Organizers of the Eurovision Song Contest said Thursday they reserve the right to remove any Palestinian flags and pro-Palestinian symbols at the show next week in Sweden.
The announcement came amid heightened tensions surrounding Israel’s participation in the annual music competition over its military campaign against Hamas in Gaza, now in its seventh month. Pro-Palestinian groups are expected to stage large protests in Malmo to raise awareness of their cause.
Michelle Roverelli, the head of communications for the European Broadcasting Union that runs the show each year, said ticket holders are only allowed to bring and display flags representing countries that take part in the event, as well as the rainbow-colored flag.
Will flags and symbols from Ukraine also be banned?
Ukraine is a participant in Eurovision 2024, so no.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2024
Come on, people. I’m an American, I don’t even like Eurovision, and I still know this stuff.
I thought it was a rhetorical question
Very clearly was I agree.
The Ukrainian entry in 2021 was probably my favorite Eurovision song ever, check out the version they did for the contest. Shum by Go_A.
The only Eurovision song in relatively recent memory I enjoyed was this one, because it made me laugh. The rest? Meh. I used to watch it just to see the spectacle, but I haven’t bothered at all in a while. Actually, that was the last year I watched it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBAdOlQPbwg
(They did not win.)
Heck one can watch just for the smoothness of organisation. Half a gazillion acts, one after the other with stage decoration changes, sometimes quite drastically, live, but it looks like a ultra-tight cut prerecording.
They definitely do a very good job, I just got to the point that I couldn’t take the music.
That’s why you combine it with a drinking game. Also the really bad acts are from countries who want to make sure they’re not going to win and have to spend money on hosting the next contest, that is, you can appreciate them for the creative ways in which they are deliberately bad.
That’s hilarious. I love the goofy Eurovision acts.
Come on, people. That was clearly rhetorical, and I still recognized this stuff.
Why would they be?
Ukraine was attacked by Russia which started a war. Israel was attacked by Palestine which started a war. You should be asking if Russian flags and symbols will also be banned if you want to find an equivalence.
… guerillas from …
… gave Israel the pretext it’d hoped for after decades of subjugation, of land theft, and victimization, so Irael followed their plan and …
There. Fixed that for ya.
… guerillas from …
created decades of subjugation, of land theft, and victimization, so Irael followed their plan and…
Guerillas/government. Potato/potato
Good job demonstrating that you only started paying attention to the Israel/Palestine conflict last year lol
No, I was anti-jihadist prior to October. You?
I’ve been anti-jihadist since 2001 and anti-Hamas since I learned about them a few years ago so we have something in common.
However I’ve also been anti-Israeli government since I learned of their persistent oppression of the Palestinian people around the same time.
Please don’t conflate my opposition of one government with the support of another. And don’t confuse my hatred of a country’s government with a hatred of its citizens - I am not anti-Israeli.
Palestinian fears grow amid rising Israeli settler attacks
How did you choose that excerpt? The headline and most of the contents are about Israeli violence. The preceding sentence immediately before your excerpt is this:
And the rest of that paragraph is about various revenge attacks.
You picked the wrong side of history my dude
No, I’m quite happy to not support jihadist terrorist organisations like Hamas, ISIS, Hezbollah, the Taliban, etc. But you do you if you think that’s the moral high ground