of Malmö City’s Eurovision Village events.
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
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🇵🇹 Over 200 artists, associations and cultural workers from Portugal have signed a letter to RTP, asking the broadcaster to demand the EBU bans Israel from Eurovision.
If the EBU refuses, they want RTP to boycott the contest.
🔗
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
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If you’ve decided you don’t want to watch at all, watch FalastinVision (also held in Malmö).
It will be live-streamed at the same time as the Eurovision Grand Final on Saturday.
🇮🇸🇵🇸 Bashar Murad will perform as a special guest!
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“…It’s the EBU who has to make the decision and unfortunately, in my eyes, they’re not making the right decision.”
🇮🇪🇵🇸 Bambie Thug, Ireland’s Eurovision 2024 entrant, on the controversy surrounding Israel’s participation.
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
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🇸🇪 “We do not want to participate in a cultural event that can normalise the genocide in Palestine”
Local artists are refusing invitations to perform at Malmö City’s Eurovision Village events, due to Israel’s participation at the contest.
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
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👩💻 Ahead of tomorrow’s rehearsal, we kindly ask fan-media to not cover ISR.
We also ask Eurofans to not engage with any post about their rehearsal. Don’t click on the photos, don’t quote tweet, don’t reply. Keep scrolling.
Bookmakers and Israeli media will be watching tomorrow.
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📣 Now is a better time than ever to CONTACT YOUR BROADCASTERS, demanding that they withdraw or call for Israel’s removal from the Eurovision Song Contest.
Thanks to
@verilybitchie
for this very handy Google Doc. ⬇️
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
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🇸🇪🇮🇱 Over 20,000 people from various European countries are expected to come to Malmö, the host city of Eurovision 2024, to protest AGAINST Israel’s participation at the contest.
🔗
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
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🇸🇪🇮🇱 Swedish police have received 3 applications for demonstrations, both for and against Israel’s participation at Eurovision.
One organiser expects “around 10,000” participants to demonstrate AGAINST Israel’s participation.
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
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“If European broadcasters say Yes to genocide, we say No to them”
🇳🇴🇮🇸 Nordic artists launch
#EurovisiOFF
, a campaign calling for a boycott of Eurovision 2024 due to Israel’s participation amid their indiscriminate slaughter of Palestinians.
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
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@EuroScoreboard
Not good enough.
That “country” was recognised by the International Court of Justice as committing a “plausible risk of genocide in Gaza”.
This reaches far beyond a silly little song contest and you’re allowing them to pretend everything is normal.
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📵 Don’t engage with Eurovision-related social media posts. Don’t even click on them.
The EBU loves their numbers and your impressions will count towards it.
✅ There’s an unofficial Discord server that you can join with a ton of Eurofans.
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Soon…
The EBU calls for all artists participating in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest to be treated respectfully and condemns all abuse and harassment.
For our full statement please go to
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NEVER forget the silence of EBU members!
“What we are witnessing today is a serious violation of universal values such as sovereignty and human rights.”
Is it not about human rights when 25,000+ Gazan civilians are massacred by Israel?
@AVROTROS
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS, co-organiser of the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest, is calling on the European Broadcast Union to suspend Russia as a member of the EBU with immediate effect.
#ESC2022
#Eurovision2022
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[UPDATE]
🇮🇱 KAN has REMOVED the video from all platforms.
The video likely violated 3 EBU Public Service Media values:
• Excellence
• Independence
• Accountability
(read below🧵👇)
But of course, the
@EBU_HQ
will continue to be silent.
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
🇮🇱🇸🇪 “This process of Islamizing Europe has also changed Malmö”
Israel’s Eurovision broadcaster, KAN, uses official Eurovision branding in a video about anti-semitism in Malmö, the host city of the contest.
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
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I knew something was up!
• KAN met the same night as Söngvakeppnin to discuss song changes, when they previously said they would not change the lyrics
• KAN’s News Editor (Mor Levy) subtly mentioned it
And the guy’s comments…
@EBU_HQ
, anybody home?
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
A KAN EMPLOYEE LED THE CAMPAIGN TO MASS VOTE AGAINST BASHAR?? HELLO??
Article linked below because dear god
@EBU_HQ
this looks HORRIBLE
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
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🇸🇪🇮🇱 “Israel out of Eurovision or Eurovision out of Malmö”
‘Genocide Song Contest’ posters have appeared all around Malmö, the host city of Eurovision 2024.
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
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🇸🇪🇵🇸 Eric Saade, Sweden’s 2011 Eurovision entrant, has allegedly been blocked by the official Eurovision account on Instagram.
The singer with Palestinian roots has previously been critical about Israel’s participation in Eurovision 2024.
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
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🇳🇴 Music reviewers for Norway’s Eurovision broadcaster (NRK) refuse to review this year’s Eurovision entries, due to Israel’s participation.
As a result, the broadcaster is unlikely to publish reviews this year.
🔗
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
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@Eurovision
We’re waiting for an apology and for you to
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
!
official Eurovision account liking a tweet calling my jewish ass antisemetic was not on my bingo card but here we are
@Eurovision
you should actually be ashamed of yourself
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🇳🇴 Over 530 Norwegian artists have signed a petition to ban Israel from Eurovision.
The list has grown from 294 in January.
The call for Israel’s removal is now echoed by over 4,000 artists from the Nordic countries.
🔗
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
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Instead of voting (or in addition to), donate what you can to help aid humanitarian efforts in Gaza.
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Israel’s
@Eurovision
broadcaster KAN is now actively politicising their entry for the contest.
“She needs to tell the story, the Israeli narrative” - NF jury member
“We need to choose a song that will reflect our situation”
#BanIsraelfromEurovision
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[UPDATE
#5
]
🇸🇪 Dotter has cancelled her performance at Eurovision Village, confirming to
@dotterspain
.
12 acts have now cancelled.
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
[UPDATE
#4
]
🇸🇪🏳️🌈 Malmö Pride has reportedly cancelled their Eurovision parties.
Conchita Würst will perform alone.
Dotter no longer appears on Malmö City’s schedule.
11 acts have cancelled, with several citing Israel’s participation as the reason.
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
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“This Eurovision season is not normal and we do not want to help contribute to the propaganda that the State of Israel tries to promote through these types of international competitions”
🇵🇹 EuroVisões Podcast ceases coverage of the 2024 contest.
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
Novo episódio do EuroVisões já está disponível e temos um comunicado importante para partilhar convosco sobre a cobertura da Eurovisão 2024. Este ano não a vamos fazer.
Explicamos porquê 👇
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[UPDATE
#4
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🇸🇪🏳️🌈 Malmö Pride has reportedly cancelled their Eurovision parties.
Conchita Würst will perform alone.
Dotter no longer appears on Malmö City’s schedule.
11 acts have cancelled, with several citing Israel’s participation as the reason.
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
[UPDATE
#3
]
🇸🇪 Artists and groups continue to cancel their appearances at Malmö City’s Eurovision Village events.
8 performers have now cancelled, with several citing Israel’s participation as the reason.
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
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[UPDATE]
🇸🇪🇮🇱 Swedish police have APPROVED the protest application against Israel’s participation at Eurovision 2024.
“We expect that in each case between 10,000 and 20,000 people will show up”, says one of the organisers.
🔗
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
🇸🇪🇮🇱 Over 20,000 people from various European countries are expected to come to Malmö, the host city of Eurovision 2024, to protest AGAINST Israel’s participation at the contest.
🔗
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
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[UPDATE
#2
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🇸🇪🇵🇸 Protest organisers and Swedish police now expect “upwards of 40,000 participants” to demonstrate AGAINST Israel’s participation in Eurovision 2024.
65 organisations will attend the protest.
🔗
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
[UPDATE]
🇸🇪🇮🇱 Swedish police have APPROVED the protest application against Israel’s participation at Eurovision 2024.
“We expect that in each case between 10,000 and 20,000 people will show up”, says one of the organisers.
🔗
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
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🇮🇱❓Israel’s song reveal (10/3) is not featured on Eurovision’s timetable graphic on Instagram.
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
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🇮🇱 “Fill your mouth with ice cubes and shut the f*** up!”
Israel’s 1978 Eurovision winner, Izhar Cohen, on Iceland’s potential boycott of the contest.
🇮🇸
@StefanEiriks
(
@RUVohf
),
You still want to compete alongside THIS country?
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
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🇧🇪🇮🇱 Bénédicte Linard, the Wallonia-Brussels Federation’s Minister of Culture and Media, is in favour of Israel’s exclusion from the Eurovision Song Contest.
🔗
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
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They are the ones who turned a blind eye to Israel’s Eurovision broadcaster signing their logo onto a tank shell heading to Gaza.
This is the reality we live in.
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
These are the people that allow Israel to compete in Eurovision.
Say hi to (l to r) Bakel Walden, Rachel Ashdown, Martin Österdahl, Alexandra Wolfslast, Carla Bugalho, Felix Bergsson, Ana Maria Bordas, Claudio Fasulo, Ebba Adielsson & Simona Martorelli
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@Eurovision
And all of you are complicit in Israel’s artwashing of genocide.
Everyone at the EBU ought to be ashamed.
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🇸🇪🇮🇱 ‘Genocide Song Contest’ stickers appear on official Eurovision promotional material in Malmö, the host city of the 2024 contest.
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
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[UPDATE
#7
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🇸🇪 31 acts have cancelled their appearances at Malmö City’s Eurovision Village events.
1 in every 5 acts has now cancelled, with several citing Israel’s participation in Eurovision as the reason.
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
[UPDATE
#6
]
🇸🇪🇬🇧 Baga Chipz has cancelled their performance at Eurovision Village.
It is not known if their stage partners have cancelled with them.
16 acts have now cancelled.
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
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[UPDATE]
🇸🇪 Previously confirmed local artists are pulling out of Malmö City’s Eurovision Village events.
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
🇸🇪 “We do not want to participate in a cultural event that can normalise the genocide in Palestine”
Local artists are refusing invitations to perform at Malmö City’s Eurovision Village events, due to Israel’s participation at the contest.
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
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[UPDATE
#3
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🇸🇪 Artists and groups continue to cancel their appearances at Malmö City’s Eurovision Village events.
8 performers have now cancelled, with several citing Israel’s participation as the reason.
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
[FURTHER UPDATE]
🇸🇪 More artists, including runners-up of Melodifestivalen 2024, Medina, pull out of Malmö City’s Eurovision Village events.
5 acts have now cancelled their appearances.
Several other acts refused before the lineup was revealed.
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
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🔍🇮🇸 Icelanders had trouble voting for Bashar Murad at Söngvakeppnin (Iceland’s national final), last night.
In a newly-surfaced video, a person taps on Bashar’s number, ending in 04.
However, the message recipient redirects to Hera Björk’s number, 02.
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@Eurovision
And the EBU is absolutely disgusting for allowing that broadcaster to participate when they’re signing their logo on a tank shell.
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As long as the
@EBU_HQ
continues to keep Israel in Eurovision, even after their songwriter admitted to “[writing] about the situation”, we will continue to see messages like this.
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
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[UPDATE
#8
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🇸🇪 Due to more than 20 acts withdrawing (according to Sydsvenskan), the Eurovision Street stage will be demolished and remaining acts will be moved to Eurovision Village.
🔗
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
[UPDATE
#7
]
🇸🇪 31 acts have cancelled their appearances at Malmö City’s Eurovision Village events.
1 in every 5 acts has now cancelled, with several citing Israel’s participation in Eurovision as the reason.
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
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🚨 Eurovision creators speak out against the EBU’s inaction on Israel’s participation in the contest.
⬇️ A webpage has been created with links to charities aiding humanitarian efforts, below.
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
GIVE NOW:
We love
#Eurovision
for the music, the show, the culture, and principally for the community. As creators in the space we are hopeful for how Eurovision can be used to unite and not divide.
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🇸🇪 Swedish demonstrators gathered outside Malmö City Hall, as the city’s municipal board conducts a meeting to take a position on a citizens' initiative that aims to stop Israel's participation in Eurovision 2024.
🔗
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
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[EXCLUSIVE]
Eurovision Press response to KAN employee launching campaign to mass-vote against Bashar Murad in RÚV’s national final, Söngvakeppnin:
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
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Eric Saade responds:
"I just wanted to be inclusive and wear something authentic to me - but the EBU seems to find my ethnicity controversial.”
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“We express our profound disappointment of the politicisation and propagandization carried out by the Israeli broadcaster and delegation, and their violation of the Contest's values.”
🇮🇪 OGAE Ireland releases statement about Israel’s ESC participation.
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
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🇸🇪 Over 300 tickets remain for Eurovision’s first Semi-Final, beginning in under 6 hours.
These are not re-sale tickets.
Has this ever happened before?
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
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This you?
And yes, Silia - a 17 year old - should not be attacked for saying she likes *that* song.
There is no more sick and fascist behavior than someone sending abusive and threatening messages to a 17-year-old girl because she expressed her opinion about a song. Shame!
#Eurovision
#Eurovision2024
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Switzerland’s Nemo 🇨🇭, Lithuania’s Silvester Belt 🇱🇹 and Ireland’s Bambie Thug 🇮🇪 - participants at Eurovision 2024 - were spotted wearing “Artists4Ceasefire”🇵🇸 pins at
#PrePartyES24
’s press event in Madrid.
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
#CeasefireNOW
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[MORE EVIDENCE]
📞🇮🇸 Phone call votes to Bashar Murad’s number (ending in 04) were marked as Spam, whereas other participants’ numbers had no issue.
📷
@Urdur
🔍🇮🇸 Icelanders had trouble voting for Bashar Murad at Söngvakeppnin (Iceland’s national final), last night.
In a newly-surfaced video, a person taps on Bashar’s number, ending in 04.
However, the message recipient redirects to Hera Björk’s number, 02.
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🇧🇪🇮🇱 Over 200 artists and cultural workers from Belgium have signed an open letter to the EBU, VRT and RTBF, calling on them to not allow Israel to participate in Eurovision 2024.
VRT employees also signed the letter.
🔗
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
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[UPDATE
#6
]
🇸🇪🇬🇧 Baga Chipz has cancelled their performance at Eurovision Village.
It is not known if their stage partners have cancelled with them.
16 acts have now cancelled.
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
[UPDATE
#5
]
🇸🇪 Dotter has cancelled her performance at Eurovision Village, confirming to
@dotterspain
.
12 acts have now cancelled.
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
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🇮🇱 “When we sat down to write, we knew we were going to write about the situation.”
- Avi Ohion, a writer on Israel’s Eurovision 2024 song, "Hurricane" (previously "October Rain").
🔗
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
(more 🧵👇)
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What the fuck?
Israel’s Channel 12 airs an Islamophobic news report and speaks to Swedes in Malmö claiming, in regard to Eurovision, “Don’t go there” and “They’re going to bomb”.
Can’t tell if this is just Israeli fear-mongering, but this is incredibly terrifying.
אנחנו ממשיכים בתרגום הכתבות שלנו לאנגלית - שתפו כדי שכל העולם יידע!
Good Evening Malmö: Israeli Channel 12’s visit to the host city for the Eurovision reveals disturbing hatred, violent anti semitism, and one astonishing warning ahead of Europe’s biggest evening
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🇮🇱 KAN’s News Editor is mad at Eurofans for:
• calling Israel “IsraHELL”
• making memes about Israel’s departure
• posting “🚫🔜🇮🇱”
• being “…exposed to […] false pro-Palestinian propaganda”
He also calls Malmö a “hostile destination” because of its Muslim population.
דעה: לישראל אסור לפרוש מהאירוויזיון - במיוחד השנה! 🇮🇱
בתחרות הקרובה, דגל ישראל חייב להתנופף מול עיניהם של כל מי שלא רוצים לראות אותנו שם. מאז הדיווחים לפיהם ישראל עלולה להיפסל בגלל מסרים פוליטיים לכאורה בשיר המיועד שלנו לתחרות, שונאינו צוהלים וחוגגים. בדיוק בגלל זה - אנחנו
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Something we missed last month.
🇮🇱 Remember that open letter signed by 400+ entertainment industry figures supporting Israel’s inclusion in Eurovision?
Melanie Martinez’s name was FRAUDULENTLY signed on the letter.
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
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🇪🇸🇵🇸 Spanish protesters gathered outside the Barcelona Eurovision Party, calling for a boycott of Eurovision due to Israel’s pinkwashing of genocide.
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
Manifestación en la puerta del Sant Jordi Club a un rato de que empiece la
@BCNeurovision
.
#Eurovision
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🇬🇧🏳️🌈 Over 450 queer artists, individuals and organisations have signed an open letter to Olly Alexander, calling on him to withdraw from Eurovision due to Israel’s participation in the contest.
🔗
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🇮🇱 Israel’s Eurovision broadcaster, KAN, everybody!
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
In a nauseating piece by Kan, titled "We Saw Weird Things in Gaza", IDF soldiers talk about things they supposedly saw in Gazan homes - weapons, maps of Palestine, sex toys, etc. The underlying notion of this piece is that everyone in Gaza is a terrorist, or a terrorist
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🇮🇱 Allegedly, Israel’s Eurovision 2024 song, “Hurricane”.
Although the State has caused a daily death rate in Gaza that is higher than any other major 21st Century conflict (Oxfam), organisers (the EBU) allow them to participate.
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In addition to the below-mentioned participants, Portugal’s iolanda 🇵🇹, Denmark’s Saba 🇩🇰 and the UK’s Olly Alexander 🇬🇧 wore the pins on the
#PrePartyES24
Main Stage.
#CeasefireNOW
Switzerland’s Nemo 🇨🇭, Lithuania’s Silvester Belt 🇱🇹 and Ireland’s Bambie Thug 🇮🇪 - participants at Eurovision 2024 - were spotted wearing “Artists4Ceasefire”🇵🇸 pins at
#PrePartyES24
’s press event in Madrid.
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
#CeasefireNOW
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[UPDATE]
🇸🇪🇵🇸 According to SVT News, at least FIVE demonstrations against Israel’s participation and in support of Palestine are planned.
🇸🇪🇮🇱 ONE pro-Israel demonstration is also planned, hoping to attract “a few hundred”.
🔗
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
🇸🇪🇮🇱 Swedish police have received 3 applications for demonstrations, both for and against Israel’s participation at Eurovision.
One organiser expects “around 10,000” participants to demonstrate AGAINST Israel’s participation.
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🇮🇱 Political imagery in Israel’s video for their Eurovision entry, “Hurricane”?
Israelis say the upside-down tree reminds them of the Golani (an IDF brigade) or the tree from the Nova festival massacre.
Others say it’s an (uprooted) olive tree, a 🇵🇸 symbol of nationality.
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[CORRECTION]
2 Hebrew-speakers have told us the message on the tank shell likely says:
“Go f*** yourself
from KAN Digital”
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
🇮🇱 Israel’s Eurovision broadcaster drew their channel logo on a tank shell heading to Gaza.
KAN sent their presenter to hang out with the IDF and play around in tanks.
⚠️ This likely violated EBU rules.
⬇️ Read below.
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🇬🇧🇵🇸 Olly Alexander, the UK representative at Eurovision 2024, is donating a “Zoom serenade” to raise funds for Medical Aid for Palestinians (
@MedicalAidPal
).
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❓“To boycott us would be a huge regret”
🇮🇱 Israel’s popular sketch comedy show, “Eretz Nehederet” by broadcaster Keshet, victimises Israel, following calls to ban them from Eurovision for their genocide of Gaza.
⚠️1:28 is WILD…
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🇮🇱 “…I was rightly happy, because he continued to spread evil blood plots about Israel…”
KAN’s News Editor on Bashar Murad coming second at Söngvakeppnin, after Icelandic media found he was aware of an Israeli campaign to mass-vote against Bashar.
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
טוב, תקשיבו, זה מטורלל לגמרי! באיסלנד מאשימים אותי ועובד נוסף בכאן שאנחנו אלה ש"גרמנו להפסד" של הזמר הפלסטיני בשאר מוראד בקדם האירוויזיון שלהם שנערך בסוף השבוע שעבר. וכי למה? הכל התחיל בעקבות פוסט שאותו עובד (שהוא חובב איסלנד מושבע) פרסם בקבוצה של איסלנדים, שבו הוא קרא להם לתמוך
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@ChainsOnLou
This is very kind!
I think Eurofans deserve a lot more credit for constantly keeping their foot on the EBU’s neck.
Some Eurovision journalists (especially the Spanish ones) also deserve credit for risking their careers to call out the EBU’s double standards.
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@Eurovision
How are you still allowing Israel to participate when their broadcaster was signing a projectile with their channel logo?
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🎤 “You will never bury Palestine”
🇮🇪🇵🇸 Irish artist, Martin Leahy, sings his version of ‘Hurricane’, the Israeli Eurovision 2024 entry, outside the Irish Eurovision broadcaster’s (RTÉ) building.
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
I sang my version of this year's Israeli
@Eurovision
entry this morning outside
@rte
Cork. I joined
@AnneMcShane20
& Cobh Palestine Solidarity Campaign who handed in a petition with over 5,600 signatures calling on RTÉ to boycott this year's Eurovision.
#BoycottEurovision2024
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🇳🇱 250+ Dutch creatives call on Joost Klein, the Netherlands’ Eurovision 2024 representative, to withdraw from the contest due to Israel’s participation.
AVROTROS, the Netherlands’ broadcaster responds, albeit hypocritically in comparison to 2022.
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This is insane…
official Eurovision account liking a tweet calling my jewish ass antisemetic was not on my bingo card but here we are
@Eurovision
you should actually be ashamed of yourself
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@Eurovision
How many cancelled because of Israel’s participation? 🤔
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@Eurovision
Breaking News! 🚨 KAN spreads Islamophobic and anti-Immigrant rhetoric, with Eurovision branding, while the EBU remain completely silent!
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🧵Thread of “KAN🇮🇱 violating EBU Public Service Media values” episodes:
EPISODE 1:
(KAN presenter writes and reads messages on tank shells; “To Gaza, with love”, invites pro-IDF/war musical guests, platforms genocidal kids song)
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It’s so encouraging to see someone taking action!
Thank you, Ásdís. ❤️
Also interesting to point out:
“RÚV🇮🇸 has decided to get an independent party to make an assessment of the implementation of the voting” of the Söngvakeppnin final.
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
“My conscience just doesn’t allow it.”
^“Scared of Heights” 🇮🇸 songwriter Ásdís María on their ESC participation. She also directly mentions the discrimination and hate
@Bashar__Murad
faced.
#R
úv needs to listen to their artists and
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🇮🇱 In a skit mocking current Israeli fears of travelling, Israel’s Eurovision broadcaster ‘KAN’ portrays harmful stereotypes of Palestinians, Muslims and Christians.
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[UPDATE]
🇸🇪 Up to 80 of the 550 Eurovision volunteers have dropped out, with several citing “the Israel-Palestine conflict” as the reason.
Organizers are now calling people from the reserve list.
🔗
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
🇸🇪 1 in 10 Eurovision volunteers have dropped out for several reasons.
According to Johan Rönning, volunteer coordinator at the City of Malmö, it is also about Israel's participation and concern for security.
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🇸🇪🇮🇱 SVT, Eurovision 2024’s Host Broadcaster, refused to attend a debate by Sydsvenskan on Israel’s participation in the contest.
“Everyone is busy with preparations for Eurovision, was the explanation we got”
🔗
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