Eden Golan, Israel’s representative at Eurovision, who came in fifth place despite a campaign of extreme hostility towards her country, dedicated this very nice consolation prize to the 123 hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
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“It’s a dream, I see this fifth place as a victory, I represented my country and the European public was with us”, said very moved Eden Golan when the results were announced. However, she had to face a long series of insults, as well as a campaign of hostility sometimes turning to hatred on the part of thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators pouring into the streets of the Swedish city of Malmö, presented by the Israeli media. like a “Islamist stronghold”. Boos punctuated his rehearsal sessions as well as the semi-final. The organizers forced her to change the original title of her song “autumn rain”considered too political, because it alludes to the massacres committed on October 7 by Hamas commandos in the south of Israel, in “Hurricane” supposed to be more neutral. The threats of attacks, even attacks against members of the Israeli delegation have reached such a level that Ronen Bar, the head of Shin Beth, the service…
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