Israel's Eurovision performance drowned out by boos and 'Free Palestine' chants

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Israel's Eurovision performance drowned out by boos and 'Free Palestine' chants
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'You could feel the tension.'

Eden Golan is representing Israel in Eurovision 2024 Footage posted to social media by attendees at the Eurovision Song Contest’s Jury Show offer glimpses of a chaotic scene Wednesday night. Videos posted to X depict the crowd booing and chanting ‘Free Palestine’ throughout Eden Golan’s performance for Israel, almost drowning the singer out entirely.

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! pic.twitter.com/dEvIjDU3nC— TheBalkanGuy May 8, 2024 Contradictory to this, it’s clearly stated on Eurovision’s website that peaceful protest is allowed.

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