A HEAVY police presence has arrived at Malmo’s main square ahead of planned protests against Israel’s inclusion in this year’s Eurovision.
Officers in more than five vans arrived in Stortorget ahead of Eden Golan, representing Israel, taking to the stage on Thursday night.A pro-Palestinian march will take place in the afternoon, which a spokesman for the force said would cause “disturbance to traffic”.Officers from Sweden, along with Norway and Denmark, have been regularly patrolling Malmo Arena, the city centre and the Eurovision village amid Israel facing calls to be excluded from the contest because of the war in Gaza.
Golan, 20, will compete against Norway’s Gate, San Marino’s band Megara, Switzerland’s Nemo and Danish entrant Saba, who called for a ceasefire in Gaza and the “safe return” of Israeli hostages in a joint statement in March. Organisers of Eurovision, the European Broadcasting Union , hit out in April against the “unacceptable and totally unfair” abuse of competitors amid “the backdrop of a terrible war in the Middle East”.
The EBU said that he “chose to compromise the non-political nature of the event” and it “regrets” the broadcast.
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